With 5/6 I usually start with guided notes. Then I move to graphic
organizers and outlining. They are all pretty much taking the
exact same notes. W/7th and 8th I go thru the main ideas they
should have in their notes. They either highlight them or add
them. It actually sounds more time consuming than it is.

On 6/28/09, ancientcivteach wrote:
> On 6/26/09, wig wrote:
>>In 5/6 I teach various ways of taking notes
>> from their readings (text. articles, primary sources, etc.) -
>> outline, cornell, focus notes, graphic organizers or mindmaps,
>> etc. Each unit is a different method.
>
> Actually, several questions :)
>
> which note-taking strategy do you start off with?
>
> do you ever "go over" the notes with students after they've
> taken them if they have taken them completely on their own? how
> do you do that?

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