Note Taking SkillsMiss Curd

7th Grade Science and Social Studies

ListeningBy improving your listening skills you can improve your understanding

How do I improve my listening skills?Figure out what is important about what the speaker is saying

Learning is up to the learner……you must take responsibility for having an interest in the topic

Minimize distractions

ListeningHow do I improve my listening skills?

Listen to everything the speaker has to say before you question or reject what they are saying

Find the main ideas in the presentationDistinguish between important and trivial

Focus your attentionPractice paying attention

Take notes while you listen even if you think you know it

ListeningHow to become an excellent listener

Keep focusDo not judge the speaker: from what they look

like to how you could have said it betterDo not just concentrate on waiting for your time

to speak (i.e. if you have a question or comment don’t just think about that until you get called on)

Don’t practice your responseStay on task and keep other activities to a

minimum

PracticeAs you are listening to the podcast, write

down the three main points

Taking NotesWhy do I need notes??

Notes force you to listen more carefullyNotes test your understandingNotes help you decide what is important when you review for a test or quiz

It is easier to remember personal notes than what is in the text

Writing it down helps you remember

Taking NotesWhat Clues are there to help me

figure out what is important?Written on BoardRepeated several timesTone of voice or gesturesMore time spent on important topics (and more examples)

Certain words signal (i.e. third reason, conclusion, two points of view)

Taking NotesWhat kind of method should I use for taking

notes?Use phrases instead of sentences and words

instead of phrasesConsistent abbreviationsUse your own wordsOutlines or numbering systemsLeave space to add information from the

text or that goes along Write down examples and drawings

(sketches)Write clearly and legibly

What happens if I miss something?Write the key words, skip spaces and go

back to fill in later

Taking NotesWhat to do while taking notes in class:

Only write down the main points, the “meat” of the subject

Keep your notes to key words and short sentences

Use your own words but be correctTake it all in………think about what is

being presented before you write it downKeep notes shortDon’t worry if you miss

something…….you can always go back and fill it in

Keep your notes in orderReview, review, review

Signal wordsThree reasons whyFirst, second, third……Most importantMajor developmentFor exampleSimilarlyFor instanceIn conclusionAs a result ofFinallyRemember that….The basic concept here is……

Practice: Prevent and Treat DiseasesSpread by food, air, water, contact

with insects or other animals, and person to person contact

Some diseases are inherited at birth and can not be spread

Cystic Fibrosis-chronic lung, pancreas, liver and intestinal disease

Huntington’s disease-neurological disorder, uncoordinated, jerky body movements, diminished mental abilities

Some diseases develop later in life due to environment and lifestyle (heart disease, cancer, respiratory disorders)

Taking Notes

What should I add to my notes?Star things that are main ideas or topics

(something that is repeated)Go back and highlightAdd any examples that may be givenIf the teacher is going to fast, write down the key

words and return later to fill in the gapsIf the class says something that the teacher agrees

with, jot it downQuestions……..ask during class or write down to

come back and ask

SPELLING

Note taking tipsLeave out “the’s, a’s “ etcUse symbols

Create your own (same every time)Or use standard symbols

Leave out vowels ( text language: between = btwn )

Indent to help you stay organizedCompare your notes to a classmates

Simple tissues are also referred to as ground tissues. They include the tissues known as parenchyma, collenchyma, and sclerenchyma. Parenchyma tissue is composed of parenchyma cells, which are found throughout the plant. They are particularly abundant in the stems and roots. The leaf cells that carry out photosynthesis are also parenchyma cells. Unlike many other plant cells, parenchyma cells are alive at maturity and retain the ability to divide. They perform many functions. Some are specialized for photosynthesis, others for storage, and still others for secretion and transport. An important class of parenchyma cells makes growth tissues called meristem and cambium. These tissues give rise to all other tissues in the plant body.

Like parenchyma cells, collenchyma cells are alive at maturity. They differ from parenchyma cells in that they have thick cell walls. Collenchyma tissue is most often found in the form of strands or cylinders of cells in stems and leaves. The thick cell walls of collenchyma cells provide support to these plant structures. The strands of tissue in celery are collenchyma tissues.

Abraham Lincoln is often referred to as "The Great Emancipator" and yet, he did not publicly call for emancipation throughout his entire life. Lincoln began his public career by claiming that he was "antislavery" -- against slavery's expansion but not calling for immediate emancipation. However, the man who began as "antislavery" eventually issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in those states that were in rebellion. He vigorously supported the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery throughout the United States, and, in the last speech of his life, he recommended extending the vote to African Americans.

The development and widespread use of computer technology and the internet have transformed how we communicate, how business is conducted, how information is dispersed, and how society is organized. Prior to approximately 1980, in-depth information about any one subject matter was attained through laborious research involving countless visits to libraries and via repeated interviews with persons of known reputation and reputable expertise.  Now, a great deal of information is available at the click of a mouse button, all attainable from within the confines of ones own home or from the use of a computer in an office. Previous labor-intensive support jobs, such as loading and unpacking of trucks, luggage handling at airports, and food manufacturing, once performed by a large middle-class workforce, are now performed routinely by robots which are monitored by computer-controlled systems.

Our lives have been simplified by the advent of computer and internet technologies, but likewise these benefits which have been ushered in by the technology revolution have had an averse affect on the core of our interpersonal-relationships.  Mere communication is no longer via postal mail or face-to-face contact, but rather via electronic email, personal internet message boards, and by virtue of hand-held personal electronic assistants.  Although computer technology has brought us to within a mouse-click of any sought-after piece of information, this technology boom has sequestered us to the confines of our computer desks and homes and has removed us away from those traditional settings were personal and communication skills are developed.

 

Study HabitsNow it’s time to study……what do I do?

Review every day – 30 minutes a dayRead over new material within 24 hoursConfusion is your worst enemy

Ask questionsRead the chapters

Skim through at first noting headings, go back and re-read for understanding; don’t know a word? Look it up

Study HabitsTry using the information in different ways: flashcards, charts, outlines, lists, diagrams, graphs, drawings, create a self test

Studying the night before a test is Not studyingHighlight as you go through your notes

Major topics one color and vocab words anotherBefore the test

Write down a couple of key phrases the night before and go over them in the morning….do not try to cram

Be physically prepared (good night’s sleep)Bring the right materialsUse the bathroom