Increase student learning in the inquiry-based science classroom! Interactive notebooks allow students to record observations, reflect on learning, and self-assess their work. Packed with student examples, this detailed guide explains the unique features that make interactive notebooks more effective tools than conventional notebooks for science classrooms. This resource: Describes the nuts and bolts of implementing interactive notebooks, including execution, time management, and grading Uses the 5E Learning Cycle as the framework for science instruction Emphasizes the importance of writing in science and provides strategies for modeling effective writing Explores strategies to encourage collaborative student inquiry and foster whole-class discussions

"Easy to read, with good examples and illustrations. The rationale is spelled out for every step, the setup for the interactive notebook is clearly explained, and you can hear the enthusiasm of the author, which makes the reader enthusiastic about trying the strategy." —Maria Mesires, Seventh-Grade Science Teacher Case Middle School, Watertown, NY "In an era when science teachers are being asked more and more to teach writing skills and build science literacy, this book presents an engaging and creative way to answer that challenge and encourage the use of higher-order thinking skills." —Michael Baker, Eighth-Grade Science Teacher Memorial Middle School, Albany, OR Increase student learning in the inquiry-based science classroom! Interactive notebooks allow students to record and analyze observations, reflect on their learning, and self-assess their work. Teaching Science With Interactive Notebooks gives educators a step-by-step process for introducing interactive notebooks to students and using notebooks to develop students′ communication skills, cognitive organization skills, and sense of responsibility for their own learning. Packed with examples from actual student notebooks, this detailed guide explains the unique features that make interactive notebooks more effective tools than conventional notebooks for science classrooms. This resource: Describes the nuts and bolts of implementing interactive notebooks, including execution, time management, and grading Uses the 5E Learning Cycle (engage, explore, elaborate, extend, evaluate) as the framework for science instruction Emphasizes the importance of writing in science and provides strategies for modeling effective writing Explores strategies to encourage collaborative student inquiry and foster whole-class discussions By implementing interactive notebooks in your classroom, you can gain deeper insight into each student′s understanding, learning progress, and thinking!

Encourage students to create their own learning portfolios with Interactive Notebook: Earth and Space Science for grades five through eight. This interactive notebook for science students includes 29 lessons in these four units of study: -geology -oceanography -meteorology -astronomy This personalized resource helps students review and study for tests. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

A valuable resource for helping students develop and demonstrate an understanding of science content.

Interactive Notebooks: Word Study for first grade provides hands-on activities for the following concepts: -vowel teams -blends and digraphs -syllables -inflectional endings -long and short vowels Personalize learning and encourage independent thinking with interactive notebooks! Set up and maintain a hands-on learning process with Interactive Notebooks: Word Study for first grade. This comprehensive word study workbook helps you reinforce effective note taking by allowing students to create personalized portfolios that they can reference throughout the school year. With the help of this series, students learn about summarizing, color-coding, and organizing as they develop essential language arts skills. Available for kindergarten to fifth grade, the Interactive Notebooks: Word Study series focuses on the following word study skills: -syllabication -phonics -word parts Each 96-page workbook includes lesson plans, a teacher’s guide, reproducibles for creating notebook pages on a variety of topics, and generic reproducibles for creating additional notebook pages.

Encourage students to create their own learning portfolios with Interactive Notebook: Life Science for grades five through eight. This Mark Twain interactive notebook includes 29 lessons in these three units of study: -structure of life -classification of living organisms -ecological communities This personalized resource helps students review and study for tests. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

Packed with student samples, this resource describes how to implement interactive notebooks in the inquiry-based science classroom, including execution, time management, and grading.

The bestselling first edition of Science Notebooks inspired thousands of teachers to use science notebooks as a powerful way to help students reveal and develop their thinking about scientific concepts, engage in the work of scientists and engineers, and exercise language skills. Lori Fulton and Brian Campbell make the Second Edition even more valuable by showing how science notebooks support implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards as well as the Common Core State Standards for ELA. The authors have also added new material to every chapter, including: strategies to scaffold science notebook instruction how science notebooks help students develop explanations and arguments based on evidence strategies for collecting and analyzing science notebooks for formative assessment new interviews with scientists and engineers that spotlight the use of science notebooks in their work. Student samples and classroom vignettes from a variety of settings illustrate the transformative effect of science notebooks on students' scientific thinking as well as their literacy skills. Download a sample chapter

Encourage independent thinking with Interactive Notebooks: Word Study for third grade. The workbook covers topics such as: -high frequency words -affixes and roots -vowel and consonant spelling patterns This comprehensive language arts workbook aligns with current state standards. Set up and maintain hands-on learning for language arts with Interactive Notebooks: Word Study for third grade. Reinforce effective note taking by allowing students to create personalized portfolios that they can reference throughout the school year. The series helps students learn about summarization and organization as they develop language arts skills for success. Each workbook in the Interactive Notebooks series includes 96 pages of standards-based activities and a teacher's guide. The workbooks also contain lesson plans, reproducibles for creating notebook pages on specific topics, and generic reproducibles for creating additional pages. This Word Study series focuses on skills such as: -word parts -phonics -syllabication

Inquiry-based general science curriculum for the third grade featuring a text/workbook that students can write in.