Week 30 - Interactive Notebooks Are a Great Review Source
Lesson Planning, Vol. 13
Dear Mama,
We are midway through term three, and did you know that your notebooks are a great way to review lessons? It’s true! The great thing about notebooking and adding an “extras” left-hand page into your notebook is that it is a great way to review and refresh the memory of past lessons.
Here is how to get the most out of your notebooks:
Warm-up: Before beginning a new lesson, spend some time reviewing the previous lesson with your children. This does not have to be for memory; they can use their notebooks to look over what they learned in the last lesson.
Input (Right-hand page): Students write down all the information they have learned. This includes an illustration and narration. Narrations are a form of high-level thinking.
Output (Left-hand page): After the lesson, allow the students to reflect on what they learned and what additional information they want to add to their notebooks. This may include maps, poetry, charts, and other materials. At times, this may be lower-level thinking because the teacher is guiding, but when the student completes the left-hand page on their own, it is considered higher-level thinking.
Bonus: Because notebooking is a great way to review, allowing students to complete them on their own is a great way to quiz them without even knowing it.
I hope these tips help you understand the art of notebooking even more.
Other things I’m working on this week:
Updating my Morning Time folder
Making copies for the week
Writing out my lesson plans
Take care for now, bye!
Mirley
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