Study Skills

To "organize" means to arrange things neatly and with purpose and then make a ________ of keeping them that way.

• file
• list
• habit
• promise

A _______________is an organization tool for recording appointments, tasks notes and other things;

• directory
• planner
• calendar
• school management system

Why is it important to keep a planner?

• It helps me keep up with my schedule
• It helps me know which problems I need to complete.
• It helps me see the big picture
• All of the above

What classes should you have filled out for the week in your planner?

• core classes
• all classes
• math and reading only
• science and history only

If you are assigned an essay or longer assignment, it is easier to do all of the work at one time.

• True - getting it all done at the same time, saves time for me.
• False - breaking it into smaller "chunks" a little bit each day is a bit more manageable to complete it.  

Why are notes important?

• Busy work...
• It takes too long to look it all up
• So we can remember the important stuff teachers taught us today.
• Notes, don't we just google all the information. 

When you finish a test, you should____.

• start talking to your friends
• leave the classroom
• shout, "I'm done!"
• review the test and check your answers

How do you know when you've eliminated the best choices to answer the question correctly?

• The remaining answers all look alike.
• The answer remaining is not related to the question, but sounds like it could be correct.
• The answer choices eliminated are not at all related to the question.

There are 4 answer choices, and you see 1 that is silly. What do you do?

• Circle it. 
• Cross it out.
• Write on it.