What we did today
At the beginning of class today, we practiced our spelling by doing a mini spelling bee. We used words from all age categories. The class also worked on our note taking by watching a short clip made to give us information and a basic idea about the middle ages. As the clip was playing the class also had to take notes in a t chart form. One side had "Main Ideas" and the other had "Details". We made the notes like this because the way we usually made our notes took too much time to make while watching the clip. We also learned how to make something such as "In the mall there were 100 teenagers." into point form like, "Mall had 100 teens inside."
Connections and Reflections
The mini spelling bee was good practice and in my opinion it was really fun. In addition it really helped but was some what tricky. I also thought that the note taking was useful because I believe that every student should know how to take notes in different forms to graduate. It is because note taking is extremely useful when you are in university and when you are studying for a test. Also the main idea and detail sheet was very useful because it was a fast and efficient way to take short quick notes. It also is short enough to give you a basic understanding of the whole idea of the topic.
Learning Intention
Later on in university we will need the skill to take notes. For instance when the professor is talking you can't write down everything he says but only the parts that will give you a good understanding of the topic. The note taking also helps us study for tests and quizzes. Furthermore, the mini spelling bee will help us with our spelling and give us a slight understanding of what a real spelling bee is like.
Tip/Reminder
IT IS MANDATORY FOR EVERY STUDENT TO HAVE 50 MINUTES OF FLEX TIME PER WEEK!
Homework
Friday-Spelling Bee. Practice! Practice! Practice!
Port Folios-Should have been done by now
QAR if not completed
Upcoming events
Spelling Bee-Friday
Pancake breakfast next Friday
Band Concert 12/13/2011
Flex time on Thursday
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ReplyDeleteGood Job. You don't seem to be missing anything. Though I got to admit that the connections were not very creative since I heard the university or grade 12 connection for note taking almost a million times. It would also help to write down who's posting next.
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I was too lazy to click the button so I left it.
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