Organizing student learning can be a large undertaking, but interactive reading notebooks really help. ย I find myself telling my students a LOT that our brains learn best when we are organized and when our learning is organized. ย It’s just true and some students need more help with this than others. ย Some students are blessed with being naturally organized. ย
Once I started using Reading Notebooks, I couldn’t see how I taught without them. ย I use a 3 ring binder for my notebooks for every student in my guided reading groups.ย
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ย I help students keep them neat by keeping them inย baskets on a shelfย rather than in a desk. ย
Using tabs in your notebooks is a lifesaver! ย Or I should say time saver. ย Tabs just naturally help students get to the correct section, quickly without wasting time. ย They can just grab the correct tab: Word Work, My Thoughts (Comprehension), Vocabulary, or My Books. ย
By using sections, students can organize their learning. ย They learn what each section means and where to be working.
In the front pocket, we keep our sight word pockets for sight word practice. ย We quickly get these out for 2-3 minutes and go over words that are differentiated for each student.
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Another good thing to keep in the front pocket is our Reader’s Ask…Does It Look Right, Does It Sound Right, Does It Make Sense cards. ย
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We also keep our linking sounds anchor charts in the pockets of the notebooks. ย I need pockets! ย We use magnetic letters, markers, bingo chips, pom poms, etc… on our charts.
When we have used up the pages in our Reading Notebooks, I have a place with extra copies. ย This copy box (from Walmart) holds different pages ready to go! ย Makes replacing notebook pages easy without wasting precious reading time.
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wonderful idea to organize word work and also help kindergarteners learn how to use visual cues (like tabs, color coding, and picture clues) to keep a notebook binder!
Thanks so much, Becca! Anything that makes things easier to find is good. Thank you for coming by!