Re: Taking notes

[Robert Eiffert <beiffert@HOME.COM>]

Here are a couple of good ideas:


I use Barbara A. Jansen's Trash-N-Treasure with 3rd-5th grade and know it
works with MS level also.
http://www.big6.com/lessons/reading_for_information.htm

I set up a table (grid) with 3-4 questions across top, 2-3 resource titles
along side. On overhead display pages from those sources, and have kids fill
in blanks. I 'borrow' from whatever topics the kids are doing in classroom,
select books that are 2-3 grade levels LOWER than class so they can work on
the extraction rather than focus on reading skills.  Some questions get
answered from all the resources, some from only one, sometimes only part of
answer in in one or all the books. A question like "3 ways Pilgrims cooked"
might take 2 books to get all three parts.  I usually have kids work in
pairs. Have some paper copies for those that have difficulty with reading
screen.  I walk the whole class through (with discussion, and have kids come
up and hilite 'treasure') whole grid before working more independently.

Grid helps kids keep focused. They know all the questions they need to
answer, they have list of resources.  If teacher can supply questions, the
grid can be extended horizontally, if (when kids are more independent) there
are additional resources found, grid can extend vertically.

This year I introduced Internet resources, table in Word, copy/paste to some
3rd grade classes. No paper!

This is a neat role-playing lesson:
"Tell the students that you are a teen-ager who has to take a phone message
for your parents from a friend of their's who's at the mall, calling from a
pay phone. The teacher plays the calling-friend.:
http://www.big6.com/lessons/note_taking_with_fourth_graders.htm
--
Robert Eiffert, Librarian at Image Elementary
Vancouver WA
http://www.ima.egreen.wednet.edu/library.html
beiffert@.egreen.wednet.edu



> From: Audrey Kendrick <askendrick@TRIAD.RR.COM>
> Reply-To: Audrey Kendrick <askendrick@TRIAD.RR.COM>
> Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 06:50:11 -0400
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Taking notes
>
> I am looking for info on taking notes to attempt to teach my middle =
> schoolers who come in to do research how to do so.Any help you can give =
> me would vbe appreciated.
>
> Thanks,=20
> Audrey Kendrick,Media Specialist
> Randleman Middle School, Randleman, NC
> askendrick@triad.rr.com
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