"Howdoyoucurrentlyteachstudentsinyourclassroomtosummarize informationtoenhancestudentlearning?" "Whathaveyoulearnedaboutsummarizingandnotetaking?" Studentskeepaninteractivenotebookandusecornellnotes.Itell studentstousechunking;takeoutthenonessentialandleavethemeat. Cornellnotes,,stresstotheckoutpoints/wordsmtopi Cornellnotes TheymustcreategraphicorganizerBEFOREtheybeginwritingtheir summary.,Alsothestudentsmustaddtheessentialquestionorsection titletotheirsummary. TicketOuttheDoor RespondtoEQ Cornellnotes.AnswerEQ.Exitticket.Summarytemplatefornotes. Wedoaticketoutthedoorthatcontainsatleastthreethingsyou learnedthatday.

Wehighlightimportantinformation Wesummarizeverballybystudentdescriptionsoftheprojectsthathave beencompletedandwhatcontenttheyarerelatedto.Ialsoask questionstoguidetheirresponsestoconnecttheprojecttothecontent learned. Onepagers,HPE Studentsaretosharetheimportantideasthatweretaughtintheclass. TheyactuallywritetheirsummaryattheendoftheirCornellnotes. Studentsaretoldtakekeypointsandinformationfromnotesandmake themtheirownin5sentencesormore. Explainthemainpointsfromtheinformationpresentedduringclass. Identifythekeywordsinthesentenceandtheverb/actionaimedat thosewords. IusuallyhavethemsummarizetheirCornellNotesin57sentences.In thebeginningoftheyear,Igivethematemplatethattellsthemexactly whatIamlookingforintheirsummary. Havestudentssummarizeverballyattheendofclass StudentsareencouragedtotakeCornellNotesandtoputinformationin theirownwordsandtoexplainatendoflessonwhattheyhavelearned. Itendtoprovideanoutlineforthemandthenencouragethemtoadd theirownnotesandobservationstotheoutline.Itriedhavingthem paraphrasemylessons,takekeywordsandusewordstheyunderstand. Thatseemedproblematicforthem.Thisseemstoworkbetterbut probablywon'thelpthemasmuchinfutureendeavors.

"Itisappropriatefortheteachertoprovide studentswithacompletesetofnotesona topic"

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takingcornellnotes,identifyingkeyconceptsinpowerpoint presentationswhiletakingnotes,paraphrasing,etc Itrytoexplaintothemnottocopywordforword,andmakesurethat thekeywordsarewrittendown. Teach,practice,reteach,assess,differentiation,Cornellnotes,small groups... Usediagrams,cornellnotes,drawings CornellNotes graphicorganizers WhiletakingCornellNotes,studentshighlight,underline,&create visualstosummarizecontent. StudentsusetheirCornellnotestocompleteaparagraphwiththekey ideas. ConceptWebs StudentssummarizetheirCornellnotes.

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Allofthosesites,technologyandthetrackingonMicrosoftWord Trackchangesisagoodwaytohelpstudentssummarizeinformation.

Afterstudentshavetakennotesorcompletedanactivitywheretheywill needtosummarize,Iaskthestudentstoreviewtheinformationthey're tryingtosummarize.Iaskthemtofindkeypoints/terms.Iaskthem, "what'sthebigidea?Ifyouhadtotellsomeoneinafewsentenceswhat IlearnedhowIcouldprovidearulesetandaframingforsummarizing.Thiswill youlearned,whatwasimportantwhatwouldyousay?" beveryusefulsincemanystudentsclaimtheydon'tknow"wheretostart." Agree Payattentiononlytokeywords,andincorporatethemintotheoverall topic/conceptsoftheday.Usethegraphicorganizeroranysortof drawingsothatyoucanvisualizetheoverallconcepts. WecurrentlyuseCornellNotesfornotetakingwithsummariesatthe end.Useofcharts,foldables.Useofcontextclues. Agree Howtointegratethisinthemathclassroom Effectwaystousetechnologyfornotetaking.