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Developing a Study Strategy

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students take notes on how to use a thesaurus using the VSPP strategy.  In this notetaking lesson, students listen to a lecture on how to use a thesaurus.  Students write down the main ideas of a lecture and jot these ideas down on 40%...
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Taking Notes from Written Documents

For Students 7th - 9th
For this notetaking skills worksheet, students discuss the main events and opinions of a document, as well as listing three things the document tells about life at the time it was written. 
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Name That Bird

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students view web sites about Birding. They explore how to identify species using a bird's silhouette, posture, size, flight patterns and habitat. They practice birdwatching and notetaking in the outdoors.
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A Colony is Born : Lesson 3 - Marking Time

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders refer to text and timeline to fill in a graphic organizer and timeline from 1492-1607. They participate in a class discussion that allows for speedy accumulation of events and fill in their own timelines. They work in small...
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Living History- An Intergenerational Philanthropy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students gather information from a senior friend to write a biography. In this living history books lesson, students organize information to complete a book about their senior friend. Detailed teacher instructions for completing the book...
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Prior Knowledge: What Do You Know About Dogs?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students consciously activate prior knowledge in order to comprehend new information about a given subject.  In this comprehension and prior knowledge lesson, students use a graphic organizer to activate prior knowledge and use their...
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Anglophone Countries Report

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders make reports on Anglophone countries and report to the class.  In this Anglophone countries report students take note of presented material.  Students answer questions related to the reports. students write a culminating...
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What is Meant by Returning to Fundamental Principles?

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
What did the Founding Fathers mean by the importance of continually returning to fundamental principles? Your young historians will analyze a series of quotations illustrating the fundamental ideals and principles of the United States...
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What Are Bullying And Harassment? Part 1

For Teachers 4th Standards
A brief survey begins a lesson that challenges scholars to answer the question, What is bullying? Learners discuss their answers and take notes, paying close attention to the types of bullying and roles people play. Pupils change their...
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Doing the Math: Analysis of Forces in a Truss Bridge

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Join together to investigate truss joints. Scholars learn how to analyze forces at truss joints to determine the strength of truss bridges. They apply the "method of joints" in calculating the tension and compression forces at each joint...
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Using Models in Climate Change Research

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Explore models through the relevant lens of climate change! Investigators watch a video about using models and their application for evaluating temperature data and climate change. Scientists read an article on climate change and answer...
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Listening To A Guest Speaker

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a lesson of listening to a guest speaker. They pay attention to the information and are active in taking notes, generating follow up questions, and summarizing the presentation. Students practice clear speaking...
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Digger and the Gang

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars participate in an online puzzle story. They practice notetaking skills and using adjectives and adverbs. They write a Cinderella story from a thief's point of view using idiomatic phrases. They review other English skills...
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Integers

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars graph integers on a number line. In this integers lesson, students create a colored foldable to assist them with notetaking and problem solving.  Young scholars complete exercises from text.
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Notes on the Seasons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete guided notes while learning about the earth's seasons.
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Using Pictures in the Classroom

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students review vocabulary by answering questions about an image, drawing the picture and taking notes. They compare their pictures and describe the differences.
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Taking Notes / Making Conclusions Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this worlds of work and play worksheet, students make observations about home architecture and gardening as they walk through a neighborhood. Students answer 16 questions that require them to take notes and draw conclusions about...
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Taking Notes from Photographs

For Students 6th - 8th
In this taking notes from photographs worksheet, students study a photograph to form an overall impression, then examine details in order to form a conclusion about the photograph.
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How Was the Inside vs. Outside Paradigm Created?

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders write notes from a teacher lecture on Slavery and Exploitation. They review process for notetaking, symbols and abbreviations. They read three web articles about slavery and create a rubric for evaluating the quality of a...
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Travel Brochures

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders divide into teams and select a country to research. They read and review "Notetaking Skills" and begin their research. Next, they work together and share the information they have located. Each team fills in a template with...
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Cornell Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the introduction of The Cornell Notetaking System and the emphasis is upon the active learning that is involved. They discuss and demonstrate the six steps of taking Cornell Notes.
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Reading Quest

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading quest worksheet, students complete this graphic organizer by generating questions, providing text explanations, and categorizing their responses after reading a chapter in social studies.
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Pig Products

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
How do you feel about cloning? This issue is highly debated, so educate your class before they participate in a similar debate! Read a New York Times article related to the use of cloned pig organs for human transplants. Groups develop...
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Elements of Fiction

For Teachers 1st - 8th
The metaphor of a pot of soup and a series of colorful templates remind young writers of the elements that make for a rich story. Pepper the plot with carrot/character, potato/point of view, corn/conflict, tomato/theme, and season with...

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