Interactive Notetaking for Content-Area Literacy, Secondary

by Judith Goodman

Overview

Help students build content area literacy through interactive notetaking! This resource provides creative strategies for developing students' interactive notetaking skills across the content areas. Lessons focus on topics including partner work, vocabulary, comprehension, and summarizing to engage students in critical thinking and analysis. This grade-range-specific resource differentiates instruction to support the needs of students at each grade level. Aligned to standards, this essential classroom resource will allow students to practice effective learning strategies, increasing retention and achievement in mathematics, language arts, social studies, and science.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781425817343
Publisher:	Shell Education
Publication date:	05/01/2018
Series:	Interactive Notetaking
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.43(d)
Age Range:	10 - 18 Years

About the Author

Judith Goodman, M.A.Ed., is an experienced national consultant who provides engaging, interactive professional development in all content areas for elementary and secondary teachers. Judith spent 35 years as a dedicated classroom teacher, a district instructional specialist, and a university adjunct professor. The first 20 years of her career consisted of classroom experience at the elementary through high-school levels. Her skill as a master teacher was recognized by her school district, and she became a district-level instructional specialist. In addition, she served as a writing specialist, guiding students and teachers to meet the state's writing standards. Judith now works as an independent consultant working with teachers to increase student engagement, which will lead to student success. The same dedication, enthusiasm, knowledge, and skills that made her a master teacher she now brings to thousands of educators across the country.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Author's Note 4

What Is an Interactive Notebook? 5

Using Interactive Notebooks for Content-Area Literacy 6

Implementing Interactive Notebooks 7

Strategies Overview 10

How to Use This Book 13

Correlations to Standards 14

Language Arts Lesson Plans

A Biography of J. K. Rowling 15

Excerpt from The Time Machine 25

Modern World Leaders 33

Mathematics Lesson Plans

Many Ways to Look at It 43

Understanding Triangles 53

Measuring Surface Area 61

Science Lesson Plans

The Periodic Table 69

Biomes 79

Plate Tectonics 89

Social Studies Lesson Plans

The Civil Rights Movement 97

The Constitution of the United States 109

Atlanta, Georgia 119

Special Content Lesson Plans

Navigating Social Media 127

Anne Frank 137

Struggle for Survival: Fire 147

Appendices

Definitions of Folds and Cuts 157

Attaching Text to the Lesson Input Pages 158

References Cited 160

Digital Resources 160