Home : LD Information : Study Skills for a Successful Elementary School Year Study Skills for a Successful Elementary School Year Study Skills: The Right Tools Everyone needs the right tools and training to do their
job. A carpenter must bring hammers, saws, nails and
drills, and an understanding of how to handle wood in
order to make a house. A plumber needs the proper
tools and experience to fix a kitchen sink. Study skills
instruction gives you the "tools" and the "training" you
need to do a good job in school. The better you are with
reading, writing, speaking and study skills, the better
you will be at the job of learning and being successful.
Homework and Organization
For many students, getting homework done can be very hard. Sometimes, this is because these students are just not organized. This means they do not have everything they need to finish their homework. The best way to make your homework easier and get better grades is to organize your self. Here we will tell you about some study skills to help make your homework time simpler.
Using an Assignment Notebook
The most important thing you can do to help make homework time less "work" is to use an assignment book. The hard part is that the assignment book doesn't fill itself in every day! It is up to you to write down the correct assignments. This can be hard to do, so if you aren't sure of exactly what the homework is, make sure to raise your hand and ask your teacher. It can be helpful to keep your assignment book on your desk, as a reminder, until you actually write the homework in it. Don't forget to ask your teachers for help in remembering - they want you to have the right information as much as you do!
Joan Sedita, M.Ed., an experienced educator, nationally
recognized speaker, and author, is director of Sedita
Learning Strategies, a consulting and teacher-training service.
This article is excerpted from the Student Newsletter
for Success, Volume 1, January 2003, published by LDW through a generous
grant from Commonwealth
Learning Center. The purpose of the Newsletter is for parents to share
with their children, for teachers to distribute to their students, and
for pediatricians to leave in their waiting room for clients. Please let
us know your suggestions for feature articles by contacting the editor,
Teresa Allissa Citro at 781-890-5399.
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