Dyslexia ClassOctober 3, 2013

Agenda

• Welcome• Print/save CC slide shows• Reading Horizons• Cornell Note Taking System• Q & A

Printing and Saving CCs

• Just in case your teacher speaks too quickly, or you want to print something from class connect, here is what you do:

• Go to File• Save/Print (your choice)• Whiteboard• Select what you want to save• Save as a .pdf NOT .wbd

Reading Horizons

• What is Reading Horizons?• Similar to your traditional pullout

program in the brick and mortar school, but you are able to complete the program at home.

• Multi-sensory method that focuses on phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Reading Horizons

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Reading Horizons

Cornell Notes• Note taking strategy created at Cornell

University to help law students withtheir students and improve test scores.

• Can use during lecture or while you read assigned reading

Cornell Notes• Keeps your notes organized• Helps you to find important

information easier• Focuses on important concepts like

vocabulary words, dates and people, etc.

• Easy way to study• Helpful way to review for tests.

What do Cornell Notes Look Like?

What do Cornell Notes Look Like?

Name, Date, Class

NotesQuestions

Summary

What do Cornell Notes Look Like?

Examples

Examples

Examples

How Do I take Cornell Notes?

6 Steps to taking Cornell Notes1. Title and date your notes2. Divide paper into the note taking section,

question section, and summary section3. Take notes during Class Connects and OLS

lessons4. Create questions for the notes you took like

you would see on an assessment5. Write a summary of the notes in your own

words6. STUDY YOUR NOTES!

Why Do You Want Me to Do This?

1. By taking notes and actively engaging in your learning, you are letting your brain process the information that was presented to you

2. Writing a summary of the notes also helps you put the information in your own words so that recall will come more naturally

3. Creating questions like you would see on an assessment has helped your brain think of the information in a different way and help with applying the information you have learned

Tips for Successful Note Taking and Studying

• Have your materials ready• Avoid distractions• Concentrate• Have a good attitude• Review notes several times• Check for accuracy of your notes• Underline/Highlight the important stuff• Use notes to self test

More Tips

When you are reviewing, use different colored highlighters to

check your progress

• Green- I know this• Yellow- I am close to knowing this• Red- I don’t get this yet

Questions?

Lawlar Reads

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they've known. Separated from her father, forced onto a crowded and dirty train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother slowly make their way north, crossing the Arctic Circle, to a work camp in the coldest reaches of Siberia. Here they are forced, under Stalin's orders, to dig for beets and fight for their lives under the cruelest of conditions.Lina finds solace in her art, meticulously--and at great risk--documenting events by drawing, hoping these messages will make their way to her father's prison camp to let him know they are still alive. It is a long and harrowing journey, spanning years and covering 6,500 miles, but it is through incredible strength, love, and hope that Lina ultimately survives.

Q/A

Survey

• Thanks for coming today!

• Have a wonderful day.• Let me know if you need any help or

have any questions!

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