Anonymous wrote: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).
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous wrote: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.
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.
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!
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.
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).