Summarizing and Notetaking

1. Summarizing and Notetaking By: The Group in the Corner

2. Background Information Research? 7 Generalizations 7 Generalizations: Students must delete some information, substitute some information, and keep some information to effectively summarize To effectively delete information, substitute some information, and keep some information students must analyze information at a fairly deep level Being aware of the explicit instruction of the information is a need to summarize information Verbatim notetaking is perhaps the least effective way to take notes Notes should be considered a work in progress

3. Background continued� 7 Generalizations: Notes should be used as study guides for tests The more notes that are taken the better

4. Specific Ways to Summarize Role based summarizing: students need to know when to keep and when to delete Summary frames: students need teachers to ask questions in order to identify what�s important 1. Narrative Frame 2. Topic Restriction/Illustration Frame 3. Definition Frame 4. Argumentation Frame 5. Problem/Solution Frame 6. Conversation Frame Reciprocal Teaching: Allows the students to lead how to summarize, and do the questioning, clarifying and prediting

5. Specific Ways of Notetaking Teacher Prepared Notes: Must provide examples and give students options of how to take notes Information Outlining Webbing Combination Notes: Tri-fold approach, by taking all three of the above

6. What�s Students Learn from Notetaking� Deepens the student knowledge about a subject by synthesizing information Develops an understanding of a subject about organizing information Students learn to identify key concepts within the informational text Students comprehension is increased when they are asked to analyze a subject More effect decisions are based on their analysis

7. Pages in the Book to Refer to Ruled Based Summarization p.31 Narrative Frame p.35 Topic Restriction Illustration p.37 Definition p.38 Argumentation Frame p.39 Problem/Solution p.40 Conversation p.41 Examples of Notetaking Teacher Prepared p.45 Informal Outline p.46 Webbing p.47 Combination Technique p.48

8. I need Web-sites!!! Summary page for each type of frames and document template for each graphic organizer http://Edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/templates/summarizing_notetaking.htm Storyboards set-up and Cornell-notes templates and for sizing of paper and other strategies www.Incompetech.com/graphpaper Laura�s Suggestions: Visuwords is helpful with vocabulary (webbing with words) http://www.visuwords.com/ Webspiration is another webbing site, good for notes http://www.mywebspiration.com/

9. Example of a Wordle: Using the Definition of Summarizing and Notetaking Summarizing and Note Taking Effective summarizing leads to an increase in student learning. Helping students recognize how information is structured will help them summarize what they read or hear. For example, summarizing of a reading assignment can be more effective when done within summary frames, which typically include a series of questions the teacher provides to direct student attention to specific content (Marzano, Pickering, & Pollock, 2001). Students who can effectively summarize learn to synthesize information, a higher-order thinking skill which includes analyzing information, identifying key concepts, and defining extraneous information. Note taking is a related strategy that teachers use to support student learning. Without explicit instruction in note taking, however, many students simply write down words or phrases word for word, without analysis (or good effect). Successful note-takers summarize to arrive at a nugget of meaning, which they are much more likely to retain. Students also benefit from using their notes as a document of their learning. Teachers can prompt students to review and refine their notes, particularly when it is time to prepare for an exam, write a research paper, or other summative assessment of learning.

10. Let�s Use Wordle! Helps take a larger sets of information and create a collage of the words (Words used more often are larger, words used least often are smaller) www.Wordle.net

11. One Last Web-site� www.BrainPop.com This is an online archive of friendly kid interacting videos that will give the teacher activites, experiments, and many more options of what to do with your class P.S. There are even QUIZZES! Example to go to: http://www.brainpop.com/health/personalhealth/boogers/