1. NEST Day 3: Focused Notes

2.  Review note taking tips  Read text independently to take notes  Use collaboration as part of the Focused Note taking process Today’s Goals

3. 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?

4.  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 “6 th grade UMS School Systems”  NEST Day 2 Focused Notes Let’s Review

5.  Today you will be reading the section “ACADEMIC CLASSES”  Remember to:  Scan the page  Look for headings, words/phrases, images/charts Preparing to Read

6.  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

7.  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

8.  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

9.  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

10.  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

11.  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

12.  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

13.  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

14.  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