Notice & Note: Signpost Bookmarks
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Hello my dear friends! I’m stopping by to share a little something I’ve made for my students…and I hope it’s something your students can use as well!
This past summer I read Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading. Have you ever read a book where you find yourself constantly nodding your head and agreeing? Or saying “oh my gosh!! I needed this LAST year!”.
This is one of those books.
The authors, Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst have identified six major “signposts” we see so often in children’s/young adult literature. From “Words of the Wiser” (where an older character offers advice to the main character) to “Aha Moments” (where the main character suddenly realizes something important)–all of those key moments in a text that our students tend to breeze right past while reading.
(there are two versions…I use “Contradictions” in my class, but I included the “Contrasts and Contradictions” bookmark as well) Have you read Notice and Note yet? Have you used these strategies in your class? We would love to hear what you have learned!
At each signpost, students learn to stop and ask themselves a key question. These questions are designed to help students make inferences, determine theme, discover the conflict, and so much more.
The best part? It is SO simple. Six signposts. Six questions. Yet applicable to all student texts.
The students catch on very quickly and begin to make signpost observations and ask these questions right away, thanks to this simplicity. And it makes it so easy to start “creating a habit of mind” as the authors say, to help students notice and read closely in all texts they encounter.
My 5th graders and I have been going through the introductory lessons so far and I’m looking forward to sharing much more as we learn to read closely together.
Today, I wanted to share the bookmarks I’ll be giving my students this week…please click on the image below to download them:
Kristen Beakey
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I’m having the same problem mentioned above – clicking the image but cannot access the bookmarks. They look wonderful, thank you for the design!
Hi Carmel,
Thanks for letting me know! I updated the post. Thanks for reading!!
I would like to download the “Notice and Note” bookmarks. I realize this post is old, but is this download still available somewhere? I couldn’t find it on TpT and your blogpost didn’t let me download it.
Hello Betsy! The link has been fixed…please click the image at the end of this blog post to download a set. Thanks for reading!
Hi! I would love to us your sign post book mark for my 7th grade ELA classes!
Hello Kaui! I fixed the link…please click the image at the end of the post to grab a copy for your ELA classes! Thanks so much for reading!!
Hi. I love these bookmarks but can’t find them in your tpt store. Is there some way to purchase it for my class? Thank you! Kristy
Hi Kristy! I just fixed the link…please click the last image in the post above to grab a set for your class. Thanks for visiting!
I’m having a hard time accessing the bookmarks. I would love to use these with my class.
Hello Whitney! I fixed the link. Please click the image at the end of the post above to download a set for your class. Thank you for visitng my site!
I would love to have the anchor chart printable of this! Its great
I LOVE Notice and Note and use it in my 4th grade class. I love how colorful your bookmarks are.
Thank you so much Mary Anne!! My 4th graders always loved it…I definitely miss teaching this (I’m a math coach now) because it worked so well for my students!
Where do I find these bookmarks?
Hi Deb! I fixed the link…please click the image at the end of the post to grab a set for your class. Thanks for reading!
Hi from 2022! I realize this was posted in 2014, but I was wondering if you still have the matching anchor chart printables that I could use in my classes. I’m super new to “Notice & Note” and need all the help I can get :’)
Hi from 2023 Grace! ???? I’m going to add some of these resources to my site this summer…stay tuned! Thanks for visiting!
I really want access to these but It won’t let me.
Hello Ally! I fixed the link…please click the image at the end of the post to get a set for your class. Thank you for visiting my site!