1. Study Skills Objectives:
To learn skills to effectively study in school in order to increase performance
To learn new strategies for studying
To practice new skills learned in order to have confidence in working with these skills
To help increase performance in school
“Good study habits produce good grades”

2. Survey
Go to my website: mrssellersmath.weebly.com and go to the enrichment page under study skills. Find the survey for study skills and take it.

3. Consider This…
"No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.“ - Confucius
Discuss in groups what you think this quote means. How do you think this relates to study skills?

4. Consider This…
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."- Ben Franklin
Discuss in groups what you think this quote means. How do you think this relates to study skills?

5. What are study skills? Enable you to study and learn effectively
Transferable life skills: study skills employability skills
Not specific to each subject

6. Study Skills Start In Class!
Be prepared to take notes when class begins.
Avoid any distracting conduct.
Participate constructively in class discussions.
Ask Questions!
Write notes in a concise, organized manner.
Listen! You can not listen while talking!
Pay Attention.

7. Characteristics of Successful Learners
Ask questions
Discuss topics with peers
If you don’t understand something, speak up!
Use time management and organizational skills

8. Study Habits of Successful Students
Read article on “Ten study habits of successful students.”
Discuss in groups.
Complete the summarizing activity

9. Study Ideas Based on Learning Styles
Learning Style Inventory—go to my website under enrichment, study skills and take the learning styles inventory
Strategies for each learning style
Learning style inventory summary sheet

10. Study Tips Set a regular time to study Remove distractions
Have necessary supplies
Record assignments in an assignment book or on a calendar
Pay attention and take notes in class
Manage your time
Study for tests

11. 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
Video
What did you notice about the study space?
Draw a picture

12. Study Session How do you study? What are you supposed to do?
Study has 3 parts
1) Organizing subject matter efficiently
2) Getting ongoing day to day work and assignments done
3) Researching and revising work for exams

13. Study Session Facts Don’t make study sessions too long
Drink some water before you start
Break tasks down into smaller manageable ones
Do daily summaries of work covered
Set a task to achieve for each session
Record your plan of attack for each session

14. Study Session Facts
Practice skills learned by doing problems, exercises and essays
Aim to build a clear understanding by connecting areas of knowledge
Don’t study after 11.00pm
Divide time equally between subjects
Stick to it !
Take study breaks
Don’t procrastinate

15. Studying
“Some succeed because they are destined to: most succeed because they are determined to.”

16. Creating a Timetable
Study sessions just don’t happen when you feel like doing them.
They need to be scheduled on an organized timetable.
Most people need two hours of study time for each hour of class.

17. Practice Timetable
Create a practice timetable for your studying this week.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
3:00
4:00
5:00
6:00
7:00
8:00
9:00

18. Study Strategies Flashcards Peer quizzing or self-quizzing
Read and reread notes
Rewrite, underline or highlight notes
Summarize
Outline or make a graphic organizer
Create questions
Make to do lists and prioritize

19. Creating Flashcards Flashcard video
Create your own flashcard from something you have learned today or need to study for finals
Think-pair-share
How do you use flashcards?
Do you use them in all classes?
Will you start using them?
What did you learn from the video that you can use?

20. Read, Rewrite, Underline, Highlight Notes
Taking notes---what does this look like?
Video
Notes should not be complete sentences, should be brief (shorthand)
Notes should be in your own words
Use pictures when applicable
Use abbreviations and symbols to make writing more efficient
Focus on key words and concepts

21. Read, Rewrite, Underline, Highlight Notes
Take 1 minute to answer the question on your paper.
Each person in your group needs to share one thing that you wrote down in answering the question.
Pick one person from your group who will share the best reason that your group came up with.
Discuss as a class some of the great ideas!

22. Quizzing Strategies Worksheet
Read the following short story and come up with two questions that you could ask someone about this article in order to check for understanding.
“Clever kids: A police officer found a perfect hiding place for watching for speeding motorists. One day, the officer was amazed when everyone was under the speed limit, so he investigated and found the problem. A 10 years old boy was standing on the side of the road with a huge hand painted sign which said “Radar Trap Ahead.” A little more investigative work led the officer to the boy’s accomplice: another boy about 100 yards beyond the radar trap with a sign reading “TIPS” and a bucket at his feet full of change.”

23. Quizzing
Now, turn to your neighbor and ask these two questions. Make sure your neighbor has their paper turned over so that they are not looking at the article.
Share other quizzing strategies as a class

24. Summarize
Brain Dump: write as many ways as you can come up with to summarize your learning!
Hint: we have done some throughout this week!
2 minutes!
Timer

25. Summarizing Strategies
Outline, 1 sentence summary, KWL chart, key points, graphic organizer, AHA, Venn Diagram, text message, tweet, 3-2-1
Why should we summarize?

26. Survey
Go to my website: mrssellersmath.weebly.com and go to the enrichment page under study skills. Find the survey for study skills and take it.