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1. Summarizing and Note-Taking ESA Regional Inservice
Faye LaDuke-Pelster
SD Reads Literacy Coach
2. Powerful Skills “Note taking and summarizing are two of the most powerful skills students can cultivate. They provide students with the tools for identifying and understanding the most important aspects of what they are learning.”
Robert Marzano
3. Research and Theory on Summarizing To effectively summarize, students must do 3 things:
Delete some information
Substitute some information
Keep some information
4. Analyze Information To effectively delete, substitute and keep information, students must analyze the information at a fairly deep level.
5. Information Structure Being aware of the explicit structure of information is an aid to summarizing information.
6. Summarizing Practice with Reciprocal Teaching I will model the 4 roles of reciprocal teaching:
Predictor
Questioner
Clarifier
Summarizer
7. Give it a try… Please read the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs on page 8 of Teaching with the Brain in Mind. Complete your reciprocal teaching role sheet. After everyone has finished, verbalize your role with the group.
8. Research and Theory on Note-Taking Verbatim note taking is, perhaps, the least effective way to take notes.
Notes should be considered a work in progress.
Notes should be used as study guides for tests.
9. Note-taking Practice with Combination Notes I will model how to use the combination notes graphic organizer while referring to the first two paragraphs on page 8 of Teaching with the Brain in Mind.
10. Give it a try… Please read the remainder of page 8. Complete your combination note-taking guide. Remember to record notes in the left column, graphic representations in the right column and summary statements at the bottom.
11. Questions Questions about summarizing and note-taking?
12. Resources Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Eric Jensen.
Classroom Instruction that Works, Robert Marzano.
Tools for Teaching Content Literacy, Janet Allen.
13. Contact Information
Faye LaDuke-Pelster
SD Reads Literacy Coach
(605) 856-2211
fladuke@tcsdk12.org