Test Taking
The strategy of answering easy questions first and returning to difficult or skipped ones later.
What is skipping and returning; go past; do what you know first?
The risky practice of waiting until the night before an exam to pull a late-night study session.
What is cramming?
The central tool—digital or paper—used to log homework, project deadlines, and exam dates.
What is a planner, agenda, or calendar?
The name of your resource teacher.
What is Dr. Martin?
Raising your hand to do this not only clears up confusion, but also gets your brain directly involved in the lesson.
What is asking a question?
When answering multiple choice questions, this is something you can do to narrow your options.
What is crossing out or eliminating answers you know are wrong right away?
The strategy that helps you with longer projects or assignments.
What is breaking down long assignments or chunking?
To avoid constant phone distractions during study sessions, turning on this feature or putting devices in another room is recommended.
What is "Do not disturb" or "FOCUS" mode?
What is the name of EITHER our sloth or penguin talking piece?
What is Penelope or Sunny?
Rather than silently listening, performing this physical action with a pen and paper forces your brain to process what the teacher is saying in real time.
What is active note taking?
This is something you can do the night before a test to help you perform better.
What is getting a good night's sleep?
The act of planning ahead to make sure your school work is finished before engaging in other activities.
What is responsible scheduling? Or Prioritizing?
When tackling a long to-do list, ranking tasks by urgency and importance to decide what to complete first.
What is prioritizing?
An non-screen activity some students do when they are finished with work.
What is playing UNO or other board game. OR what is working on a puzzle?
Breaking long strings of information (like phone numbers or lists) into smaller, manageable groupings to make them easier to remember.
What is chunking?
This study tactic has been shown to boost test performance.
What is studying a little bit every day instead of cramming the night before?
A popular time-management technique that uses a timer to break work into 25-minute focus blocks separated by 5-minute short breaks.
What is the Pomodoro Technique?
The practice of knowing where everything is when you need it.
What is "putting things back where they belong" or "there is a place for everything" strategy?
A rule we follow for Community Circles.
Any of these;
1. What is "You can always pass"?
2. What is "We are together in a circle"?
3. What is "We talk only with the talking piece"?
Sitting next to friends who talk during class creates these, which make it much harder to follow along with the lesson.
What are distractions?