So you’ve heard of the new rave of the interactive notebook, well not so new, but new to you, and now you want to use it in your own classroom. Don’t worry, I’ve learned through trial and error of what it takes to start using the interactive book. Interactive Notebooks give the students the ability to have a living notebook as a “textbook” so to speak. What the notebook really does, is gives the students the ability to have materials that are covered at their fingertips whenever and wherever they need it.  What I started doing with my student’s interactive notebooks is to use spiral notebooks. This gives  the students an easy way to turn the pages and put things into their notebooks. However, whatever you feel most comfortable using works. Continue reading →