Reading and Note Taking Strategies

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Reading and Note Taking Strategies
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Reading and Note Taking Strategies

• Have you had formal instruction on how to read
  text for comprehension?
• Have you had formal instruction on how to read
  text for later reference?
• Have you had formal instruction on how to take
  notes?
• Do you refer to your notes when studying? Why or
  why not?
• What are some reasons a person should know
  reading strategies and good note taking?

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Examples of Reading and Note Taking Strategies

• Concept Circles
• Graphic Organizer
• Double Entry Journal
• Cornell Note taking
• 3-2-1 Strategy
• Before-During-After (BDA)
• List-Group-Label
• Admit Slip/Exit Slip
• Anticipation/Reaction Guide
• Text Coding

Baumgartner
Blackburn Burk
Caruso
Charielle,
Cuevas

Darden
Driggers
Eisbrener
Farley
Figueroa
Gindt
Gravis
Hack
Hartman
Hockey
Holm
McCoy
Moky
O'Neill
Paulan
Quaid
Ramirez
Spero
Svehla
Trujillo
Vallejo
Washington
Wilson
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Reading and Note Taking Strategies Project

• Working with one or two other people, create a
  Reading / Note Taking Strategy PowerPoint
  presentation
• 2. Individually write a paper reviewing two other
  strategies

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Reading and Note Taking Strategies Project 1.
Presentation Expectations

• Follow rubric guidelines
• Title
• When the strategy is used
• Before, During or After
• A written description of the strategy
• A visual example of the strategy
• An example of how this strategy could be used in
  the classroom
• Optional
• handouts, practice, embedded video, etc
• Email to instructor

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Reading and Note Taking Strategies Project2.
Paper Expectations

• Individually write a paper reviewing two
  different strategies
• Approximately 1-2 pages in length
• Different strategies than the one you researched
• 2-3 paragraphs about each strategy
• Summarize strategy
• Key points
• Advantages/Disadvantages of using this strategy
• Example (different than example in presentations)
  of how you could use this strategy in your future
  classroom

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Reading Strategies and Note Taking Types
Reference Page

• Concept Circles
• http//literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/concept
  _circles.pdf
• Graphic Organizer
• http//www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
• Double Entry Journal
• http//www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/
  printouts/double-entry-journal-30660.html
• Cornell Note taking
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Notes
• 3-2-1 Strategy
• http//www.readingquest.org/strat/321.html
• Before-During-After (BDA)
• http//www.scribd.com/doc/15344307/Before-During-A
  fter-Reading-Strategies
• List-Group-Label