While reading the article Five Good Reasons to Use Science Notebooks, I found that I before I read it I thought of some of the reasons they gave, particularly the second reason. I found it funny that it was the first thing that popped into my head. Notebooks give us as teachers a way to learn the deepest thoughts of our students. It opens up a new world of ideas that even we may have never thought before. It helps us understand what the kids want to learn and what they are interested in, rather than the teacher leading the discussions.
The third reason I also found interesting. I remember when I was in elementary school and my teachers, not only in science, used notebooks to clarify our thoughts. When students talk out loud, sometimes their thoughts can get jumbled and not make much sense, but when they are told to write down their thoughts it helps clarify what they really mean. In many classes we used notebooks that every day at the end of class we turned in. I now understand why my teachers did that. Not only does it help them by giving then ideas about what the students wanted to learn, but it helps them understand all of the thoughts that we want to get out in a clear way. Writing also has the ability to help students who are shy open up and get their good ideas to the teacher.
I really enjoyed this article and the helpful tips that it gave for teachers. I plan on using notebooks in my classroom, but not just for science. I think that it is a great tool for teachers to use to get into the deepest thoughts of our students without them even realizing it. It’s extremely helpful and can teach not only the kids, but the teachers as well.
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