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Cornell Notes Using SQP3RS: Study Skills for Secondary Students

The two strategies of SQP3RS (survey, question, read, review, respond, summarize) and Cornell Notes combine to help students develop effective study skills for improving levels of reading comprehension. Use code: DrHarpe2020 for $20. off!
Dr. Harper, Ed.D.
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4.6
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(361)
Class

What's included

3 live meetings
3 in-class hours

Class Experience

US Grade 8 - 10
What Students will Learn
1) How to develop strategic reading skills.
2) How to be intentional about reading comprehension.
3) How to develop capacity as an independent learner. 

Background Knowledge
Students need to know how to read at no lower than a 5th-grade reading level. If students read at a lower level or have difficulty with word recognition, the learning of these study skill strategies will prove to be difficult. 

The evaluation of learner progress occurs through the use of the SQP3RS (survey, question, predict, read, review, respond, summarize) and Cornell Notetaking in reading expository text and completing the follow-up comprehension questions with 70% accuracy.

Learning Goals

This course is taught in three sessions. 
The first session is an introduction of the note taking process. The instructional delivery process is direct instruction. The second session is more of a back and forth between students and instructor similar to what would happen in a study session with other students. The third session involves the students as teachers and the course instructor as a coach who asks questions and makes suggestions.
learning goal

Other Details

Parental Guidance
The expository articles used during instruction do not have inappropriate content.
Supply List
Students need to print the SQP3RS and Cornell Notes recording document for each session. 
Expository articles used in class will be posted in digital form for students to view from their computers.  Hard copies of articles will be posted to the classroom the day of each session for student to print if desired.
 3 files available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined December, 2018
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Teacher expertise and credentials
California Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
California Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Texas Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Doctoral Degree in Education from University of Phoenix
I am offering this class to provide support for middle-grade and high school students in need of improving comprehension skills when reading expository texts. My 30+ years of service as a 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade reading language arts teacher and an elementary multiple subjects teacher with  responsibilities for teaching study skills make me a good fit for teaching this class. 

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$105

for 3 classes
3x per week, 1 week
60 min

Completed by 140 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-16
3-6 learners per class

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