Attitude & Learning Styles
Smart Students
Learning
Goals & Planning
Organization
100
A student's learning style that involves a physical activity.
What is kinesthetic?
100
This person is your very best teacher.
Who is you?
100
Just listening to a lecture or watching a film about what's being taught in class is an example of this type of learning.
What is PASSIVE learning?
100
The "S" in the mnemonic device to help us remember how to make SMART goals means this.
What is specific?
100
The specific area(s) where you complete your homework everyday.
What is your study space?
200
The most important factor in being successful in school
Who is YOU!
200
Besides relying on their teacher, smart students know that these other people can also help them learn.
Who are classmates?
200
This three column chart shows you what you know, what you want to know and what you've learned
What is a K-W-L chart
200
Doing this one important step improves your chances of reaching your goal by 80%.
What is writing it down?
200
You've organized your desk with your supplies and textbooks, yet this "enemy" - which multiplies every day - is going to keep trying to clutter up your desk and backpack.
What are papers? (binder paper, worksheets etc.)
300
Knowing this allows you to learn “your way” – through your own best strategies
What is your own learning style?
300
This word means: "Being the 'pilot' of your learning."
What is 'Cyberlearning' (or 'active' learning)?
300
The first rule of this study skill is to only mark important words and phrases, NEVER a whole sentence or whole section.
What is highlighting.
300
The thing you do after you set a goal that helps save time, keeps you on the right path, and helps you stay organized while working to meet your goal.
What is a plan of attack?
300
The best place to keep your crayons, colored pencils, glue stick, scissors and markers is in this. It's best located in the back of your school desk.
What is a ziplock bag? (or other pencil case, not your main one!)
400
These are thoughts and words you say to yourself all of the time.
What is self-talk?
400
SMART students believe doing this and sometimes feeling foolish helps you to really learn and improve.
What is making mistakes?
400
Asking your own questions, searching for answers, participating in discussion, making connections, and having notes that are 'alive' make you this kind of learner.
What is an active learner?
400
The part of the SMART goal that's missing in this student athlete's goal: "I want to make at least 7 out of 10 free throw shots."
What is "Time?"
400
Knowing your schedule, what your distractions are and how you can avoid them will help you do this.
What is manage my time?
500
The three main learning styles. (Can be out of order in question.)
What are kinesthetic, visual, auditory?
500
The point of a question is to get you to do this, not just find the right answer.
What is THINK?
500
To do this effectively, start at the back and work toward the front. 1. Figure out your purpose. Ask, "why?" 2. Read the questions and then the conclusion. 3. Do a gallery walk. 4. Skim for big ideas, different looking words. 5. Search for IMPORTANT details 6. Take notes and highlight (or post-it notes) 7. Read it all from front to back. 8. Answer your personal questions
How do you read a textbook?
500
These two things are not specifically mentioned in making SMART goals, but they are the most important things in being able to reach a goal.
What are making sure the goal is MEANINGFUL and REWARDING yourself for meeting your goals?
500
This is what Mrs. Poon calls stacking and color coding your textbooks, notebooks, & folders - for quicker transitions.
What is 'sandwiching'?
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