When Confused
Your teacher goes through an English assignment super quick and you don't understand and is about to put you in a breakout room.
Name:
1) one thing you should do
2) one thing you shouldn't do
1) ask a clarification question
2) go to the breakout room and chill
Your work is not done until it is
Turned in
You are so tired. What can you do to stay awake in class
Stand up; get up a move before class
Help! you don't understand a word in your text what should you do?
Use a chrome extension dictionary; Google it
I need to wake up at 8am tomorrow! What is one strategy I can use to wake up
An alarm clock
My teacher quickly went through a math problem and I realize after the ZOOM session I don't understand. Name:
1) one thing you should do
2) one thing you shouldn't do
Go into office hours; ask a parent
Not do the work
On google classroom, you always seem to forget some of your homework. What can you do?
To do list (Google Classroom has this!)
You have a hard assignment that you don't want to do. In order to motivate yourself, you think of both positive and negative outcomes.
Name one positive outcome of doing the work or one negative outcome of not doing the work
Positive: good grades; proud of myself
Negative: bad grades; teachers not happy
You are so excited. You just finished writing a summary for Animal Farm that took you a long time. You just want to turn it in! But what should you do first
Proofread it
OK.. lets rewind. It is the beginning of the year and you have all these ZOOM meetings to keep track of. What should you use
a calendar
So you have three assignments on Google Drive but you are confused as to which one needs to be turned in! You spend 10 minutes trying to figure it out. Next time, when saving a document you should label it with the ___ name
assignments
You have a big project due in a week that has 5 action steps to complete it. Is this a short-term assignment or a long-term assignment? How do you know?
Long-term assignment
5 action steps mean it should take 5 days to complete the project
UGH this assignment is so boring! Think of 2 ways you can motivate yourself
You are reading History and you have reading comprehension questions to answer after you read. What is the best approach so you can answer the questions correctly?
read the comprehension questions first
So you did your work on Google Drive but you can't find it! What should you use to keep your work organized
You have to write an English essay but you are confused on where to start and how to thought. Your thoughts are so JUMBLED in your head. What can you use and where is it posted?
a graphic organizer posted in the "organization" google classroom
Name three strategies you use in order to help you get good grades
Ms. Amy: to be good therapist:
- stand up when working
- prepare for class ahead of time
- have an organization system of keeping track of the students I've seen that day
You accidently feel asleep in class before you were so tired. What can you so you can avoid doing this the next day?
Get a good nights rest
You have a project due soon that has 4 action steps to complete it. How many days should you plan to work on this project?
4 days (1 day for each action step)
You keep forgetting the planets and you need to remember them for a upcoming test. What can you do
Use a Mnemonic Come up with a silly saying to remember
What is a growth mindset?
Why is it important?
Why is "yet" a growth mindset word?
It says that you can't do something now but it doesn't mean you can't do it later
It keeps you from giving up on things
it means if you keep working at it you can't do it later
You have a huge project due in 7 days and you don't want to start it! Why should you start it sooner rather than later...?
less stress; have time to proofread it; can do your best work
There is a really interesting article on my phone that I want to read but it is class time.... and not to mention to the class is SUPER BORING.....not that Ms. Billie's class ever is :)
What is the best way to avoid the temptation of reading it?
Turn off your phone!
You have a huge project but you don't know where to start? What should you do?
Ask for help; break it down in smaller parts/ Action steps
Fast forward 20 years: you always seem to lose your keys and it makes you late to work. Your boss is NOT HAPPY with you. What can you do in order to not lose your keys
Put them in the same place each day