Incredible Shrinking Notes

This lesson plan uses different sizes of sticky notes or index cards to help students narrow down important information from a speech, text, or visual. It allows the student to deduce information down to the main idea or help to summarize it. This is a full lesson plan that could be adapted to fit any reading material, speech, or visual. It can also be a lesson plan to hit several GLE's or reinforce what you have already taught.

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Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives:

Students will:

Listen to or read a brief biography of Amelia Earhart or another grade-appropriate reading selection.
Fill a 3- x 5-inch sticky note or index card with important facts from the reading selection.
Narrow down those notes to the important notes that fit on a medium-size (approximately 3- x 3-inch) sticky note or card.
Narrow down those notes to the most important notes that will fit on a small (approximately 1- x 2-inch) sticky note or card.

Lesson Variations

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Applying

Helpful Hints

Materials Needed:

three "sticky notes" or index cards in three different sizes -- approximately 3- x 5 inches, 3 x 3 inches, and 1 x 2 inches - for each student
a brief biography of Amelia Earhart or another grade-appropriate reading selection

References

Contributors:

Trisha Myers

Originator:

Ayers Institute for Learning & Innovation