Taking Notes First thing first- As soon as the teacher says, I need you to take notes, get out your paper. What else could they say?

Taking Notes  Make sure you have a heading on your paper Name Date Class _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ ___

Taking Notes  Listen to what the teacher says or writes and quickly put it in your own words.  Example: If they say :The dog and cat ran up the tree.

Note Taking  You could write your notes like this. Name Date Class ______________________________ 1.Dog/Cat up tree_______________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ _____________________________

You do not…  Need to write notes exactly word for word.  This takes up a lot of time that you probably don’t have in class.

The purpose ….  Of note taking is…………………  _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________

Last thing  Always remember to…………  put your notes __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________  Because __________________________________ ___________________________

Notes about Note Taking  _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________