https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y To foster connections with the content, post your earliest memories of note taking, and how you learned to take notes. For me, I remember highlighting being one of my earliest memories of how to take notes. I loved using many different colors to organize the information I saw as important. en-us 2016-11-04 14:33:48 UTC 2026-01-11 14:40:28 UTC hello@padlet.com hallorankd https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/136610932 My earliest memory of notetaking is following along with guided notes. This was probably in upper elementary. We would go through a slide show and fill in the blanks on our paper. I liked predicting what was going to be in the blanks but I don't think that actually helped me learn.]]> 2016-11-10 01:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/136610932 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/136613020 My earliest memory of note taking is from 5th grade during a social studies / history lesson. My teacher would write the notes on the board and we would copy them onto our papers. I did not like it because I hated looking up at the board then down at my paper, then back up at the board, and back down to my paper. It was a hassle. ]]> 2016-11-10 02:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/136613020 krebsmn https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/136620060 My earliest memory of note taking is from upper elementary when I highlighted papers that my teachers would pass out. I truly don't remember taking notes until I got into junior high. I remember getting guided notes where I would have to fill in the blank of key words that the teacher would read to the class. I could never follow along with guided notes because I would lose my place when looking at the board and looking at my notes. I have never been a fan of note taking. :) ]]> 2016-11-10 03:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/136620060 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/136747948 My first memory of note taking was probably in either fourth or fifth grade when we began underlining and highlighting important facts to remember. I was always the person that had most of my page underlined or highlighted because I thought everything was important. I still have trouble with this and would not choose highlighting as my choice way to take notes. The first time I remember taking actual written notes was in 7th grade history. My teacher was very tough and would write the format on the board in which she thought we should use to take notes. What's funny though is that I still use a form of this note taking method when I take notes today.]]> 2016-11-10 15:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/136747948 dear_rachael_ann https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/136815885 The earliest memory I have of note taking was using highlighters. As a kid, I was super organized when it came to note taking. I loved using highlighters; I would even do my own note taking activities, such as highlighting all of the nouns in my Junie B. Jones book in green, verbs in yellow, and adjectives in pink. After highlighting, we learned how to take written notes during classes in late elementary school. I had a hard time writing notes because I would want to get as much information written down as possible, but it was difficult for me because teachers would move too quickly.]]> 2016-11-10 17:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/136815885 kaileychow https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137060843 One of the first things i remember learning about notes was using post-it note flags to mark important sections of reading. We would highlight a word or section of a text, and then place a post-it note on the edge of the page nearest to what we had highlighted so it was quick to find it again. We also used different colors of highlighters, and corresponding colors of sticky notes, to represent different things in the text. For example, yellow was vocabulary, orange was for words we struggled with, etc. I think this method actually helped me form how I still take notes. I find that it's easier to locate and organize individual things in a larger section or document. ]]> 2016-11-11 17:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137060843 zebulonjfrank https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137070856 I honestly do not remember much note taking before high school. I remember using different styles of concept maps at younger ages, but my first memory of actual note taking is probably freshman year of high school when our history teacher made us all take notes a specific way. This is a skill that I think is taught with reading and for reading comprehension at younger ages. Note taking is a great skill to develop and teach so students can collect their thoughts while learning.]]> 2016-11-11 18:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137070856 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137086732 I don't really remember taking notes until Jr. High. I remember highlighting vocabulary words, but that is all. When I was in 7th grade my history teacher made us take notes from his presentation. He never told us how to take notes, but told us to abbreviate. ]]> 2016-11-11 19:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137086732 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137130941 I'm sure I did highlighting and filling in the blanks in elementary but the most vivid memory of taking notes was 6th grade when my teacher use an overhead projector and showed us how to do these kinds of notes:
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i.]]> 2016-11-12 13:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137130941 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137141931 I do not remember much about taking notes in early childhood classes other than the occasional fill-in-the-blank worksheet.  