1. Within 5 minutes of the bell ringing:
Take out your notebooks.
Turn to your journal section. Be sure to write today’s date!
Answer the following questions in complete sentences:
a. How would you describe your note-taking skills? Do you try to write down every word you hear or do you have specific strategies you use?
b. What do you think is the most important thing to remember when taking notes?

2. History of Cornell Notes
Developed in 1949 at Cornell University by Walter Pauk.
Designed in response to frustration over student test scores.
Meant to be easily used as a test study guide.
Adopted by most major law schools as the preferred note taking method.

3. All Students at CCHS are trained in Cornell Note Method

4. Why take notes?
Good notes allow students to help each other problem-solve.

5. Why take notes?
Cornell note taking stimulates critical thinking skills.
Note taking helps you remember what is said in class.
A good set of notes can help you work on assignments and prepare for tests outside of the classroom.

6. Why take notes?
Good Notes help you organize and process data and information.
Helps you recall by getting you to process your notes 3 times.
Writing is a great tool for learning!

7. USE CORNELL NOTES 7 STEPS 1. Heading 2. Page Numbers 3. Divider
4. Title
5. Notes
6. Recall Column
7. Summary
John Doe
Date
Period 7
Page 1
PENGUINS
Ps have flat feet
Better to swim with
Like swim fins
Ps have special blood
circulation system
Counter current flow
Warm blood from heart
warms cold blood from feet
Prevents freezing
Why do Ps
have flat feet?
What is
counter
-current flow?
Penguins are designed for their cold, ocean habitat.
They have flat feet for swimming and counter
-current blood flow to stay warm.

8. GET READY Have materials ready. Get a good seat. Sit up. Concentrate.
Avoid distractions.
Attitude is everything!

9. Set Up Your Notes Dividers
In a new section of your notebook, write Cornell Notes Template and put it in your Table of Contents. Set up the page according to the picture:
Dividers

10. A GOOD TITLE Never use the class name as a title.
Use the overall topic of the lesson.
Be specific.
MATH
PERIMETER
GEOMETRY

11. Title and Heading

12. IMPORTANT STUFF ONLY! Recall Column Keywords Main Ideas
Important Concepts
New Vocabulary
Questions
IMPORTANT STUFF ONLY!

13. Notes

14. LOOK FOR CUES Repeats Writes on board Changes voice
Emphasizes in any way
If that little voice in your head
thinks it is important, then
write it down!

15. BE QUICK Use symbols and abbreviations. Don’t worry about mechanics.
Write in phrases.
Leave space to add more detail later.
If you fall behind the speaker,
you’re writing too much.

16. QUESTION Always be thinking of questions.
If you don’t understand, ask.
Write questions when you review.
Make them hard.
The only stupid question
is the one you don’t attempt
to answer.

17. REVIEW ASAP! Check accuracy of notes. Write questions & summary.
Underline/Highlight important stuff.
Most forgetting happens
in the first 24 hours.

19. SUMMARIZE Tell what you learned. Main ideas, not details.
Don’t give a class play-by-play.
If you can’t explain what you
learned, did you learn anything?

20. Summary

21. A-B Partner Teach Stand up.
With a partner, go back and forth and tell what the 7 steps are to Cornell Notes, in order.
Help the other person if he/she gets stuck.
When you are finished, have the other person start and do it again.
Sit down when you are finished.

22. STUDY Read over notes. Recite aloud. Self-Test.
Compare with other students.
Waiting until the night before
the test to study is a sure way
to lower your grade.

24. Thumbs Up-Thumbs Down
You should write down every word your teacher says.
You should put key terms on the left side of your paper.
A summary of the notes on that page goes at the bottom.
A good title for your Cornell Notes should be Math or ELA.

25. Why Take Notes at All??
Set up a new piece of paper to take notes on the following video.