Are You a Super Studier?

Welcome, everybody!

For the next weeks, we’re going to focus on study skills. Figuring out how to get organized, take good notes, and use your time well are keys to success in seventh grade.

How many of you think you make the best use of your time when you study? Well, you’re going to take a little quiz to find out!

Multiple Choice

It’s time for school! Before you rush out to meet the bus, you:

• A. Run around the house looking for your book bag, stuffing in whatever notebooks and textbooks are lying around.

  
  

• B. Grab your book bag from your room, but wonder if all your notebooks and textbooks are in it as you head out the door.

  
  

• C. Grab the book bag from its regular spot. You know everything you need is there, because you packed it the night before.

  
  

Multiple Choice

The bell has rung and you’re walking out of class with a friend. Your teacher says:

“Tonight, please read chapter 3 and answer the questions at the end.” You:

• A. Keep walking out of class, telling yourself you’ll remember the assignment.

  
  

• B. Write it on a scrap piece of paper and shove it into your book bag.

  
  

• C. Take out your homework notebook and write it in the day’s list of assignments.

  
  

Multiple Choice

You get home and realize you didn’t write down your math homework. You:

• A. Call someone you know in that class to find out the assignment.

  
  

• B. Plan on doing your math homework during your science class.

  
  

• C. Celebrate! No math homework tonight!

  
  

Multiple Choice

It’s time to head home, so you swing by your locker. You:

• A. Pick up your book bag and whatever books you think you might need for homework that night.

  
  

• B. Check your homework notebook to see what books and other materials you’ll need for homework that night.

  
  

• C. Look at all the books in your locker, feel overwhelmed, and go home with an empty book bag.

  
  

Multiple Choice

Your social studies teacher wants your paper typed on a computer. You don’t have one at home, so you:

• A. Ignore her request and write it in your neatest handwriting.

  
  

• B. Figure you’ll use the computer lab the day it’s due.

  
  

• C. Sign up to use the library computer at least twice that week, in case it takes longer

  than you expected.

  
  

Multiple Choice

You know you have a paper, math homework, and lots of reading to do before tomorrow. Before you get started, you:

• A. Eat a snack, call a friend, check your Instagram, call another friend, check your Instagram again...

  
  

• B. Grab your books and turn on the television.

  
  

• C. Go to your special, quiet spot for studying and set a goal for what you need to accomplish.

  
  

So, how did you do?

If you got five or more answers right, then

you ARE a super studier!

If you didn’t, then you could be a super studier — you just need to learn a few basic tips about studying.

Today, we’re going to discuss an important aspect of study skills — finding a consistent time and place to study that works for you.