However, I do remember that in high school government, our teacher took the time to show us how to take good notes and how to format them. I remember thinking that this was very valuable; however, it was taking place when I was a senior in high school and it should have taken place much earlier so that I could have applied it throughout my schooling. ]]> 2016-11-12 16:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137141931 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137166443 The first thing that I remember about note taking was in 4th grade. My teacher would hand us math notes that we had to fill in and then glue in a notebook. I also remember in high school several of my teachers had certain ways that they wanted notes taken. ]]> 2016-11-13 04:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137166443 crengert21 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137166519 The first thing that I remember about taking notes are using graphic organizers to pull key ideas out the the text that we were using. I also remember taking guided notes where teachers would write out the sentences and then you would have to  fill in the word that went in the blank. Highlighting was also a big part, but I don't remember doing this until later on in school. I also can't remember when the first time was that I was actually taught how to take notes or what to highlight. ]]> 2016-11-13 04:17:30 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137166519 bailee_mvnu https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137167756 I really can't remember taking notes until about 5th grade, but I have a feeling we started taking notes in my 3rd grade classes. I can't tell you want we would take notes on but I remember in 5th grade, we would take notes on books by finding words we didn't know in the books. We would also write notes in math by writing what the teacher wrote on the overhead projector. I was a lot of group or non individual note taking. What I mean by non individual note taking is that it was either a word right in front of me in the book, or my teacher had us right exactly what she wrote. It wasn't anything we had to really think too much about. ]]> 2016-11-13 05:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137167756 fergusonnkelli https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137222394 In fifth grade, we did some sort of biography research project. Our teacher showed us how to use index cards and write notes about the person from whatever book we were getting the information. Other than that, I also remember highlighting and creating outlines starting probably in fourth or fifth grade. ]]> 2016-11-13 20:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137222394 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137238523 I really do not remember having to take notes in class in elementary. I do kind of remember highlighting in fifth grade and writing down key words. I remember not being very good at it. I remember teachers giving me other students' notes because many times I could no keep up with everyone else. I was just told write down what I can. ]]> 2016-11-13 23:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137238523 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137239651 My first memory of note taking was in the fifth grade. We began to take notes for our social studies class. We were basically told to write down the important facts on a piece of notebook paper. After class our teacher would walk around and check each student's notebook in order to make sure that everyone took adequate notes.

]]> 2016-11-13 23:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137239651 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137240466 The first memory I remember of note taking was for the most part highlighting, which began in third grade. I remember if we had an article on paper, she would have us highlight or if we didn't have a highlighter, she would have us underline something we thought was important. 

]]> 2016-11-13 23:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137240466 kabaker21 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137253468 The first memory of note taking I have is using guided notes. A lot of times my teachers would give us notes where we could fill in key words or take our own notes. Which we would go over the most important parts. Our note papers were usually fun and decorated in whatever topic they were about. ]]> 2016-11-14 02:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137253468 april_renee_garris https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137330717 In elementary school, we would highlight a topic sentance or a main idea. But y first experience with note taking wasn't until middle school and we were given fill in the blank notes. Then in seventh grade, we were given some fill in the blank notes and teachers also expected us to make our own notes. ]]> 2016-11-14 12:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137330717 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137584351 The first memory I have of note taking is in elementary school. I remember teachers having different symbols and each symbol meant something different. This was great for even the younger grades because it did not require writing. One example was putting a question mark if you had a question about something.]]> 2016-11-15 00:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/137584351 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/200191265 In elementary school I remember highlighting key parts of math questions for the big state testing. I also remember doing that for the reading text also. ]]> 2017-10-24 20:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/200191265 bethiejoy96 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/200578681 Highlighting key parts of various assignments to help answer questions is the first time I remember doing anything related to note-taking. This was probably in second or third grade. I remember in fifth grade learning how to take T-Notes. My science teacher was a big supporter of T-Notes. Every assignment we did had some connection to T-Notes. ]]> 2017-10-25 18:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/200578681 kelstrouse https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/200612136 The earliest memory that I have of taking notes was when I was in sixth grade, when my teacher was teaching science. As he taught he would either (depending on the topic) provide us with guided notes or provide us with his own notes projected onto the Smart Board. It was here that I learned how to organize my own notes in ways that I felt would be more beneficial for me. I was also able to practice this note taking as I read homework assignments from my text book.]]> 2017-10-25 20:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/200612136 ashleywall_mvnu https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/201324782 One of the earliest memories I have of note taking was in fourth grade. I remember my social studies teacher had us take "Free Notes" on the history of Ohio that she was telling us. A friend and I had a contest to see who could write more. I can specifically remember that I wrote that Chillocothe used to be the capital of Ohio. I wrote so much that my hand hurt, but I had really great, detailed notes. Since then, I have learned to only write what I need, not writing everything.]]