Taking C-Notes

What do Corrnell Notes look like? Cornell Notes or C-Notes have an essential question of what the main topic is. They also have question to the side of the paper and a summary.

Curve of Forgetting- By day 2, if you do not think about or review your notes, you will lose 50%-80% of what you learned. By day 30, if you do not think about or review your notes, you remember only 2% - 3% of what you learned on day 1.

Value of C-Notes- Students who take no notes or some notes retain less than 59% of what was learned. Students who take and use Cornell Notes as a study tool retain 90%-100% of what was learned.

Table Talk- Step 1: With your table group, discuss when you take notes in class. Step 2: Make a list. Step 3: Be prepared to share with the class!

When Taking Notes- The speaker says to take notes. The speaker says something you don't already know. The speaker presents using PowerPoint. The speaker writes on the board. The teacher says, “This will be on the test."

S. T. A. R- Set up your paper. Take the notes. Apply your thinking to the notes. Reflect on Revise and Review your notes.Apply your thinking to the notes.Reflect on Revise and Review your notes.

Put a proper heading in the top right corner. Name, Date, Period, Class. Save 1/3 of the left hand side of paper for question, folding, or drawing. Write the topic of the lecture, passage, etc in the form of an essential question.

Taking Notes- Write notes on the right side of the page. Abbreviate words. Paraphrase. Skip at least 2 lines between each idea. Use symbols, pictures, or diagrams.

Apply Your Thinking- Within 24 hours of taking notes, review your notes and write questions on the left side of the page.

Reflections- Add a summary to your notes. Answer the essential question as your topic sentence and turn each “chunk” of information into supporting sentences.

Revise- Review notes with a partner and add details that you each missed.

Review- Fold your notes so that the questions show, but the notes do not. Quiz yourself or work with another student to quiz each other.

C-Note requirement- You are required to take at least 3 pages of Cornell Notes per class per week. You may choose any 5 classes to take notes for (no notes are required for P.E.)