Do's and Don'ts - Interactive notebook design is an important factor in the success of a notebook. How beneficial a notebook will be to your students depends a lot on how well it stand up to use. This post is dedicated to the do's and don'ts of interactive notebook design.
I have observed notebooks that were falling apart by the end of the year because students were using notebooks with perferations to help the pages tear out easier. This design makes the notebook weak. Because interactive notebooks incorporate a lot of handouts that are glued to the pages, the notebook paper has to resist tearing out. Perferated edges are not a good thing in this case.
Teachers need to point this out before students purchase their notebooks. Notebooks without perferations should be recommended to students. The other option is to purchase the correct type of notebooks and provide them for students. Notebooks are usually on sale the weeks before school starts. It's a good idea to have a few extra notebooks on hand for students that enter the class later in the year.
If the students are responsible for purchasing their own notebooks, keep in mind that students learn best by seeing. Have a sample notebookcreated with perferated pages on hand to show the students what happens under the weight of all those handouts. Once students see the ripped pages, they will understand for themselves why they need to select their notebooks carefully.
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