The document provides instructions and examples for taking notes in 4th and 5th grade. It includes a sample phone message about a dinner invitation, with notes on the key details students should write down. It also includes information and notes on the cassowary and emu, citing sources. The document emphasizes recording sources of information when taking notes.
1. Note-taking
How to take notes: a review for
the 4th
and 5th
grade
Special thanks to Jen Stanbro for this lesson!
2. Call from Aunt Marge
• Well, hello, is your mom or dad there?
Can you tell them that I’d like to invite you
to my house for supper this Sunday at
6pm. Tell your mom and dad to bring a
salad or dessert and I’ll take care of the
rest. We’ll have a picnic unless it’s raining
… I hope you guys are doing well and
can’t wait to see you! Ok, well talk to you
later. Bye-bye. [hangs up]
3. What notes should we write down
when we take a message?
• Aunt Marge called
• Supper
• 6pm Sunday
• At Aunt Marge’s House
• Bring salad or dessert
4. “Cassowary”. Funk and Wagonalls New World Encyclopedia. World
Almanac Education Group. 2002. Searchasaurus [database].
Accessed 4 Feb. 2005.
10. Notes:
• 4 to 6 feet high
• Inner toes have long, straight, knifelike nails
• Loose, hair-like feathers
• Brownish-black
• Head and neck bare, and is red, yellow and
blue
• Top of head has a large bony crest
• Long leathery wattles hanging from front of
neck
13. Notes on emus
• Small heads and long necks
• Round bodies, long legs
• Up to six feet
• Weigh 110-120 pounds
• Shaggy feathers, dark brown after molting
• Chicks have black, brown and cream
stripes.
• Short wings (eight inches long)
16. Name: __________________
You have to be sure to record your source of information. So before you
go any further … Cite Your Source!
Author(s): ______ _____________________________
Title: _______________________________________
Copyright Date: _______________________________
Did any part of the book interest you more?
Write down one fact from the book that you learned just from taking a
Book Walk:
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Notes de l'éditeur
When I’m taking a message, should I write down every word? Let’s try and answer the questions who, what, when, where.
Do you write down every word?
No, you don’t need to. You should try and make notes that answer the questions who, what, when, where.
Taking notes when you are researching is the same process. You have to find the key information that answers your research question. We’re going to read this encyclopedia entry on the cassowary.
Research question: What does the Cassowary look like?? We need to underline or highlight any information that answers that question.
Ask students to read two sentences. What should I underline? (Students follow along and underline their handout)
Read two more sentences. What should I underline?
Read two more sentences. What should I underline?
Look at just your underlined sentences. Now write notes on the information that you read. These notes do not have to be complete sentences. Notes should answer research question. Right now, we’re writing our notes as a bulleted list. Use your correct spelling. This will be important when you build a paragraph, and put the info into your own words, using multiple sources.
What should I write for notes for the first underlined sentence? [Write student notes on board]
These are my notes from one source. Before I write a paragraph about what the cassowary looks like, I’ll want to look at more than one source (article, book, website, etc.)
It’s your turn. Underline keywords that answer our question, “What do emus look like?” Write down your notes. These are keywords and phrases, not sentences. We will reconvene to write our notes together. Exemplar:
If time, review citations and have students fill out citation worksheet.
![Call from Aunt Marge
• Well, hello, is your mom or dad there?
Can you tell them that I’d like to invite you
to my house for supper this Sunday at
6pm. Tell your mom and dad to bring a
salad or dessert and I’ll take care of the
rest. We’ll have a picnic unless it’s raining
… I hope you guys are doing well and
can’t wait to see you! Ok, well talk to you
later. Bye-bye. [hangs up]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)