Note-Taking

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Note-Taking

• Supporting Your Students

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Note-taking

• Note-taking is a way of recording key
  information and details from a reading or from
  class.

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Why Teach Note-Taking?

• Note-taking can help students
• remember important facts and details from a
  reading.
• It can help students think through important
  information until they truly understand it.

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• Good readers take notes before,
• during, and after reading a selection.
• Good readers watch for important
• parts of the text and write them down.
• Good readers review their notes later.

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Its in the Outcomes!

• e.g. Grade 7 SCO 8.3
• - understand that note-taking is
  purposeful ( e.g. personal use, gathering
  information for an assignment, recording what has
  happened and what others have said) and many
  forms, (e.g. lists,
• summaries, observations, and descriptions)

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It is critical to support learners through the
learning process and gradually release
responsibility to them.

• Keene Zimmerman - Mosaic of Thought

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Types of Note-taking

• 5 Ws and H Organizer
• Summary Notes
• Timeline or sequence notes
• Key word Notes
• Double Entry Journals
• Cornell Note -Taking

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5 Ws and H organizer
Subject Enemy Aliens in Canada
Who Anyone that was born in a country that
was against the allies in the war
What Registered and Reported to Police on a
Regular basis -limited freedom -lost right to
vote
When W W 1
Where Throughout Canada
Why They were considered enemies
How Sent to internment camps. lost their
Businesses and properties
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Summary Notes

• Chapter 3 -
  Settlement Patterns
• Main Idea
• Most of Canadas population patterns are based on
  the interaction of history and culture with the
  land.
• Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
• Based on first nation communities that were
  already there.
• Maliseet and Mikmaq communities.
• North
• Coastal and migrated with the caribou herds.
• European settlers/traders were attracted to each
  site and what it offered.
• Fishing and farming communities were established
  around waterways.
• Seigneurial System
• Long narrow lots along the river
• Quebec area
• Township System
• Square blocks about 100 acres

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Timeline or Sequence Notes

• Good for remembering a series
• of events

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Key Word or Topic Notes
Key Words Notes from Ch.3 - Canadas People Aboriginal People
Constitution Act First Nations Inuit Métis 1982 recognize First Nations More than one Nation community Replaces term Indian which came from Columbuss mistaken belief that he reached India on his way to China Arctic- mostly Nunavut Means the people First nation and European background
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Double Entry Journal
Text, Quote, Question My Thoughts
His mother was careful not to mention the party when she was driving the team home. She must want this to be a secret and a surprise for her son.
In the last four months the price of oil has increased three times. The church will not be able to stay open on weekday evenings for the youth programs. I never thought of the fact the churches may have to close if they cant afford to heat their buildings.
The landlord looked at them, knowing full well the rent would be delayed again. He turned his head so as not to confront them. This must be a pattern for this couple. I guess they miss their rent deadline a lot. The landlord seems sympathetic.
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Cornell Note Taking
Key Words Note taking

Summary Summary
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Good Note-taking Habits

• Label! Label, Label!
• Loads of Tools!
• Color! Color! Color!
• Picture this!
• Keep it together!
• Review! Reread! Revisit!

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Label! Label, Label!

• Encourage students to put their
• name, date, and topic on every note.
• Promote writing on one side of
• paper and number each page.
• Suggest including teachers name and
• subject, if it helps them remember better.

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Loads of Tools!

• Have lots of lined and plain paper, notebooks,
  pencils, pens, cards, stickies- whatever works
  best.
• Keep all supplies in a central, well organized
  area.
• Give students choice in the materials they use
• Require a new sheet of paper for each note-taking
  activity.

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Picture this!

• Encourage your students to
• Draw pictures to help them understand.
• Use symbols or icons along the side of their
  page.
• Underline, capitalize, indent.
• Draw boxes, circles, arrows to highlight
  important points.
• Get the big picture first then fill in the
  details.

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Color! Color! Color!

• Help your students make their notes come alive.
• -Use highlighters, colored pencils,
• markers to help important details
• jump off the page.
• -Use color to help sort and organize
• similar details, to compare and
• contrast, and emphasize important
• points.
• -Use colored paper to differentiate
• between themes, subjects, and
• headings.

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Keep it together!

• Offer support with organizing their notes
• -Allow time to sort through binders and
• folders
• -Encourage page protectors and tab
• labels to categorize notes
• - Provide checklists to keep them focused
• -Treasure how hard your students have
• worked

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Review, Reread, Revisit

• Encourage your students to
• -Review what they have written to see if it
• makes sense.
• -Reread their notes (out loud) to see if they
  have a
• better understanding of what they are
• learning.
• -Revisit their notes regularly to reinforce
• their learning.