Some of the standards for ELA cover researching and writing papers. I did a lesson today on notetaking that seemed to help get them started in the right direction.
First - I found some general directions on notetaking - skim first, look at headings, captions, structure of passage (bold print words, etc.) before starting to take notes and put it on a Word document so I could project it.
Next - I cut / pasted three short passages on wolves into word document - with web addresses
I put the first page of directions on the screen and just briefly read over them with the kids. Then I put up the passages. As per the directions, they could tell me what they needed to do first. I modeled skimming and thinking aloud about the structure / headings.
Next they got out a sheet of paper and we practiced taking down just facts from what we read. (Somewhere I saw to explain to them it's like texting: you don't text whole sentences, just facts / key words.)
We only did the first passage today, so I'm going to move on to the 2nd and 3rd tomorrow. I think notetaking was becoming a bit clearer. I hope so; they have a major research paper they will be starting for science in a few weeks!
Judy
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