Guided+Notes

= Creating Guided Notes Worksheets for Your Students =


 * What are guided notes? **

Guided notes can be described as a skeleton outline that lists main points of a verbal presentation and provides designated spaces for students to complete as the speaker elaborates on each main idea (Lazarus, 1991). They are a helpful tool for English Language learners and students with learning disabilities. A good handout will have about half of the information typed out and half left for the students to fill in during the lecture. Handouts may also include the following questions for students to answer; partially completed diagrams, maps, or graphic organizers; and pictures.

(from [|An Alternative to Traditional Note Taking Strategies])
 *  Guided notes provide benefits for all students and teachers: **
 * Low cost and efficient strategy
 * Promotes active engagement
 * Students are more likely to participate in guided note taking
 * Prevents leaving out important information
 * Leads to higher scores on all corresponding activities, assignments, and assessments
 * Allows organization of lecture to be clear
 * Leads to more verbal responses from students
 * More critical points are recorded
 * Students don’t have to guess what information is important
 * Can be used in any content area
 * Complete and accurate notes can be used as study guides
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Students learn to take better notes


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Check out these additional resources - some include examples! **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(Hint: Find more examples of guided notes in your content area by conducting a Google Search with "guided notes mathematics" and substituting a topic or subject area name.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Guided Notes for Adverbs Lesson
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Guided Notes for Lectures]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Intervention Central - Increasing Student Engagement through Guided Notes
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Guided Notes for Movement Science (U of Mich Kinesiology)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Guided Notes for 7th Grade Science
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Guided Notes for Social Studies (with cool idea for learning stations)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Guided Notes Fact Sheet]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Assignment **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review the Guided Notes information above.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Compare the two examples of **Guided Notes for Architects in Action - Before and After** (see below). Key revisions include use of a table to assist in organizing information, improved use of space on the page, insuring that all questions are oriented toward the student.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Look back over the three guided notes attached to the teacher lectures in the previous step - the FOIL Method, Disease, and Spanish. How will these activities support student learning? (they are attached on the first page of the lecture)
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Create a handout to go along with your lecture. This could be a short worksheet, guided notes, a copy of the questions you ask throughout your lecture, additional information, or whatever you feel is needed.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Use formatting to improve the organization of your handout. Consider font color and size, images, headings, use of tables, etc.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Review your work by checking spelling and grammar with the Microsoft Word review tools.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Add your Teacher Lecture and Guided Notes to your Digital Unit Plan under Lesson #1.

= ** EXAMPLE: Architects-in-Action Guided Notes ** =

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Compare the two examples of Guided Notes for Architects in Action - the before and the after. Key revisions include use of a table to assist in organizing information, improved use of space on the page, insuring that all questions are oriented toward the student. If you were a student, which would you prefer? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #283769; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #283769; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #5064ae; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">** Guided Notes BEFORE ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #283769; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #5064ae; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">** Guided Notes - AFTER REVISION ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #283769; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande','Lucida Sans Unicode',Arial,sans-serif; text-align: center;">