Taking Notes

Today we focused on taking notes in 620 and 621.
The name of the story is "The Bat in the Refrigerator" by Jean Craighead George.
We listened for important information about the bat, why she was in the fridge, her name and other important details. After this, we answered the three short answer questions that went along with the passage.

The questions included a graphic organizer, and two short answers. The graphic organizer focused on sequence. When in the story did certain things occur. The second question, short answer focused on a certain word, WHY. When you answer the question, you *need* to put in details. The second short answer question also focuses on WHY. This question asks you also to put in details from the story to support your answer.

This is WHY you need to take awesome notes. Make sure you go back to your notebook and focus on the different types of note taking skills that we worked on!

I know you guys are doing a great job on the note taking skills. Please continue to review the blog later and over the weekend for more updates!