Ericka Benavides Olivarez
District Social Studies Specialist
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 Theory
& History (just one slide )
 Components of the ISN/HAN
 Set-up & Management
 The ISN/HAN and CSCOPE
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Let’s make our own
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Preview Assignments
Guided Practice
Processing
 Motivation
 Grading
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 An
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Interactive Notebook is
A personalized textbook
A working portfolio of all activities in one
convenient spot
 Why
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they engage students?
Use of visual and linguistic intelligences
Note-taking becomes an active process
Help students to systematically organize as they
learn
Become a portfolio on individual learning
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 Cover
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Personalized
Unique
 Table
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Page
of Contents (grades 2-12)
Beginning and End of each Unit, Era or Region of
Study
 OPTIONAL
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Student Guidelines / Contract
Testing, Reading, Writing Strategies
Author Page (about me)
 Left
Side-Right Side Orientation
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Left-Side
 Is for the Student
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Demonstration of
their knowledge
 Engage,
Explore /
Preview / Warm-up
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Prior knowledge
 Processing
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Evaluate Activities
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Student
demonstration of
knowledge gained
 Odd
Right-Side
 Restricted
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Contains teacher
guided activities and
instruction
 Explain,
Elaborate /
Guided Practice
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Students acquiring
new knowledge
through teacher
directed activities
 Even
Numbers
Numbers
Handout-ISN Framework
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K-3
Cookies – Burnt or
Sprinkles?
 The Works
 Student/Parent
Contracts
 Provide options when
able
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4-12
Student/Parent
Contracts
 ISN Student SelfEvaluation Tool
 Provide options
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Handout-Contracts, Self-Evaluation Tool
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Let’s get to work on the details!
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*Students tap into prior
knowledge and connect to
upcoming content in a preview
assignment.
• Short & Engaging
• Draw parallel between
key social studies
concepts & student’s lives
(Relevant)
• Spark interest and
activate prior knowledge
• Prepare students to
tackle new concepts
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What does a Preview Activity look like?
Grade / Course
Kinder
Engage, Warm-Up, Spark
Display picture of 1st page of Constitution. May have
students draw their own or paste one in.
1st
Provide students with images of each item and ask
them to sort using relative chronology.
2nd
As students work together, have them list everything
they know about the National Anthem.
3rd
Have students draw the physical environment of the
islands as you read about in Columbus’ description.
4th
Students will draw a picture of what the word
FREEDOM means to them and title it.
5th
Students write down possible meanings for each of
the symbols in the envelope (crown, a flag, money…)
6th
Students make predictions about culture traits based
on observations (i.e. food, language, family, art…)
World
Geography
Students use a T-chart to identify Physical Features
and population of China and India.
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Students use graphic organizers,
cornell notes, visuals, and other
activities to explore the unit. The
teacher explains the key
concepts.
• Use graphic organizers
• Tap visual and linguistic
intelligences
• Contains testable
information
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What does the Guided Practice Activity look like?
Grade/ Course
Explore and/or Explain
Kinder
Read the 9 statements about the Constitution. Students
will circle thumbs up (true) or thumbs down (false)
1st
Students will use the ISN to complete the Explain- Draw
a timeline of 3-4 events in their lives.
2nd
Students will glue in their Historical Figure Graphic
Organizers on Even Pages 2 and 4
3rd
Students will glue in their Academic Vocabulary Matrix
and complete terms 1-5 only.
4th
Students will work in groups, but then will return and
glue in the pattern puzzle in the correct order.
5th
Students will glue in their Government matrix with the
information they collected at each station.
6th
Students will take notes on the presentations using
Cornell Note format or a graphic organizer.
World
Geography
Provided with the World Population Growth chart,
students will graph the population and write a summary
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Students demonstrate their
understanding of the material /
lesson in an independent activity.
• Requires higher-order thinking
skills
• Incorporates multiple
intelligences
• Applies what students learned
in the lesson
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What does a Processing Activity look like?
Grade / Course
Kinder
Elaborate and/or Evaluate
Have the students answer the questions in the
performance indicator. Score in ISN using checklist.
1st
Performance Indicator: Students will cut pictures of
apart & paste them in chronological order in their ISN.
2nd
Students will choose two of the sentence stems in the
Explain, complete them, and write them in the ISN.
3rd
Students will write 3 components of climate, 2 ways people
adapt to the physical environment, 1 interesting community
studies in their ISN.
4th
Students will glue in their analysis pizza, including the
statement in their words & how it affects them today.
5th
Students will illustrate types of government in place
during colonial times in Great Britain. Perf. Ind.
6th
Students will read the biographical sketch and write a
letter responding to them. Performance Indicator
World
Geography
Pretend you are a demographer and create your own
country profile. Performance Indicator
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What happens if we don’t
complete all of the activities on
the first two pages?
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K-3
Preparation is key
 Complete Activities in
Centers
 Keep a Teacher copy
of your ISN
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Prepare the Unit in
advance
Bins for ISNs
4-12
Preparation is key
 Keep a Teacher copy
of your ISN
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Prepare Unit in advance
Allows students to
recover missing work
ISNs in the classroom?
Or Student take
home?
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K-3
Unit Grading Rubric
 Teacher Checklists
 Performance Indicator
Rubrics for Processing
Activities
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4-12
Random Spot Checks
 Unit Grading Rubrics
 Weekly Grading
Rubrics
 Activity Grading
Rubrics
 Peer Grading Rubrics
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