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How to Make Your Child Enjoy Organization and Studying! ( Or At Least Just Hate It Less!)

How to Make Your Child Enjoy Organization and Studying! ( Or At Least Just Hate It Less!). Andrew West M.Ed. School Counselor Walker-Grant Middle School 372-1145 x2210 awest@cityschools.com. The Missing Class in Your Child’s Education… . Study Skills Test-Taking Skills Organization

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How to Make Your Child Enjoy Organization and Studying! ( Or At Least Just Hate It Less!)

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  1. How to Make Your Child Enjoy Organization and Studying!(Or At Least Just Hate It Less!) Andrew West M.Ed. School Counselor Walker-Grant Middle School 372-1145 x2210 awest@cityschools.com

  2. The Missing Class in Your Child’s Education… • Study Skills • Test-Taking Skills • Organization • Time Management • Prioritization • Goal Setting

  3. The Importance of Organization:Do I Have Everything I Need to Study?

  4. Developing a Study Time & Place • Quiet Area • Good lighting • All supplies available • Free of distractions • Desk or table is best • Regular Time Each Day • Interruptions don’t count towards goal! • Set a Good Example

  5. Parents: Setting a Good Example • Pay the bills • Clean & Organize! • Read the paper/book • Do your own homework • Do some chores • Fill in your own agenda or calendar • When you’re both done, talk about what you’ve accomplished.

  6. Managing Time • Do what has the earliest deadline first. • If times runs short, the priorities will be finished. • Do the harder subjects first. • Save the “easy” subjects for when you may get more tired. • Do what’s required first. • Finish the optional assignments later.

  7. The Agenda a.k.a. The Planner • A tool that helps make time visible. • Keeps track of both immediate deadlines and long-term projects. • Keeps track of school and personal life. • Estimate how long things take. • Calculate how much time you have to complete work. • Block out study time in your schedule.

  8. The Sales Pitch Being Organized will… • Lead to better grades! • Give you less stress! • Give you more free time!

  9. How to use it…

  10. A Typical Middle School Agenda

  11. A New and Improved Agenda!

  12. STUDY SKILLS

  13. To Become Effective at Studying, Know Different Ways to Study • Read and Repeat • Flash Cards • Acronyms- Examples: ROY G BIV, HOMES • Songs, Poems, Raps • Silly Phrases- The sillier the better! • Drawings and diagrams • Self-test • Study-Buddy

  14. LEARNING STYLESDifferent styles of learning require different styles of studying. • Visual Learners – Learn best by seeing • Auditory Learners – Learn best hearing • Kinesthetic Learners – Learn best by doing Take a Learning Style Quiz to find out what type of learner you are. (These can be found online and vary in length. ) Once you know your learning style, focus on studying in ways which cater to your style (by seeing, listening or physically doing something with the information).

  15. Ways to Study

  16. More Ways to Study • Make up Rhymes or Songs. (In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue). • Make up Acronyms.(ROY G BIV, HOMES, SCUBA) • Use Alliteration.(Bees bring bunches of big honey gobs). • Make Mental Connections or Mental Links.Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. Think “Edi-SUN”. The sun makes light like a bulb. • Use Visualizations.(The Dept. of Agriculture is part of the president’s Cabinet. Visualize a cabinet with corn in it). • Make Drawings or Pictures.

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