An instructional tool that provides structured and sequential collection of student work over time and allow students to interact with content, peers, and teachers using various processing activities; also called Interactive Learning Logs, Interactive Student Notebooks, Interactive Learning Notebooks.
Published in Chapter:
ILLs for ELLs: Using an Interactive Notebook Strategy to Foster Success for English Language Learners
Yolanda L. Dunston (North Carolina Central University, USA), Justine Daniel (Durham Public Schools, USA), and Susan Stock (The Lerner School – Durham, USA)
Copyright: © 2019
|Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9348-5.ch013
Abstract
The number of U.S. residents who are linguistically diverse has increased significantly over time, and many of these residents are school-age children who are learning English and grade-level content simultaneously. The task of promoting success for these students while holding them to the same high academic standards as their native English-speaking peers can be a daunting one, as teachers also strive to encourage acceptance and a safe context for learning and growth to occur. This chapter highlights one classroom teacher who implemented an instructional strategy, Interactive Learning Logs, which allowed her to create a classroom environment that promoted acceptance, high expectations, and skillful differentiation to meet the needs of all of her students, including her ELLs. The chapter shares this teacher's personal experiences with the ILL strategy and how it enhanced ELL student performance through planned instructional supports.