Organization & Time Management               

• Use class time and study halls to start homework and get extra help 
• Use your student planner to keep track of assignments and your activities
• Create a schedule for completing homework, studying for tests and long–term assignments
• Prioritize your work. Tackle the most important, most difficult or least favorite assignments first.
• Go over your class notes each night. By doing this, you will make studying for tests and quizzes easier.
• Have a designated work area
• Turn off cell phone, TV and any other distractions
• Have a snack and drink before you start
• Have all necessary supplies in work area

 Be Successful in Class   

• Be in school, on time, every day
• Be prepared for each class; homework done, have needed supplies
• Learn to adapt to different teachers
• Participate in class   
• Have a positive attitude. Treat others with courtesy and respect. Be aware of your body language. 
• Take responsibility for your grades

Note Taking and Studying

• Be an active listener and studier. Be focused and pay attention.
• Take notes to help pay attention, both in the class and when you are reading/studying independently
• Recognize important information
• Go over your notes each day. Highlight important concepts and keywords.
• When studying, recite and discuss information so that your mind engages and is not wandering

Use Some Form of the SQ3R

 Survey:

• Look over material to be read
• Note titles, headings and subheadings
• Review questions or teacher made study guides
• Summarize

Question:

• Turn the title, headings and subtitles into questions. Write question in the margins. 
• Read questions at the end of chapters
• Ask yourself what you already know

Read:

• Read one section at a time
• Answer questions you have made up
• Answer questions from the chapter or study guide
• Study graphic aids 

Recite:

• Summarize in your own words what you have read
• Write down in your own words what you have read using the notes you have taken
• Underline or highlight important points (or make notes on them) 

Review:

• Look over notes at the end of each study session
• Make a study sheet or a practice test for content covered in that section
• Make flash cards or other memory aids

Memory Aids 

• Use flash cards for vocabulary, facts and lists
• Acronyms - using the first letter of the words you want to remember to make up a silly sentence like, "My very elegant mother juggled seven ugly neckties." (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune)
• Chunking - Grouping items for better recall, especially numbers
• Visualization - creating pictures in your mind or on paper
• Look for easy logical connections - Homer wrote the Odyssey, "Homer is an odd name.”
• Group or categorize information, write lists and diagrams