1. Welcome to Strategies for Success! Miss Viggiano

2. What is this class all about?  Academic development  Career development  Personal and social development

3. What does this mean to you?  You choose your life.  You choose how you want to live it.  This course helps you organize your thoughts, your things, and your overall day== 1 st steps towards success  With organization, life becomes more simple AND LESS STRESSFUL

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR CLASS?  JOURNAL (ANY TYPE OF NOTEBOOK) THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO LEAVE IN CLASS EACH DAY  FOLDER  WRITING UTENSIL  HOMEWORK PLANNER

5. Daily Agendas  Journal entry  Class discussion  Topic of the day  Examples: learning styles, study skills, locker organization, binder organization, career development and research

6. What are you graded on?  Journal entries completed  Attitude  Effort  Homework completed  Assignments completed

7. EXTRAS  Meditations  Stress management techniques  Family Friday

8. February 5 th, 2015  Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.  COPY DATE  COPY QUOTE  BE READY TO DISCUSS

9. February 9, 2015  “I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone” Bill Cosby  “Family MONDAY”

10. February 10th, 2015  If you do not want to be forgotten soon after you are dead and rotten, either do something worth the writing or write something worth the reading…”  Ben Franklin  Agenda:  Journal entry  Follow directions  Am I a good listener?  Do I give good directions?

11. Feburary 11th, 2015  Agenda:  “Its not the size of the dog in the fight. It’s the size of the fight in the dog”  Mark Twain  Journal entry  Follow directions  Am I a good listener?  Do I give good directions?

12. February 12 th, 2015  What do you love MOST about the holidays(something BESIDES getting presents)???  Brainstorming  Organization: lockers and binders

13. February 13 th, 2015  Family Friday!

14. February 17th, 2015  A resolution is a goal one sets for him/herself.  Name at least ONE resolution you can set for yourselves for the new year  Learning styles

15. February 18 th, 2015  Write a letter to your favorite past-time teacher  Learning Styles-Get your packets out to discuss  Learning Style Poster

16. Febuary 19th, 2015  Journal entry :  What type of learner are you? How can knowing this help you out in school?  “What type of learner am I?” worksheet  Fill out/design today

17. FEBRUARY 20TH  FAMILY FRIDAY!!!

18. February 23rd, 2015  Journal entry:  If you had the power to make a teacher TEACH a certain way that would help you learn better, give ONE thing you would tell them to do.  LEARNING STYLE POSTER- GET TO IT!  PORTRAITS DUE WEDNESDAY

19. Febuary 24TH, 2015  Complete Learning Poster  ON LINED PAPER(AFTER YOU HAND IN POSTER) YOU ALL MENTIONED IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN YOUR LIVES. WRITE A LETTER TO ONE PERSON WHO HAS INSPIRED YOU. TELL THEM WHY AND HOW. DON’T WORRY! THEY WON’T SEE THEM (UNLESS YOU WANT THEM TO)

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