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How do I write an e-mail to a teacher?
How do I write an e-mail to a teacher?
Whether you're trying to catch up on assignments, find out which skills you need to focus on most to improve your grades, or just want to thank your hard-working teachers for being amazing, you should know how to communicate your ideas effectively in an e-mail.
How can I use my planner effectively?
How can I use my planner effectively?
How can I use my Interactive Notebook (INB) to study for an assessment?
How can I use my Interactive Notebook (INB) to study for an assessment?
What are some approaches to note-taking that you recommend?
What are some approaches to note-taking that you recommend?
The focused note-taking thought process makes note-taking becomes a powerful, portable learning tool that you can carry with you throughout your educational experience.
How you apply your learning will determine how you take your notes. There are many different ways to take notes. The most important thing is that you make your notes your own so that you can interact with them and study them. Here are a few recommended note taking formats. Give them a try!
Outline Notes
Outlines help make sense visually of how details relate to the big ideas.
You may want to consider using outlined notes in the "notes" section of your Cornell pages.
Color Coding
Using a consistent color scheme, such as the one here, can help you find and recognize information quickly.
SIM Routines
Are you a logical learner? Using the Strategic Instruction Model (SIM) strategies and routines -- such as the FRAME routine, unit organizers, LINCS vocabulary tables, and more -- can also help students to structure and organize ideas and to see how they are related.
Graphic Organizers
Traditional graphic organizers are also excellent ways to take notes and see connections between ideas.
Visual Note Taking
If you're a visual learner, love to doodle, or just want to make your notes pop for your brain, you might want to consider using visual note taking strategies. You do NOT need to know how to draw for this method!
The videos here gives a quick overview of a few ideas you may wish to use, including how use your text and layout of your page to accomplish better visual notes.
More Ways of Taking Notes...
How can I improve my content mastery with AVID WICOR?
How can I improve my content mastery with AVID WICOR?
The AVID program (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is designed to guide students to educational success using tools that teach them to own their own learning process.
W.I.C.O.R. strategies are at the core of this learning process and help students to deepen their understanding of content and study skills. Authentic learning experiences that include W.I.C.O.R. involve:
Writing
Inquiry
Collaboration
Organization
Reading
WICOR Posters.pdfIn the classroom, you might see W.I.C.O.R. as these kinds of activities:
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