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What Really is an Interactive Notebook? What do they entail? Research shows that when students interact and engage kinesthetically with what they are learning then their understanding will deepen and be built to a higher level of cognition.

What Really is an Interactive Notebook?

If you have been reading my blog for any time you know that I am passionate about the use of Interactive Notebooks as a part of learning in the classroom. Each time I am out and about for professional developments I work with teachers from all ranges of the spectrum

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Monday Made It: A Glimpse into 4th Grade Math

It seems like it has been awhile since I created a video so today was the day! I created a video to show you where I am so far in the creation of my 4th Grade Interactive Notebook! I am absolutely loving the pages in Unit One and already working

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Elementary Workshop Wrap-Up for Judson ISD

Talk about having a blast with a great group of teachers! Tuesday I was once again blessed to be in Judson ISD where I was working with 3rd-5th grade teachers on Integrating Interactive Notebooks in their classrooms. I’m just saying.. we had a blast despite some obstacles. Obstacles you say?

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Setting Goals for the New School Year

Every year growing up I remember setting goals in my classes to help guide me through the school year. I don’t remember taking time to reflect on these goals often growing up but when I started with my own classroom it was the first thing that I wanted to continue.

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Wrap-Up: Interactive Notebook Webinar and More

Wow, last night’s interactive notebook webinar was AMAZING! I was floored to have over 400 of my teacher buddies register beforehand and then to have over 150 logged on when we had our network outage. Thank heavens for a quick reset and we only lost 10 minutes! I appreciate all

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Taking On Tulsa!

I am SO excited to be in Tulsa today for the Oklahoma Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference at Oklahoma State University! Not only do I get the pleasure to present to some amazing Oklahoma educators but I also have a booth set up in the exhibitor area with Interactive

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Interactive Notebooks: What About an Absent Student?

A question that I get asked regularly via email or workshops and session is, “What do you do about students who are absent? How do they follow along with their Interactive Notebooks?” In my classroom I had a file crate with hanging file folders labeled 1-31. In each of these

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5 Reasons Why I Haven’t Been Around to Blog

I know it’s been awhile since I have blogged and I promise I’ve some great excuses reasons. Just a little catch up as the crazy busy week continues. Meet Buddy the newest member of our family. He is 3 months old today and so much fun. We rescued him from

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