Re: Note-Taking Lesson Plans

[robert eiffert <robert@CRYPTICMACHINERY.NET>]

The 'hilite too much' syndrome is a symptom of not getting it. But can also
be because they were introduced to notetaking as 'write information on a 3x5
card'.  You know, where the girls win because they can write smaller....

Try:  1: reiterating that being a bit 'lazy' is good. You want as little as
makes sense for the info (i.e., if looking up population, all they need is
the number and word population, not the whole sentence) But the number alone
is going to require re-reading the whole sentence to find out why you
hilited the number last week (sorta like the phone number on the postit with
no name)

2:  Make a golf game of it. Who scores the lowest (number of words
hilighted) wins (double check that there are enough)  I do a 'who got 3
facts out of this para?' '10 words? 9, 8,etc....  Then winner gets to hilite
on overhead.

Also, notes are pretty abstract for 4 grade. Need lots of concrete examples.
When I did elem (2 years ago) I used non-fiction picture books (Aliki's
Medieval Feast was a fav.), copied pages on trans and paper for kids, walked
through 3-4 pages in 20 minutes. (good also to note captions and pictures
contain info)

Robert Eiffert, Librarian
Pacific Middle School
Evergreen SD 114 Vancouver WA
beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library
robert@crypticmachinery.net




-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Celeste Riter
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 9:36 AM
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Subject: Re: Note-Taking Lesson Plans


A Happy,Healthy and Wise New Year to All!!
     Please share any successful lessons on note-taking that you may have
used.  I am working with a fourth grade of mixed ability.  The first lesson
left me uncertain as to how much the "low middle" and "low" kids really got
out of it.  The lesson was on highlighting the important information.  Some
colored way too much ( most of the page).
   The classroom teacher asked me to teach this skill and I feel it is very
important so any advice will be appreciated. I wonder if I need a  different
approach to get across the basics of how to take notes. Thanks Celelste
Ritter, LMS  Celeste116@juno.com

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