New/Knew/Q
Submitted by: Shelly
January 5th, 2010
Categories: 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | ESL | History | Reading & Writing | Science
Estimated Time: 10-20 minutes
Description: Using a during reading strategy called New/Knew/Q while reading expository or non-fiction text, students while reading use Post-it® Notes (small ones) to designate within the text they are reading what information they knew already, what information is new and what questions popped into their heads while reading. Students write new on the Post-it Note and place the small Post-it Notes within the text to mark etc. Students write questions they have on Post-it Notes as readers for discussion and clarification to make meaning. Teachers can model during small group reading session then students can use as a life long reading strategy to keep the reading process active and engaging with Post-it Notes.
Writing Magnetic Leads
Submitted by: Grace
January 5th, 2010
Categories: 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Art | ESL | Language Arts | Reading & Writing | Science
Estimated Time: 60+ minutes
Description: Go to the school library to obtain several examples of different leads from various novels. Write these leads on the Post-it® Easel paper. Review each type with the students, have them identify the different types of leads in the current novels they are currently reading. Write the leads on Post-it® Notes so they can match them to the leads on the larger anchor Post-it Easel paper. Send students back to their desks so that they can update a current piece of writing using one of the leads discussed in the focus lesson. Have several students share/compare their first lead with the second. Then use the revised leads as a bulletin board activity. Create a large copy of a magnet and have students use copies of the shapes of items that a magnet attracts. For example, write one of the leads on a nail shaped piece of paper. Use a piece of yarn to emulate the magnetic force that would attract it from the magnet to the revised lead. Do this to only several of the writing pieces. The title of the bulletin board would be Magnet Leads.
Readers Workshop
Submitted by: Robin
January 5th, 2010
Categories: ESL | Reading & Writing
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: Students use Post-it® Notes as a tool to help them think about their thinking while reading. They may use the notes to identify specific traits that characters have, character behaviors, or actions. They may use the Post-it Notes to ask questions, identify unknown vocabulary, identify when they are stuck or confused when reading.
Note Taking
Submitted by: Greg
January 5th, 2010
Categories: 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | ESL | History | Math | Science
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: Students read, individually, in small groups, or pairs. After they have completed the reading assignment they are each given a small pack of the tiny Post-it® Notes. They are then directed to read the material again and make notes on the Post-it Notes as they read and place them where they found the information. As the chapter or section of the chapter is completed they then place them, in order, on notebook paper and write a summary based on the notes they've taken.
Graphing traits with Post-it® Notes
Submitted by: JoAnne
December 21st, 2009
Categories: 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | ESL | Science
Estimated Time: 40-50 minutes
Description: As an introduction to heredity and genetics, students use Post-it Notes to create bar graphs of various traits around the classroom, such as attached earlobes or tongue-rolling. A great instant visual of dominant and recessive traits!
