Study Skills

 

Getting Organized is Your Ticket to Success

  

KEEP AN ORGANIZED BINDER

Use a different section in your notebook for each class and keep important information about each class in the section for that class.
 
 

USE A STUDENT PLANNER

Use it to keep track of when things are due.  Take it to every class and copy the agenda and homework assignments for that day.
 
 

BE SURE TO UNDERSTAND YOUR ASSIGNMENTS

If you have a question, ASK.  Other students may have a similar question.
 
 

MAKE TIME FOR HOMEWORK

Set up a special time each day.  Find a quiet place to work and avoid distractions such as T.V. and phone calls.
 
 

PREPARE THE NIGHT BEFORE

This way you will not feel pressured in the morning. 
 
*Check your assignment book.  Make sure you finish assignments that are due the next day.

* Pack your backpack after you finish your homework

*Get your clothes ready before you go to bed
 
 

BREAK BIG PROJECTS INTO SMALLER ONES

It will be easier to complete a project or long assignment by completing one step at a time.  For example, for a research project, collect information one week, take notes the next, and begin writing the first copy the next.