Updates!

Hey Science Friends,

If you have been following along you know we are talking a lot about Science Notebooking. And maybe your head is spinning with ideas. You probably need a break by now. So you are all excited about notebooking this year and I don't blame you but what about stretching it a little bit and setting up a small corner of your room and creating a Science Center? It doesn't have to be big. Maybe just a place to hold your materials and display a few things. Not every single child has to fit in the center or any at all...maybe just your Science Tools? Because when you think about it...Science happens everywhere, not just in one little corner of the world! And when you think of it like that the entire idea just seems to feel a whole lot better. You have it in you...you always had it in you. You can be the Science teacher that you always wanted to be. Just small steps towards a bigger goal...it's no big deal. A good plan, a couple of investigation posters, some notebooks and some tools and nobody is going to know that you didn't have some master plan...unless you tell them. Just keep your poker face on and smile like you have had this plan for weeks!

If you recently purchased or previously purchased these posters from TpT please be sure to download again because they have had a severe facelift and now you get both versions and both white versions as well. These are great for adding a little color and reference to your little Science corner of the world. It's simple..print, laminate and go!

And they now coordinate with these labels. Ahhh, coordination it just makes you look like you had a well mastered plan all along. And with large, medium and small labels for notebooks, journals, folders or binders it is really starting to look like a plan in a few little clicks. So, if you purchased this pack from TpT recently, you need to get the updated and expanded version so everything all goes together just like it was meant to be.

 



Science Notebooking 103! Freebie

Hey Science Friends,

If you have been following along you know the hot topic right now is Science Notebooking. And I am so excited for each post about it because this year is going to be the best one yet. So, if you have followed along you probably have some idea of what your Science Notebook is going to look like. And if not you can read up about it here by clicking below!

And then we moved on to talking about goal setting for our notebooks. If you missed that you can catch up by clicking the notebook below! And if you are getting your Science Notebooks ready and need The Smart Science Teacher Label Pack, you can check it out by clicking the image below.

 

So now we are moving right along. And now we are going to talk about how we are going to teach the children how to write in their notebooks. One idea I have used over the years I refer to is a Teacher Modeled Science Notebook. I love this idea for several reasons. This is the perfect size to model the expectations and it is made of materials you probably already have on hand. Clicking this picture will give you the information you need to make one and the free printables to get you started. Once you get your feet wet with this your mind will be spinning on a million different versions of this notebook.

Now that you seriously look like you have it all together and a great plan, it is time to think about the next step. Because you want some sort of structure each time the notebook is used what will the students record before they start to notebook?

Name

Date

Time

Anything else?

There are also a few other things to consider here too. When you start notebooking in class you probably have figured out that just like everything else, the procedures need to be modeled which brings us back to The Teacher Modeled Notebook. Modeling is key in the beginning and it sets you up for a successful Science Notebooking year! And another consideration...are you going to let the children give it a try after the first modeled lesson? You know I am going to say just go for it. What in the world can it hurt? So it won't be perfect and who would expect that? This is great practice and actually perfect for the beginning of the year!

So the next question is probably what in the world does that first lesson actually look like? I hear you. I have asked myself that question too, about a million times. I promise we are getting to that. We are taking small steps towards a big goal of wonderful Science Notebooking in Kindergarten with some LA integration. But I have to ask...

As a Science teacher of young and budding Scientists, what would you like to see inside? If you have a quick, fast minute just drop me a line and let me know. I would love to hear your thoughts and I read every single comment, text message and email...