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1. Visas Entries Departures Visas Entries Departures *Parents *Assuring *Student *Success Parent Attitude P.A.S.S. Lori LaPointe Family Engagement Resource Teacher Ballard Parent Center San Diego Unified School District

2. No matter where or how you grew up, or what your current circumstances are, EVERY PARENT can teach their student study skills!

3. WHAT IS ATTITUDE? • A state of mind • The way you see and feel about things • One of the few things in life that you can control

4. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? • It influences how you act, feel, look, and how happy you are. • It influences others — even children. • Your success as a parent depends on it. • The right attitude will give you the edge.

5. 6 Steps to Help Your Student become a more effective Learner • Develop a Special Study Area. • Stress the importance of the SSA. • Equip the SSA with study supplies. • Label drawers, shelves, and cabinets. • Provide a system for organizingschoolwork.

6. WHAT IS CONCENTRATION? • It is paying close attention • It is a skill anyone can learn or sharpen

7. WHAT CAUSES POOR CONCENTRATION? • Students Need: • A quiet place to study • No visitors during study time • Supervision

8. Environmental Distraction • Television • Music • Friends • Telephone • Traffic • Parties

9. CONCENTRATION REMINDERS • Study in the same • place every day • Study in a quiet place • Have study area ready • & properly equipped • (paper, highlighters, etc.) • Provide suitable ventilation, light & temperature • Study area is clear of clutter, noise and distractions

10. WHAT ISTIME MANAGEMENT? Making the best use of one’s time

11. 5 Steps to Effective Time Management • Help your student learn the importance of time. • Discuss the benefits of organizing time. • Allow your student to do chores at home • according to a time schedule. • Give your student family experience in planning use of time. • Teach your student to budget work time in school.

12. Remind your student to study one thing at a time!

13. Two-thirds of American high school students do not spend even an hour on homework each day. • Television viewing ranks far ahead of homework as the choice of high school students in their after • school time

14. Rules Governing Television Limit television viewing time • Homework • should be • completed • BEFORE extended TV viewing

15. WHAT ARE SOME REASONS FOR HOMEWORK? • To reinforce classroom learning • To promote self-discipline • To teach time management • To cultivate positive work habits • To allow parents to get involved • To help students become independent learners

16. HOW CAN PARENTS HELP WITH HOMEWORK? • Talk to your student about homework. • Do not do homework for your student. • Encourage your student to seek help when needed.

17. Show an interest in your student’s homework. • Help your student organize homework assignments. • Establish rules for homework. • Make a “Homework” sign to signal work time.

18. Allow students to unwind and get a snack before studying. • Allow students to take short breaks when studying. • Suggest that your student study difficult subjects first.

19. Suspect something if your student doesn’t bring homework home at least once a week. • Use homework time to do “parent homework” along side your student. • Provide immediate positive reinforcement: “Great job with problem 2!”

20. Homework Encounters Do not yell or blow up when students argue over homework Never use homework as a punishment

21. Visas Entries Departures Visas Entries Departures *Parents *Assuring *Student *Success Note-Taking Skills P.A.S.S. Note-Taking Skills

22. Writing down important ideas is a critical study skill • Students who learn how to take good notes tend to do well in school • Information is less likely to be forgotten if it is written down

23. WHAT ARE NOTES? • A way to store ideas • An individual exercise that every student does differently

24. Stress how taking notes helps • It involves students directly in learning • It creates a permanent record of important points • It permits the recall of big ideas and important points • It teaches organizational skills

25. Stress the importance of knowing common note-taking designs • Cornell Note-taking system • Listing items • Writing notes in margins of pages • Underlining and highlighting • Mapping • Summarizing • Outlining

26. Stress the importance of taking notes from reading

27. Write a word or short phrase instead of a sentence

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