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Anonymous wrote:I suppose it’s school-specific. My children learned to take notes in ES (i.e. how to highlight important parts of the text and write it down). Some of their MS requirements were to take notes and turn them in. The definitely take notes in HS (my DD likes to color-code them).

Further to this, my ESer is currently taking grammar (for all those who say FCPS doesn’t teach grammar anymore).

Ok, name the school.

I was never taught how to study growing up. It’s something my parents helped me with initially.

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Anonymous wrote:I teach middle school math. I give kids outlined notes to fill in. Headers, blank graphs, etc where they have to fill in the remainder. It's purely a logistical thing--if i gave them blank paper I'd waste so much time waiting for them to draw coordinate planes or copy down problems that it's not worth it.

+1, MS math teacher. We would waste half the year doing this and likely half the curriculum.

I teach in a college and stopped having kids write things down a long time ago. I don't see the point when I can just give them all the notes online, and if they are focused on writing down everything I say then they aren't even comprehending the meaning of most of it.

They aren't comprehending your prefilled notes either, Prof.

How do you know their students aren't comprehending the notes? You don't. Some kids do better being given the notes and other kids have to write their own. As a parent I help my kids find what works best for them.... we all learn, organize, and study differently.

Not a prof but I did have a career switch in my 30s. Pre done notes is very helpful bc then you actually get to pay attention and let info sink in vs rushing to write things down. I don’t understand parents you are so resistant to change.

We go to a local AAP as well. They get a planner starting in fourth I think? They need to write due dates to plan ahead. Focus on executive functioning skills is teacher dependent. Forth grade teacher is good about teaching test prep. They have cards with definitions, practice quizzes they take home, etc. This year the 6th grade teacher introduced them to Quizlet, which my DD likes. They do take notes on their Marble notebooks but I don’t think my kids ever review them for tests.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach middle school math. I give kids outlined notes to fill in. Headers, blank graphs, etc where they have to fill in the remainder. It's purely a logistical thing--if i gave them blank paper I'd waste so much time waiting for them to draw coordinate planes or copy down problems that it's not worth it.

+1, MS math teacher. We would waste half the year doing this and likely half the curriculum.

I teach in a college and stopped having kids write things down a long time ago. I don't see the point when I can just give them all the notes online, and if they are focused on writing down everything I say then they aren't even comprehending the meaning of most of it.

They aren't comprehending your prefilled notes either, Prof.

How do you know their students aren't comprehending the notes? You don't. Some kids do better being given the notes and other kids have to write their own. As a parent I help my kids find what works best for them.... we all learn, organize, and study differently.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach middle school math. I give kids outlined notes to fill in. Headers, blank graphs, etc where they have to fill in the remainder. It's purely a logistical thing--if i gave them blank paper I'd waste so much time waiting for them to draw coordinate planes or copy down problems that it's not worth it.

+1, MS math teacher. We would waste half the year doing this and likely half the curriculum.

I teach in a college and stopped having kids write things down a long time ago. I don't see the point when I can just give them all the notes online, and if they are focused on writing down everything I say then they aren't even comprehending the meaning of most of it.

They aren't comprehending your prefilled notes either, Prof.

My fourth grader was studying flash cards this evening. It seems like some study skills are being taught.

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Anonymous wrote:I teach middle school math. I give kids outlined notes to fill in. Headers, blank graphs, etc where they have to fill in the remainder. It's purely a logistical thing--if i gave them blank paper I'd waste so much time waiting for them to draw coordinate planes or copy down problems that it's not worth it.

+1, MS math teacher. We would waste half the year doing this and likely half the curriculum.

I teach in a college and stopped having kids write things down a long time ago. I don't see the point when I can just give them all the notes online, and if they are focused on writing down everything I say then they aren't even comprehending the meaning of most of it.

Anonymous wrote:I went to FCPS in the 1990’s and was not explicitly taught any study skills, note or test taking strategies, etc in school.
I send my children to private and they take a full year ‘study skills’ class in middle school to learn these things as well as general executive functioning and information on their particular learning style. I consider private school money well spent!

I was an FCPS honor roll student in the 90s, who almost on suspension my freshman year. We were never taught this either. I taught myself.

Anonymous wrote:I teach middle school math. I give kids outlined notes to fill in. Headers, blank graphs, etc where they have to fill in the remainder. It's purely a logistical thing--if i gave them blank paper I'd waste so much time waiting for them to draw coordinate planes or copy down problems that it's not worth it.

+1, MS math teacher. We would waste half the year doing this and likely half the curriculum.

Anonymous wrote:I suppose it’s school-specific. My children learned to take notes in ES (i.e. how to highlight important parts of the text and write it down). Some of their MS requirements were to take notes and turn them in. The definitely take notes in HS (my DD likes to color-code them).

Further to this, my ESer is currently taking grammar (for all those who say FCPS doesn’t teach grammar anymore).

I suppose it’s school-specific. My children learned to take notes in ES (i.e. how to highlight important parts of the text and write it down). Some of their MS requirements were to take notes and turn them in. The definitely take notes in HS (my DD likes to color-code them).

I went to FCPS in the 1990’s and was not explicitly taught any study skills, note or test taking strategies, etc in school

I send my children to private and they take a full year ‘study skills’ class in middle school to learn these things as well as general executive functioning and information on their particular learning style. I consider private school money well spent!

I teach middle school math. I give kids outlined notes to fill in. Headers, blank graphs, etc where they have to fill in the remainder. It's purely a logistical thing--if i gave them blank paper I'd waste so much time waiting for them to draw coordinate planes or copy down problems that it's not worth it.

Not that it matters much, but when I was in school decades ago (42 now), I don't recall being taught any of this. When I got to college I was in awe of one individual in particular that I felt knew how to take notes and study. At the time, at least, I felt I was smarter but a worse student. I coasted through ES/MS/HS and went to W&M. But when I got to college, I was ill-prepared. That individual went to private school, and for a long time, I was enamored with the idea of sending my children to private school because of it. I have gotten over that, but it was a striking difference to me.

FWIW I went through the PWC school system.