Grade 4 · Lesson 26 — Notes that survive a week

Note-taking · blocked · 30 min · 17 slides · Launch → I do → We do → Read → You do → Closure
Anchor to leave them with: Notes you can still use next week.
Objective Write notes you can still use seven days later.
Smallest piece Notes must stand alone once the source and the memory are gone.
Spot test “Would a classmate understand this without me?”
Why that test works Children write single words that mean something only while the memory is fresh, and a week later the page is useless. Testing against a CLASSMATE rather than themselves removes the memory that is doing the hidden work.
Why — in your own words A benefit that lasts is worth more than one that fades.
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If it breaks Remedial 67 — thin notes rewritten to stand alone
Materials Mini-whiteboard + pen per student · Composition notebook · Deck — 17 slides · Writing Book 4, p.65 · Remedial 67 — thin notes rewritten to stand alone

The lesson, slide by slide

Slide — what is on it What you SAY What happens, and why
Slide 1
LAUNCH
Writing — Day 26
(nothing yet — this is up as they come in and settle)
Have Writing — Day 26 up before they enter. Say nothing about it.
Same slide every lesson, number only changes. It marks the transition into writing before you speak, which saves you having to.
Students: See it on the way in. Know writing is next.
Slide 2
LAUNCH
Notes that survive a week
“This is how we set our hand and our page up to write.”
CONTEXT — say where this lesson sits: what it follows, and what it is part of. One sentence. The children should know what kind of work is starting.
Context, not a hook. A child who knows what KIND of lesson this is spends no attention working it out.
Students: Listen. Orient.
Slide 3
LAUNCH
Today ›› Launch I Do We Do Read You Do Closure
“Here is what we will do today.”
Point to Launch once. Do not explain the others.  ·  Retrieval on MWB  ·  3-5 min
Mini-whiteboards: Retrieval on MWB
Students: Look.
Slide 4
LAUNCH
Write notes you can still use seven days later.
“Write notes you can still use seven days later.”
PURPOSE — say it slowly, in these words. The teacher objective in the header is for you; this is the version the class hears.
Never read a teacher objective to children. The version in the brief header is written for you and is too long and too abstract to say to a class; this one is what they hear.
Students: Listen.
No slide
LAUNCH
WHY — SAY IT ten seconds, off screen, in your own words
“A benefit that lasts is worth more than one that fades.”
Why this matters. Say it, do not read it. Ten seconds, then move on.
Your words, not these. This is the one beat of the lesson that should sound like you mean it rather than like it is written down.
Students: Listen.
Slide 5
LAUNCH
Sixty seconds — what do you remember?
“Before anything new: U6 set 3, U9 set 3.”
Five minutes, boards out. Take answers from boards, not hands. Do not re-teach — this is retrieval, not a lesson.
The spiral. These are sets met 2, 5, 10, 20 or 35 lessons ago, and the items are DIFFERENT from the ones taught then — same category, new example. If they cannot recall it, note it and move on.
Students: Write answers on boards.
Slide 6
LAUNCH
What we will do Notes must stand alone once the source and the memory are gone.
“Notes must stand alone once the source and the memory are gone.”
Click once per line. Do not elaborate.
Students: Listen.
Slide 7
I DO
Today Launch ›› I Do We Do Read You Do Closure
“Now we i do.”
Point to I Do once. Do not explain the others.  ·  3-4 min
Mini-whiteboards: NOT here — they watch, they do not write. Writing during I DO is how the model gets missed.
Students: Look.
No slide
I DO
(board — build the VIP, then leave it up)
(you are narrating each stage as you build it)
Build on the BOARD, not the slide. Teacher shows notes that were too thin to use later, then rewrites them so they stand alone — full phrases, not single words.
Then leave it up for the whole lesson.
One click per step. The footsteps are never erased — the same strip is printed at the top of their sheet, so come back to it if anyone stalls.
Students: Watch it being built. It stays there to look at.
Slide 8
I DO
The test “Would a classmate understand this without me?”
“Here is the question we ask ourselves: “Would a classmate understand this without me?””
Say it, then apply it aloud to the example already on the board.
WHY IT WORKS — you will be asked: Children write single words that mean something only while the memory is fresh, and a week later the page is useless. Testing against a CLASSMATE rather than themselves removes the memory that is doing the hidden work.
Students: Listen, then say the test back.
Slide 9
WE DO
Today Launch I Do ›› We Do Read You Do Closure
“Now we we do.”
Point to We Do once. Do not explain the others.  ·  PRIMARY MWB use  ·  5-6 min
Mini-whiteboards: PRIMARY MWB use
Students: Look.
Slide 10
WE DO
Together
“Now with me.”
Class judges two sets of notes for whether they would still make sense next week.
Take answers from boards, not from hands — that is how you see all thirty.
Students: Answer on boards.
Slide 11
READ
Today Launch I Do We Do ›› Read You Do Closure
“Now we read.”
Point to Read once. Do not explain the others.
Mini-whiteboards: NOT here — they watch, they do not write. Writing during I DO is how the model gets missed.
Students: Look.
Slide 12
READ
Writing Book 4, p.65
“Open Writing Book 4 to page 65.”
Read it with them — FASE or teacher read-aloud, never round robin. Stop at the worked example and let them look at it.
Our own book, not a purchased one — so it can be printed, edited and improved, and there is no license on it.
Students: Follow along. Read when asked.
Slide 13
YOU DO
Today Launch I Do We Do Read ›› You Do Closure
“Now we you do.”
Point to You Do once. Do not explain the others.  ·  Written on the sheet  ·  4-5 min
Mini-whiteboards: Written on the sheet
Students: Look.
Slide 14
YOU DO
Rewrite yesterday's notes so a classmate could use them.
“Rewrite yesterday's notes so a classmate could use them.”
Set them off. Walk the rows. Correct the grip and the setup, not the content, in the first minute.
Students: Work in the notebook.
Slide 15
CLOSURE
Today Launch I Do We Do Read You Do ›› Closure
“Now we closure.”
Point to Closure once. Do not explain the others.  ·  Display answers on MWB  ·  2-3 min
Mini-whiteboards: Display answers on MWB
Students: Look.
Slide 16
CLOSURE
Read one line a classmate could follow.
“Read one line a classmate could follow.”
Exit Direction. Take it from every child before anyone stands.
It belongs to today's content — it is how you know who has it.
Students: Answer, then pack away.
Slide 17
CLOSURE
Notes you can still use next week.
“Notes you can still use next week.”
Say it once. Leave it on screen as they pack away.
The anchor — the one line you want them to still have tomorrow.
Students: Hear it. Repeat it if asked.
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