Interactive Notebook

Your Key to Success

in Social Studies
Have you ever heard
yourself say . . .
Get it together with your
 What is an Interactive
Notebook?

• A personalized textbook
• A working portfolio – all of your
notes, classwork, assignments – in one
convenient spot.
 Left Side – Right Side
Orientation
• The Left side is “left” for you. This
is the side that you can use to show
me your creativity.
• The Right side is “Restricted” and
contains teacher guided notes.
Nothing else should be placed on the
Right side!!
 Left Side-Output

• The left side belongs to you. It

contains the day’s activity (light
bulb). On this page you may include
diagrams, cartoons, drawings, poems,
foldables, etc. The teacher will assist
you.

Odd Pages
 Examples of Left Side Assignments
TO THE LEFT, TO THE LEFT

• Webs/Diagrams
• Charts (KWL)
• Poems
• Reflections
• Comics
• Brainstorming
• Word Clusters ANYTHING CREATIVE
• Graphic Organizers
Advertisements
Illustrated Outlines
Sensory Figures
Sensory Figures, cont.
Concept Map
Acrostics
Comic Strips
Venn Diagram
 Right Side-Input

• The right side belongs to me and

should only contain teacher directed
guided notes. Nothing else should be
placed on this page! The right side
contains the notepad icon and will
contain all the testable material.

Even Pages
 Examples of Right Side
Assignments
• Notes
• Study Guides
• Vocabulary
 Student Materials
• 5 Star Notebook
• Pencils/Erasable pens
• Colored pencils
• Glue sticks (2 per month)
• Scissors
• Highlighters
 Maintaining the
Interactive Notebook
• No ripped out pages or torn corners
• No doodling that doesn’t relate to notes
• Notebook should only be used in Social
Studies. (No other classes!!)
• Date and number each page