Writing, Study, and Executive Function Worksheets
Once you have taken notes with the Topic Note-Taking forms, you can use them to frequently review the content. Review builds comprehension.
How to Review Your Notes:
Taking notes from a textbook can sometimes be difficult. Where do you start and what are the important ideas and their supporting details. Use these graphic organizers to help.
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Descriptive paragraphs are used quite often. Anytime you are telling someone about an event, you are describing it. Anytime you tell someone about an object or a new shiny thing, you are describing it. Use the following template to easily write a descriptive paragraph
Sometimes, essays seem like they will be impossible to write. It helps to fi
This is a more advanced form for outlining essays. When you have a clear outline of your essay, you make sure that each of your points serve a purpose. It is okay for this to be a working document as you piece together your essay. It helps to complete this outline before starting your essay and then reference it as you actually write the essay.
Test Evaluation
Immediately after you have taken a test, fill out this test evaluation form. This will help you gauge how well you did. Then, before you fill out your Test Study Guide for your next test, refer to this test evaluation form to think about what you may need to do differently in preparing for the new test.
Test Study Guides
Create a study guide as you prepare for an upcoming test to review the material you have learned and to study for the test. Transfer your notes and any homework related to the material that will be on the test to the forms. Color-code your notes with colored pencils, highlighters
of different colors, or markers with the same colors you used while taking notes. Brainstorm possible test questions and answer them.
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Double-check the format of the test early on (multiple choice, question/answer, essay, etc.) and ask any test format related questions.
Topic Note-Taking Forms
These forms make taking notes on social studies, science, videos, lectures, or any textbook much easier. Some of the forms have space for drawing pictures or ‘doodling’ notes. Doodles help you visualize and remember what you have heard or read. Be sure to mark important information with a star or asterisk. Using colored pencils or markers also helps retain information.
If you are taking notes from a whole chapter of a textbook, use multiple copies of the forms and staple them together. Continue over multiple forms or sections if you run out of space.
Universal Organizers
These forms are more free-form, so they can be adapted for different uses. These can be used for note-taking, planning, or just organizing your thoughts and ideas. These forms can help you visualize and prioritize hard to resolve thoughts and ideas for project planning and more.
Star Note-Taking Form
This form is perfect for informational reading. Write the main idea of the story, paragraph, or experience (field trip, etc.) in the center. Then write five details about it, one on each point of the star. For example, if the topic is trees, write trees in the center and five facts about them on the points of the star. You can then use your completed form as a study guide or notes with which to write a paragraph about your topic.
Hint: For the Main Idea, think: This paragraph or story or selection tells me about _______________.
Details can include: number, size, dimensions, shape, direction, sensation, direction, color, action, time, setting, background, movement, sound, or answer the questions why or how.
These forms are best used for:
Informational, topic or subject-oriented material.
Example topics: space, trees, hieroglyphics, frogs, or baseball cards, etc.
Placing the main idea in the center of the star and five details that support or provide details about the main idea around the star.