This skill is useful for planning, prioritizing, avoiding procrastination, and using your time wisely
What is time management?
100
This helps you focus in class, helps you study easier & faster, focuses on key facts & important information
What is note taking?
100
Study in a quiet room.
Don't talk on the phone.
Turn the T.V. off.
Turn off the computer (unless you are using it to study).
Clear the space around you.
What is avoiding distractions?
200
Fill in your assignment due dates as soon as you hear about them.
Fill in re-occuring assignments/events.
What is your planner?
200
Words written in bold. Things your teacher writes on the board. A piece of information that your teacher keeps repeating.
What is a key fact?
200
This is assigned by the teacher daily/weekly and has a specific due date.
What is homework?
200
(8th graders) You do not get to participate in these graduation activities: Crossing Stage and Knott's Berry Farm
What happens if you have an "F" at the end of the year?
300
Putting off work leads to avoiding and eventual cramming
What is procrastination?
300
Using a dashes, bullet points, & indentation to outline your notes.
Most general information goes on the left and specific info/facts are indented with spaces to the right.
What is the outline method?
300
This may include doing homework, but it is also a lot more.
This is time that students set aside on their own to go over/memorize what they have learned in order to do well on a test.
What is studying?
300
This is the last day to turn in late/make-up work.
What is May 14th?
400
Put off less important tasks for later and focus on more important ones first (ex. do harder homework first)
What is prioritizing?
400
These have two sides and help you study.
Side 1 has a question/term and Side 2 has the answer/definition.
What is note cards/flash cards?
400
Never leave the classroom or school without asking your teacher for assistance or clarification.
What is asking your teacher for help?
400
This is when final grades & academic eligibility will be decided.
What is May 24th?
500
A friend says, "let's go to the movies, you can do your homework later."
What is learning to say no?
500
Have a 3 ring binder with dividers sectioning off each class
What is organizing your notes?
500
Think about what you are reading and read slowly. Take notes while reading. This will help you to understand the point/information.
What is active reading?
500
(8th graders) You can't attend the following: Dinner Dance and Knott's Berry Farm
What happens if you have 2 or more referrals or a suspension?