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Interactive Notebooking: A Visuals Based Strategy for Working with ELLs

If you are looking for a strategy to help you organize your students’ work and reinforce your lessons using 2 and 3 dimensional key visuals, then come and see

how I have been using Interactive Notebooking to support the learning of my ELLs. I will share resources I have developed for my STEP 1-3 elementary and

secondary students.

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Interactive Notebooking is a strategy for helping students to be organized, learn using a variety of learning styles, break things into digestible chunks, learn to use graphic organizers, features of text, and key visuals to understand and express information… and to keep you from going crazy!

Some things you need: -coil notebooks -colourful pens and pencils - a plan -an imagination and/or friends with imaginationsThings you do:-all learning is worthy of noting -make a table of contents-keep a teacher copy-expect students to uphold standards-use lots of visual cues and 3 dimensional organizers-use project based learning-let students share

ESL/ELD AO STEP 1 ESL/ELD BO STEP 2 ESL CO STEP 3

FN Circle Booklet Parks Project Backpack Novel Study Foldable

Reading Journal Migration Study Folder Textbook Comparison Foldable

Animal Comparison Tabbed book

Biography Secret Door project

Alternative Novel Study

This year I will share:

ESL/ELD AO STEP 1

FN Circle Book

Reading Journal

Animal Comparison

STEP 1 projects focus on learning new words and phrases, using point form, reading and researching to find the 5 Ws, becoming a mindful reader, learning to compare and contrast, and developing oral skills

First Nation Circle Book

The Circle book is made when we read simple texts by Chad Solomon, First Nation Author of the best selling Rabbit and Bear Paws series.

The circle book reflects the common use of the medicine wheel as a symbol for learning in First Nation cultures.Step 1 students read through the book and gather information to state the 3Ws by quoting directly from the text, summarizing to state the next 2, and to learn some new words

Reading Journal

The Reading Journal booklet is used by ELLs to encourage them to read a variety of text forms, to summarize what they have read, and to reflect on their development as a reader.

Animal Comparison

The Animal Comparison Project allows students to use simple phrases and point form notes to give information about 2 animals that they research online and through plain text based nonfiction books. The Tabbed booklet format introduces them to a timeline, features of texts, titles, tables, maps, and a venn diagram.

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Migration Study

The Migration Study Project allows students to learn about some of Canada’s at-risk species that migrate annually. Students research online and through magazines. The Migration Folder format introduces them to new vocabulary, mapping, features of texts, titles, using notes to create a series of linked sentences that describe or explain a topic, tables, and life cycles.

BiographyThe Canadian Biography Project allows students to learn about some of Canada’s interesting figures from history. Students research online and through books. The Secret Door Folder format introduces them to new vocabulary, quotes, features of texts, titles, using simple sentences, and timelines.

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ESL CO STEP 3

Novel Study

Textbook Comparison

Alternative Novel Study

STEP 3 projects focus on learning new words, using complex sentences, reading and researching to understand a widening range of literature and other texts, writing paragraphs, editing for text conventions, essay writing, and developing oral skills

Novel StudyThe Novel Study Project allows students to learn about basic literary conventions and vocabulary through the study on high interest adapted or grade level novels. Students may read any novel that they choose and must learn to identify the genre, talk about the author, discover new words and their contextual meaning, use a plot graph, talk about setting, use a quote, and summarize a novel using complex sentences. The bookmark cover allows artistic students to express their creative side while the small paragraph format forces students to learn to be concise while giving detail.

Textbook Comparison

The Textbook Comparison allows students to learn about navigating through textbooks. Students may choose any 2 textbooks from their course, but are encouraged to find ones that seem different from each other. Students complete a learning styles quiz to see what their preferences are and then analyze their books to see what they can find out about how they provide opportunities for different types of learning. Students use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the texts and write a paragraph to explain which text suits their learning style best.

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