Foreword Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 1. Introduction 2. Organizing Notebooks for Learning 3. Gaining Student Buy In and Ownership 4. Using Notebooks During Investigations 5. Getting Started: The First Three Days 6. Using the Notebooks: Days Four to Seven 7. Learning Through Writing 8. Learning Through Discussion 9. Conclusion Resource A: Reproducibles Resource B: Crosscurricular Connections References and Further Reading Index
Teaching Science With Interactive Notebooks gives science teachers everything they need to incorporate interactive notebooks into classroom teaching and learning. All of the how-to is here for using notebooks to promote deeper student learning, critical and scientific thinking, and reinforcement of learning throughout the academic year. Kellie Marcarelli covers everything from rationale, procedures, organization, optimal use to propel student processing, thinking, learning, and metacognition, to how to explain the process to students and model it for them, to related classroom management, time management, assessment, and homework. A special segment on "accountable talk" also shows teachers how to develop the patterns of scientific discussion through classroom discourse that provide grounding for students' notebook entries. This book can enrich learning in any science classroom and supports the effort to make students the owners of their own learning. Interactive notebooks are natural differentiators that allow students to learn standards-based content and demonstrate that learning in individualized ways.
Kellie Marcarelli is a middle school science teacher and department chair at Pershing Middle School in the San Diego Unified School District, where she teaches eighth grade physics and chemistry. Beyond the classroom, Kellie serves as a trainer, teacher-leader, and curriculum evaluator and assists in the screening process for the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair. Her professional experience includes working as a staff developer for the Middle School Science Education Leadership Initiative (MSSELI), the California Math and Science Partnership program, and the San Diego Unified School District; presenting regularly at NSTA's national conference as well as state and regional science education conferences, and working with WestEd's K-12 Alliance. She is also actively involved in STEM outreach with local professionals in the science community. She is the recipient of the California State Science Fair Teacher of the Year, the San Diego Science Alliance Partnership Teacher of the Year, and the Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair Teacher of the Year awards.