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FAST: Study Skills forSchool Success!
Presented By: Miss Pinto
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We will discuss
how to create an effective study zone
the importance of setting consistent
homework and studying routines
learning about learning
suggested study tools
Agenda
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Study Skills for School
Success!
This study skills workshop was created withthe following in mind:
1. Students want to do well in school2. Students who consistently do well in schoolpractice good study habits and are wellorganized
3. Study skills and organizational skills do notcome naturally to most people they mustbe learned
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Create a Study Zone
How should it look? Comfortable
No Distractions
Well lit Organized
Necessary supplies
Personalize it
Students remember more if they do theirhomework in the same place and sametime each night!
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Organizing the Study Zone
Study Zone should have
a special place where your child
puts parent notices
monthly calendar to write down
ALLactivities and due dates
Study times blocked off inadvance
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Setting Study Zone Routines
When student gets home they should empty
Home/School Communication Folder and
organize papers in their Study Zone
Student adds new information to monthlycalendar
Parent checks Study Zone
Student puts signed papers back inHome/School Communication Folder
Student and parent create a To-Do list
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Setting Study Zone Routines
Turn off TV, radio, or any other distractingdevises and remove cell phones etc.
Check and retrieve additional supplies ifneeded
Fix a snack - you dont need an excuse foryour child to get up!
Set time by estimating how long eachassignment will take
Ask student to number assignments in orderfrom first to last (Most difficult or leastfavorite assignment first)
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Handling Homework
1. Ask questions about assignments
2. Discuss your involvement and role intonight's study session
3. Student crosses out or checks off eachassignment as it is completed
4. As SOON as each assignment iscompleted and parent checks it, the
student should put papers immediatelyin their Home/School CommunicationFolder
5. Rewards students progress!
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Setting High Standards
Expect Excellent Work Expect good, readable handwriting
Use complete sentences
Answers questions thoroughly, using examplesand details
Encourage student to double-checking theirwork (especially in math)
By doing these things students learn moreand dont need to study as much!
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Memorization
Working Memory Long Term memory
Short term memorizing
Cramming
Learned material only
makes it to your
working memory
Learned material will
soon be forgotten
Learned material makes
it to your long-term
memory
Review and revisit
material often
Information should be
reviewed ten minutes afterlearning and every seven
days to keep in long-term
memory
Two Types of Memory
WHICH IS BETTER?
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Learning About Learning 2
How Do People Learn?
1 % through TASTE
1.5 % through TOUCH
3.5% through SMELL
11% through HEARING
83% through SIGHT
What Does This Mean?
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Learning About Learning 3
How Much People Retain
(Remember)?
10% of what you READ
20% of what you HEAR
30% of what you SEE
50% of what you SEE and HEAR at the same time
70% of what you SAY as you talk
90% of what you SAY as you DO a thing
What Does This Mean ?
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Test Taking 3
When studying students should recite,write, visualize
RECITE Describe or explain topics aloud; put
in your own words
Teach the information to someone
else Engage in a simulation or role play
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Test Taking 4
WRITE
Make chapter study review cards (SQ3R)
Make flashcards (math facts, sight words,vocabulary words and definitions)
VISUALIZE
Close eyes and picture in mind any chart,diagram, word, map, event, time period,
scene, experiment, or character that theyare trying to remember
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SQ3R
S = Survey Look over the chapter title and all the pictures to get an idea
of what you are supposed to learn from the reading.
Q = Question Come up with some questions that could be answered while
you read.
R1 = Read Think about answering the questions you came up with and
what might come next in the reading.
R2 = ReciteAfter reading a section ask yourself questions
about what you have read. You can take notes about
the reading.
R3 = Review Review what you have read by covering up the key phrasesand seeing if you can recall them.