> 2017-10-27 18:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/201324782 misswhite12 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/201445235 In all honesty, I am having trouble remembering note taking in elementary school. The earliest memory of note taking that I can recall is from fourth grade, and it was over a book that we were reading as a class. In terms of note taking for a lecture, the earliest that I could remember occurred in history class in middle school. ]]> 2017-10-28 22:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/201445235 christina_gerardi https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/201735555 To be honest, I do not remember my earliest memory of notes being before the fifth grade, when we spent a few weeks memorizing the bill of rights. Other than that, I did not have a lot of exposure with being taught to take proper notes or even highlight. Later in my schooling, I realized that I had to teach myself about outlining, highlighting, and note taking and that was difficult to do. However, I have always had a decent memory so I saw some aspects of outlining and note taking as futile. Now, I utilize not taking in all of its forms and plan to ensure my students have exposure to it at an earlier age.]]> 2017-10-30 14:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/201735555 shelbikeller_mvnu https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/202734643 My earliest memory of note taking was highlighting information in early elementary school. We highlighted and circled key parts of questions. We also did the same when we saw vocabulary or change in text such as italics. Later on in middle grades I learned to take quick bullet point notes. As I moved on in school teachers then took the time on teaching note-taking skills. Some provided guided notes, others suggested highlighting, others suggested making an outline, and finally others suggested bullet points. ]]> 2017-11-01 23:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/202734643 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/202872411 For me, I do not have strong memories of note taking before 6th grade.  The memories I have of note taking in 6th grade are not positive, though.   My memories are from science class.  My teacher would go through a PowerPoint, word-for-word, and we would have to write down the PowerPoint - word for word.   This is how most of my teachers approached note taking from 6th grade on.]]> 2017-11-02 12:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/202872411 hanniemarie984 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203402157 One of my earliest memories of note taking was in fourth grade when we were being taught to write while we read. We would all have a piece of paper next to us and we would have to jot down notes that we got from the reading. Along with this was when we learned to highlight as well. So as we were writing down notes we would highlight which ones we thought were the most important. ]]> 2017-11-03 17:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203402157 katlynschafer_mvnu https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203541266 I remember being taught how to make an outline for notes in fourth grade. Although I think it was good to be exposed to that method, I don't remember practicing making outlines on my own, so I don't think that it was enforced. Therefore, I just learned to take notes using my own method.]]> 2017-11-04 15:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203541266 abbieabendroth_mvnu https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203581303 I honestly don't remember the first time I began taking notes for school. I do remember taking notes in my high school science classes though. I took notes because they were necessary for learning. I do not remember being taught how to take good notes.]]> 2017-11-05 00:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203581303 cassaidygalvin_mvnu https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203616251 Not exactly sure if this counts as note taking, but my earliest memories consisted of me highlighting, underlining, and circling portions of word problems. Highlighting the key details, circling the numbers involved and underlining the question that was being asked. I remember in 6th grade pulling out characteristics of characters and putting them into webs and graphic organizers. ]]> 2017-11-05 11:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203616251 https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203671630 I do not remember the exact grade I was in when I began to tap into the world of note taking however I do remember being taught what to highlight and highlighting things in a passage as a class, as well as adding little symbols next to a sentence or a word like a star or a question mark to indicate something as important or confusing.]]> 2017-11-05 19:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203671630 cassaidygalvin_mvnu https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203718111 This may be sad to read, but I do not think that I took many notes while I was in school at all. The notes that I remember taking were the guided notes that teachers would give you while you were watching an informational movie. I never felt like those had any worth but were simply so we would pay attention. I believed I learned about note taking when I first started highlighting. It was not until college where I truly embraced highlighting. ]]> 2017-11-06 02:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203718111 samanthaoberdorf https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203726413 I remember taking notes for the first time in 4th grade. My teacher was reading a chapter book and we had to write about what was happening in the story. In 5th grade, remember watching Bill Nye the Science guy and filling in the blanks of sentences of things said during the video. The following year, in 6th grade, I have awful memories of copying notes onto notebook paper after viewing a projector screen about history and falling asleep while taking the notes. 

]]> 2017-11-06 03:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/203726413 edereed https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/204531036 I remember taking notes in fourth grade. I remember my teacher telling us about different techniques to take notes. He used illustrations as his notes, and taught us how to do this. I remember my notebook being filled with color, and fun bubble letters, and pretty bullet points in a colorful box. 
It was a great way for me to remember the information that he wanted us to learn.  ]]> 2017-11-07 18:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/enapier/fyqpw8poud5y/wish/204531036