Post on 31-Dec-2015
NEST Day 4: Focused Notes
Revisit notes Introduce Costa’s Levels of Inquiry Practice writing questions
Today’s Goals
Focused Notes are MANY things… A way to collect information in class A way to interact with the information you
learned (today’s focus) A way to collaborate with peers A tool to help you study information
What are Focused Notes?
Previously we… Reviewed note taking and reading tips Read a text independently Wrote our own Focused Notes Collaborated with a partner to check our notes
Please take out… Your Policies and Procedures Your Focused Notes PINK handout Focused Notes from previous days
Let’s Review
Use your PINK handout page and turn to “Costa’s Levels of Inquiry”
Today you will be focusing on the different levels of inquiry questions that you can use in your Cornell Notes
Preparing to Write Questions
There are 3 Levels to Costa’s Levels of Inquiry
Each one asks for a different type of thinking
The type of question you ask determines the type of thinking you will do
Preparing to Write Questions
The type of question you write, will largely depend on the type of information you’d like to discover.
LEVEL 1 questions are “knowledge gathering” questions. --- You either know it or you don’t They are more FACT-based.LET’S PRACTICE…
Preparing to Write Questions
Level 1 questions for this picture include…
The questions asked require you to reply with facts. Can you think of any more possible level 1 questions?
Preparing to Write Questions
What animal is this?
How many
animals are in the picture?
Where are the penguins?
LEVEL 2 questions are… “processing” questions Taking facts and grouping, sorting, comparing,
analyzing, explaining, and prioritizing them.
LET’S PRACTICE…
Preparing to Write Questions
Level 2 questions for this picture include…
The questions asked require you to take the facts and use them . Can you think of any more possible level 2 questions?
Preparing to Write Questions
What is the difference
between the left
penguin and the
right penguin?
How are these
penguins’ adaptations suitable to
their environment?
LEVEL 3 questions are “application” questions. --- Taking facts/ information and…
applying it to a new situation judging/predicting an outcome
They require more understanding of the information, rather than just “knowing” it.
LET’S PRACTICE…
Preparing to Write Questions
Level 3 questions for this picture include…
The questions asked require you to apply the facts in new ways. Can you think of any more possible level 3 questions?
Preparing to Write Questions
How would these
penguins’ behaviors
change if they were
placed in an extremely
cold climate?
If you could
write a caption for this picture,
what would it be and why?
Let’s Practice using this picture…-Collaborate and think of Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 questions
Preparing to Write Questions
Let’s APPLY our new knowledge..
Before writing your questions, you need to review your notes and ask yourself- If these (the notes side/ right side) are the
answers, what are the questions?
Preparing to Write Questions
QUESTIONS NOTES
What resources does the school website provide?
What are the most important website resources for student?
SCHOOL WEBSITE- www.tustin.k12.ca.us/domain37• Provides info. and resources
• Homework posted • AR lists provided• Calendar of school events• Staff contact info.
Writing Questions
Can you think of other questions that we can generate from the notes?
Writing QuestionsQUESTIONS NOTES
create questions for the notes-
END of QTRS/ SEM 10 wk qtrs Grade for progress every 5 wks
1st qtr ends 11/72nd qtr/1st sem ends 1/293rd qtr ends 4/24th qtr ends 6/18
Report cards sent home 1 wk after end of qtr
TODAY we… Revisited notes Introduced Costa’s Levels of Inquiry Practiced writing questions
NEXT TIME you will… Create more questions and write a summary
Today’s Goals