Amanda Felts
Discussion Notes
Tools for Reading, Writing, and Thinking
Link: http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/tools/discussionsnotes.pdf
Summary: This is a worksheet that students fill out as they read. It gives them promting questions to think about as they read. This worksheet prepares students for a discussion after they are done reading. It gives them a place to take notes and a few sentences to lead into what they may want to bring in to the discussion. The worksheet gives very specific directions about what to look for and at. It gives the students questions to ask themselves after they read so they can capture and write down thier thoughts.
NCSCOS: This worksheet will help prepare students for the writing test, and the reading and science EOGs. This worksheet teaches students to look at what they are reading and to ask questions and take in what they read and interpert it into thier own words.
How will it help students learn? Students will learn how to pull out information in what they read and be able to look at the notes that they took to add into a class discussion. This worksheet will also aid the shy students into becoming more open about what they read and say in class. This will help students learn to focus in on what they want to say in a class dicussion.
I believe that this will work, because student love to talk, so giving students the opportunity to share thier thoughts and how they understood something, will help others understand a concept. The main reason this will work is because no two students view what they read the same way, so pulling in more ways to see or understand something, as a teacher you will be able to reach more students. Personally I always got more out a class if I am able to share my understanding of what I read with others and I get the opportunity to look at what we read in thier shoes by them sharing thier ideas with me.
rbwilson0824 said,
May 29, 2008 @ 9:58 pm
I skimmed over this strategy, but thanks to your comments I’ll be going back for a second look. Worksheets make most every classroom process easier and students are far less intimidated when they know exactly what is expected from them. These sheets also will be valuable tools for test prep. Roberta Wilson
erin1mcintosh said,
May 29, 2008 @ 10:33 pm
In my search for strategies I found this website as well. I thought they had some wonderful ideas that were functional for the classroom. I think this is an excellent resource to use. I also agree with you that shy students may feel more comfortable sharing if they have some sort of organizational tool that they can read from. I also get more out of class when I can share and discuss with others. It is nice to hear other points of view. By the way, I chose the Vocabulary Squares from this site…take a look if you get a chance.
Erin McIntosh
trathenwr said,
May 30, 2008 @ 9:12 pm
Thanks Amanda,
Woody Trathen
David Sigmon said,
June 1, 2008 @ 2:21 am
I think this would be great for science. thanks, David Sigmon.