Focused Note Taking

What is the main purpose of taking good notes?

• To make your binder look good.

• To help you better remember what you have learned.

• To do what the teacher says so they don't bug you.

• To give yourself something to do in class.

What are the 5 Phases of Focused Note Taking?

• Taking, Processing, Connecting, Summarizing, Applying

• Taking, Producing, Connecting, Selling, Applying

• Taking, Processing, Copying, Summarizing, Reflecting

What happens within a day after learning new information?

• It is permanently in your brain

• You start forgetting some of the information.

• Nothing - it just sits in your brain.

• You retell all the people you know what you learned

What helps notes stay in your brain longer and better?

• repetition, repetition, repetition

• Clipping them in your binder and leaving them there.

• Looking at them quickly before a test.

• Letting your dog eat them.

How can someone apply their Focused Notes?

• summarize and reflect on their notes

• use for studying, use on quizzes, use to create a one pager

• make the confusing parts more clear

• separate their notes into chunks

What is a summary?

• Facts from your notes. It's the most important info and answers the success criteria.

• It's your opinion on how the learning has effected you.

• You just rewrite the success criteria and begin with the words, "Today I learned"

What should you always be putting at the top of your notes?

• the summary

• the learning target or success criteria for the lesson

• a guess of what you think the notes will be about

To do the best, students should revisit their notes how many times before a test or quiz?

• only the night before

• once a day, every day for as long as you can handle it

• multiple times by processing, connecting and summarizing notes

What are Costa's 3 Levels of Questioning?

• Google, Noodle, Doodle

• Using, Abusing, Reusing

• Completing, Revising, Applying

• I give up! You tell me?

What are two ways to do the Thinking and Connecting Phase?

• Answering the Success Criteria

• Adding additional information that connects to what you already know

• Asking good test questions about the notes