Skills for both Life and School A great Place to start

Study Skills Four Keys to being an effective student

The Four Keys Are: Personality is a part of it – Don’t ignore who you are. If you need silence embrace it, if you need music do it. The key is be honest what works for you, then do it.

The Four Keys Are: 2. Learning Styles, they are aplenty Auditory Verbal Writing Kinesthetic – Doing something while studying Visual

The Four Keys Are: 3. Goal Setting is Key – Set these before each unit not each year

The Four Keys Are: 4. The seven habits to be successful 1. Be Proactive – Take responsibility 2. Begin with the end in mind – Define your mission and goals in life 3. Put first things first – Prioritize, and do the most important things first 4. Think Win-Win – Have an everyone can win attitude 5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood – Listen to people sincerely 6. Synergize – Work together to achieve more 7. Sharpen the saw – renew yourself regularly

What Style are you??? Proactive Procrastination

A key Study Skill, the most key Test Taking A key Study Skill, the most key

Test Taking Types of test Multiple Choice – Oh good it’s multiple choice, followed by….I hate multiple choice True False – What the Frick!!!! I hate my teacher 50/50 chance, and I am always 100% wrong Written – Oh great I failed forget it

Multiple Choice Zapping – Eliminate the obvious wrong answer In every set of answers one does not make sense. Read the answer into the question this helps Some studying is vital here, it can create a clear choice and the elimination of three of the four READ CAREFULLY!!!!!!

True False Annotating – Key words like Never, Always, Ext. Simply underline those words as your read them. Find the words that automatically make it false. Always, Never, in every instance, ext. Some studying is required you can breeze through these if you do. READ CAREFULLY

Written Okay we all hate written let’s understand that. Teachers hate grading it, and students hate writing it. They are a must in your education so suck it up buttercup and do it! More is always better Fluff goes a long way, if you demonstrate knowledge of material you will do fine. READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY

What style do you like/struggle with the most???

The 6 Pillars of Character Character Counts so use it!

The Six Pillars of Character

Trustworthiness This Pillar always comes to light, no matter how hard one try’s to hide it. Doing what you are told all of the time Following the rules Follow through is key with this Pillar

Respect This Pillar is not given it is earned Respect starts with how you treat people not how they treat you – MLK One needs to respect themselves before they can every truly respect someone else This Pillar is easily the second most important of the six because it encompasses so much

Responsibility This Pillar is the most important by far If you can’t accept responsibility in every situation than you will fail in all other 5 Pillars It is one of the hardest because it forces a person to both admit they are wrong, and that they have biases that need to be addressed The corner stone to any successful relationship as well

Fairness The most misunderstood of the Six Pillars This is not referring to everyone should have equal stuff, but equal opportunity Are you fairly judging a person or situation Are you fairly fixing a problem or situation

Caring Empathy is a tough thing to learn as a teen Caring not just about ones feelings, but opinions, and points of views Knowing when to care for your own self, as well as others A caring person sometimes needs to chose honesty over one’s feelings a hard lesson to learn

Citizenship Taking care of your environment around you. Your classroom, school, etc. Keeping the area you both live, and work in clean and pleasant Doing the little things to help your immediate environment thrive School Spirit is a big example here Getting on others who don’t take care of the area is a big part of this Pillar as well

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