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Study Skills for School Success!

Study Skills for School Success!. With Susan. Agenda . Part 1 - Learning & Organisation Part 2 - Time Management Part 3 – Memorisation methods Homework/study. Study Skills for School Success!.

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Study Skills for School Success!

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  1. Study Skills for School Success! With Susan

  2. Agenda Part 1 - Learning & Organisation Part 2 - Time Management Part 3 – Memorisation methods Homework/study

  3. Study Skills for School Success! This study skills session was created for you. It was written with the following in mind: • Students want to do well in school • Students who consistently do well in school practice good study habits and are well organised • Study skills and organisational skills do not come naturally to most people – they must be learned

  4. Learning and Organisation

  5. Memory Test • Calendar • Books • Desk • Library • Door • Beach • Park • Girl • Coffee • Window

  6. Picture memory game • Link the pictures together to form a picture story in your mind • When all of the pictures have been linked together, turn the worksheet over • Try to tell the story without looking at the sheet to yourself and see how many pictures you can remember

  7. Why is listening so important? How does listening to the teacher help me? • Helps with homework • Helps me to remember what I have learned in class LOOK AT TQLR SHEET

  8. How to Listen Better! • Form a good habit – good listening in class! • Concentrate on what is going on in class – do not daydream! • You can not listen if you are talking!

  9. Organisational Skills • Do you forget what you have for homework? • Do you leave the books you need in school? • Do you wait until the last minute to do homework/projects/essays?

  10. Organisational Skills Keeping organised is one of the key ingredients to success Examples of good classroom organisation • Getting things done in a timely fashion • Holding onto important papers and having them when • needed • Having a routine for daily homework • Noticing the right time to copy down homework • Planning out tasks or projects • Paying attention during tasks • Recognising the need to complete something now rather than later - prioritise

  11. Tool-kit for Organisation Skills • School supplies • Planners/ Scheduele • Clear, distraction free study space • Breaking down tasks into smaller pieces • Checklists • Colour-coding • White board • Getting into habits - what are good habits???

  12. Time management

  13. Time Management • Plan ahead • Work before play – identify your bad habits - too much TV/MSN/X-Box • Work from list – prioritise (important things first) • Think about how you spend your time • Become a good time manager –get a lot more done in less time

  14. Homework

  15. Why is homework important??

  16. Memorisation Strategies Mnemonics • Technique that allows learners to remember information using short retrieval cues EXAMPLES: • In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue • My very earnest mother just served us nachos (to remember the order of the planets) WHAT ARE SOME OTHERS?

  17. Decide how you are going to study Mind map Spider Diagram Mnemonics Writing notes Songs/Raps Flash Cards List - Bullet points

  18. Memorization Strategies Types of Mnemonics • Acronyms (using the first letter from a group of words to form a new word) • Visualization (creating pictures in your mind or on paper) • Linking Method (linking each item to the preceding using crazy images)

  19. Memorization Strategies

  20. Memorization Strategies 2 Two Types of Practice WHICH IS BETTER?

  21. Mind MapsFun way to Study

  22. Find A Good Place To Study! • This means a desk with nothing on it except what you need for the task you’re on: STUDYING! • Have a regular time and place for studying.

  23. Television • Some students think that you can study effectively while watching television. However, viewing television requires a lot of focus. • Therefore, turning off the television will greatly improve studying efficiency.

  24. Transfer Programme • Getting prepared for Secondary School • Differences between Primary and Secondary school • Managing new subjects/homework • More advanced study techniques

  25. Thank you for your time!

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