Organization & Study Skills
This should be kept clean and packed for the next day
Your backpack/ bookbag
Which learning style likes "talking it out" and having key pieces of information repeated?
Auditory
How can you track and monitor your grades?
Check Aspen daily!
Where is Mrs. Nichols's office located?
Across the hall from the Cafeteria.
Hakuna Matata means no worries - but for how long?
For the rest of your days!
What items can be used to separate, store, and protect your paperwork?
Folders & Binders
Which learning style learns better using handouts and taking notes to retain information?
Visual
True or False: You should always ask your teachers for help when you do not understand.
True!
True or False: Mrs. Nichols will start offering small groups in October.
True!
Which NFL quarterback has the most Superbowl wins?
Tom Brady
What item(s) can you use to keep track of important assignments, tests, or events?
Calendar or Planner
Which learning style learns better with hand on activities and may lose concentration sitting still?
Kinesthetic
What is a great on the go way to practice material and quiz yourself?
Flashcards
True or False: You are in trouble when you are called to Mrs. Nichols's office.
False!
What are Gru's "despicable" partners in crime called?
Minions!
What is the first thing you have to do to take good notes?
Listen actively
True or False: You can only use one learning style to learn effectively.
False!
Name 3 methods of improving your grades.
Answers vary - see class handout for examples
What is the best way to contact Mrs. Nichols when you need to speak with her?
Send a referral using the link on Canvas.
Ask your teacher to send Mrs. Nichols a referral.
What is the largest organ of the body?
Skin
What are the 3 ways to improve your memory power?
- Study away from distractions
- Review notes every night & highlight things you expect to see on a quiz
- Review assignments that have been returned to you & relearn missed answers
Which learning style did Mrs. Nichols say she uses? Give an example
All of them! Remember the poster we made at the start of the lesson? :)
Give an example of a realistic goal for the end of your first semester as a middle school student.
Answers vary!
Name 2 things Mrs. Nichols can help you with.
Making a plan to improve grades, sorting through big emotions, problems at home, problems with friends, problems with teachers/ classmates
Other than the guy who lives in a pineapple under the sea, name 5 characters who live in his town.
Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Pearl, Sandy, Patrick, Mrs. Puff, Plankton, Karen, Larry