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Setting Up Your Interactive Notebook

Setting Up Your Interactive Notebook - mixed-upfiles.com

I fell in love with the idea of an interactive notebook the very first time I heard about it. Putting that strategy into practice in my middle school classroom was another story, though. After several false starts and lots of minor adjustments I finally found a process that worked for me and my students. I […]

Filed Under: Teaching Strategies Tagged With: back to school, interactive notebooks

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Interactive Notebook Tricks to Teach Your Students

Teach these 6 tricks to simplify your interactive notebooks

Believe it or not, some middle-school students will show up in your classroom next year without basic cutting and gluing skills. That makes the whole idea of using interactive notebooks so much more daunting. After all, it is concern about classroom management issues or “wasted” time that holds many teachers back from trying this strategy. […]

Filed Under: Teaching Strategies Tagged With: interactive notebooks, middle school

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Meet Michelle

Hi, there! I’m Michelle, the teacher-author behind Mixed-Up Files.

I love all things middle school, gifted ed, and ELA. When I’m not writing curriculum resources, you can find me puttering in my garden, hiking to a waterfall, or cheering at a college softball game.

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After teaching grades 5-8 for 23 years, I retired from the classroom to work full time writing curriculum resources.

Mixed-Up Files is my way of staying connected with the middle school grades that I love!

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