NEST Day 3: Focused Notes

Review note taking tips Read text independently to take notes Use collaboration as part of the Focused

Note taking process

Today’s Goals

Focused Notes are MANY things… A way to collect information in class A way to interact with the information you

learned A way to collaborate with peers A tool to help you study information

What are Focused Notes?

Yesterday we… Worked on format Wrote an essential question Read from a text and took notes Learned some note-taking tips

Please take out… Your handout “6th grade UMS School Systems” NEST Day 2 Focused Notes

Let’s Review

Today you will be reading the section “ACADEMIC CLASSES” Remember to:

Scan the page Look for headings, words/phrases, images/charts

Preparing to Read

Before reading and taking notes, REVISIT the essential question of your notes to focus your reading and note taking…

EQ: What are important school wide policies and procedures and how do they affect me as a student?

Preparing for Focused Notes

Now READ the section on Academic Classes

Starts with:“Each student at UMS will have a 7 period day…

Ends with:“…are able to purchase a new binder reminder for $5 at the office.”

Preparing for Focused Notes

Some quick TIPS for taking notes SKIP lines between ideas AVOID writing complete sentences USE symbols, abbreviations, graphics when

possible INDENT to show relationships between ideas

Preparing for Focused Notes

Before writing your notes, ask yourself- What is the main idea of this section of text?

HINT: Look at the heading How should you write this main idea in your

notes? HINT: Look at the other main ideas in your notes

Write the main idea of the text in your notes…

Taking Focused Notes

Following the main idea, let’s look at details Examine the first paragraph

What are some important details related to the essential question?

Remember to indent when writing each of those details

Write the details from the first paragraph of the text in your notes…

Taking Focused Notes

Following the main idea, let’s look at details Examine the second paragraph

What is a big important detail related to the essential question? HINT: This detail is underlined in the paragraph

Remember to indent when writing this detail

What are some details related to the big important detail? Remember to indent this within the big detail

Write the details from the second paragraph of the text in your notes…

Taking Focused Notes

After you’ve finished taking notes, check the quality of your notes by working with a partner

With your partner check the… Details included in your notes

Are you able to edit your notes? (add more, take some off, correct information)

Organization of your notes Do some details need to be indented? Can some details be abbreviated or represented as a

symbol?

COLLABORATING with Focused Notes

GROUP SHARE- What were some changes or additions that you

made to your notes? How did working with a partner help you refine

your note taking process?

Collaborating with Cornell Notes

TODAY we worked on… Reviewing note taking tips Reading text independently to take notes Using collaboration as part of the Cornell Note

taking process

TOMORROW you will… Create questions using your notes

Today’s Goals