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Organization Skills
Schedule your time wisely. Use a calendar to record tests for the
week each Monday. Write down your assignments daily. Use colored folders for each subject.
Example: blue - math yellow - history
red - english orange - science
Organization Skills
Create a “Study Buddy” list. Buy a backpack with pockets and put
items in the same place all the time. Keep books in your desk for the class
you’re in. Keep books in your bag that you don’t need.
Organization Skills
Bring your “tools” to school every day. You can’t work without your tools.
Carpenter Doctor Student
hammer stethoscope paper
nails thermometer pencil/pen
saw note pad books
chalk line pen folders
Study Skills
Attendance - Come to school everyday ready to do your best.
Timing - Study harder on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The end of the week will be easier.
Effort - Give it all you’ve got the first three weeks of the grading period. Start off with great grades!
Study Skills
Your time - Socialize less during the week and more on the weekends.
Study time - Study 10 minutes for every grade you’ve completed. example: 3rd grade = 30 minutes each day
10th grade = 100 minutes each day
**This doesn’t include study time for tests!**
Study Skills
Environment - Don’t study in a place that “cues” you to do something other than study.
Sleep - Get 7 to 8 hours of sleep and be consistent!
Mnemonics - Memory-Aiding DeviceUsing letters in a list to make a new word
Mnemonics To remember the order of the planets from
the sun: “My Very Elegant Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies.” Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
To remember the classification of living things: “Kings Play Cards On Fairly Good Soft Velvet.” Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Variety
To remember the great lakes: “HOMES”Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
Life Skills
Caring Common Sense Cooperation Courage Curiosity Effort Flexibility Friendship
Initiative Integrity Organization Patience Perseverance Pride Problem Solving Responsibility Sense of Humor
Caring
To feel and show concern for others
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” -- Mother Teresa
Common Sense To use good
judgement.
“Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. Common sense is instinct and enough of it is genius.” --Josh Billings
Cooperation
To work together toward a common goal or purpose.
“If everyone is moving forward together, then the success takes care of itself.” -- Henry Ford
Courage
To act according to one’s belief.
“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” -- Babe Ruth
Curiosity
A desire to investigate and seek understanding.
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” -- Helen Keller
Effort
To do your best.
“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” -- Ann Landers
Flexibility
To be willing to alter plans when necessary. You are flexible when you are agreeable.
“Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected.” -- Alice James
Friendship
To make and keep a friend through mutual trust and caring.
“Destroy your enemy by making friends with him.” -- Abraham Lincoln
Initiative
To do something because it needs to be done.
“Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.” -- Thomas Jefferson
Integrity
To act according to a sense of what’s right and wrong.
“When in doubt, tell the truth.” -- Mark Twain
Organization
To plan, arrange, and implement in an orderly way.
“How we spend our day is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
Patience
To wait calmly for someone or something.
“When you get to the end of your rope - tie a knot and hang on!” -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Pride
Satisfaction from doing your personal best.
“You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself.” -- Lady Mary Wortley Montague
Problem Solving
To create solutions in difficult situations and everyday problems.
“Think about what you can do with what there is.” -- Ernest Hemingway
Responsibility To respond when
appropriate, to be accountable for your actions.”
“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him.” -- Booker T. Washington