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Cornell Notes

Learn the Cornell Note-Taking method, its benefits, and scaffolding techniques. Organize data, process information, and enhance learning. Suitable for both non-fiction and fiction subjects.

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Cornell Notes

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  1. Cornell Notes Parts adapted from www.clcillinois.edu/depts/vpe/gened/ppt/Cornell_NoteTaking.ppt‎

  2. Outcomes Participants will • Develop an understanding of the Cornell Note- taking method • Understand scaffolding and extension techniques related to Cornell Notes

  3. Why Cornell Notes? • Cornell Notes is one tool, it is not the only tool • Some teacher may assume students know how to take notes • By teaching students one method of note taking, they have a foundation • Students see commonality among disciplines

  4. Cornell Notes • Help students remember what is said in class • Help students prepare for tests outside the class • Builds independence

  5. Cornell Notes • Help students to organize and process data and information • Visually “makes sense” to students • Can support Summarizing • Writing is a great tool for learning!

  6. What it looks like… Topic Heading Main ideas/ questions Notes Summary of notes- 3-4 sentences at bottom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iolZMTGUpw

  7. Economics

  8. Math

  9. ART

  10. Health

  11. Anthropods Biology

  12. Physics

  13. English • Non-Fiction- note taking on facts, main ideas in background information, rhetoric in a speech • Fiction- Character analysis, sensory details, quote analysis, scaffolding towards a text-dependent question

  14. Comparing Texts Essential Question: What can passenger lists tell us about who settled in the New World and where they settled?

  15. Rewriting notes in Cornell Format • Students may take guided notes, fill in an outline, or other note taking format that you might already use • Students re-copy their notes in the Cornell Format for homework or as an extension creating their own questions or main • ideas • Automatic review/ Studentt Created Study Guide • Kinesthetic learning • Can edit, look-up words • Prompts higher-level question- Students can come up with questions to use as review in class the next day

  16. Scaffolding Cornell Notes • Model how to use Cornell Notes • Provide templates • Provide all main ideas and questions for students • Provide 2 or 3 main ideas or questions and ask students to come up with 2 or 4 on their own

  17. After Your Notes are Complete • Synthesize and make connections between note sheets • Highlight, circle and underline most important information or details • Cross out unimportant information • Use notes for further studying

  18. Revision Checklist

  19. Remember • There are many ways to use Cornell Notes • Cornell Notes can be used for both non-fiction and fiction • Teachers should model note taking • Scaffold students toward independence

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