Guided Notes - The Teacher Toolkit
Guided Notes - The Teacher Toolkit is a structured group exercise for convergent alignment: it helps participants compare options and move toward a shared decision.
How to run it
- Decide what is most important for students to understand in the presentation or reading for which they will be taking notes.
- Discuss the correct answers with the class as the presentation progresses or after the reading.
- Prioritize Decide what is most important for students to understand in the presentation or reading for which they will be taking notes.
- Create Prepare a set of notes that contains the essential information from the presentation or reading.
- Review Discuss the correct answers with the class as the presentation progresses or after the reading.
- When to use Use Guided Notes at any point in the lesson to structure meaningful conversation and appropriate note taking.
- Guided Notes help: Provide framework that students can preview before
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Prompts to use +
Decide what is most important for students to understand in the presentation or reading for which they will be taking notes.
Discuss the correct answers with the class as the presentation progresses or after the reading.
Prioritize Decide what is most important for students to understand in the presentation or reading for which they will be taking notes.
Create Prepare a set of notes that contains the essential information from the presentation or reading.
Review Discuss the correct answers with the class as the presentation progresses or after the reading.
When to use Use Guided Notes at any point in the lesson to structure meaningful conversation and appropriate note taking.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Guided Notes - The Teacher Toolkit. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Decide what is most important for students to understand in the presentation or reading for which they will be taking notes.; Discuss the correct answers with the class as the presentation progresses or after the reading.; Prioritize Decide what is most important for students to understand in the presentation or reading for which they will be taking notes.; Create Prepare a set of notes that contains the essential information from the presentation or reading.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
Origin unverified
- Where we observed it: The current corpus has one observed source organization: The Teacher Toolkit. (1 source observed, including The Teacher Toolkit.)
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