Our Summer School Experience

Our Summer School Class

by Taylor Rivera & Ean Starcovic

Mr. Spooner is our social studies summer school teacher, along with Mrs. Norris. Mr. Spooner introduced us to Cornell notes. Using this will help kids of all ages. This is a very easy thing to know. One of the topics we did with Cornell notes was utilizing reliable information, you understand it better and your audience will also believe you. Make sure you always back up information; have it up-to-date! We also did a Cornell on transferring reliable information from one medium or source to another. You need to state the main idea, and know the topic of the selection. We also did Cornell on synthesizing information, you need to make sure everything fits, make a TMD (T. topic, M. main idea, D. details) to write a summary on what you just took notes on, and also identify the main idea, and use connections. We had a research project and we did two Cornell sheets on the basics. We also did frame of reference and point of view, your way on seeing a topic is called point of view. Frame of reference is your background information and experiences. We also did Reading Comprehension. This helps you to understand reading material better. You can imagine what is happening in a book. We can use all of these lessons in all classes, we have plan to use this in the future classes.

Our Summer School Class

by Joseph Fleming and Leigha Mcgee

In Mr. Spooner’s summer school social studies class learned a lot in three weeks, more than we thought we would! Cornell notes are a good way to keep track of information you are learning in class. In our historical fiction literature study, we read a book and completed a book mark and our focus questions. In class we conducted research based on what we did in class. Sixth graders did Egypt, 7th graders did Medieval times, and finally 8th graders did the Civil War. Each student presented a slideshow based on the research.                                                                                                                                                               

Taylor Rivera, Ean Starcovic, Joseph Fleming and Leigha Mcgee

Lakewood City Schools Students

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Volume 10, Issue 15, Posted 10:32 PM, 07.22.2014