Heading FULL FORCE in implementing Interactive Notebooks in my classroom!
I have changed schools and grade level this year. I am always amazed at the differences in school culture. I can't believe how each school focuses on different items. Last year, I was teaching Algebra I in a block schedule. What an adjustment! Two years ago, I had came from a school with tradition scheduling and had taught 7th and 8th grade math in a small school district in Missouri. I had just heard of the concept of interactive notebooks but hadn't been brave enough to even try it. Last year, I paid for the Algebra I Employment Training Standards. This training is required for Tennessee teachers with middle school endorsement to receive an employment exception letter for the Tennessee Department of Education. At that training, a presenter had conducted a section of the workshop on how to implement what she called Mathematician's Notebook. I knew I had my chance to to try using INBs with my students during the spring semester. New semester. New students. ...