Study Skills: Getting Organized

1. Study Skills: Getting Organized

2. Are you an organized person? • What does your room look like? • What does you locker look like? • What does your backpack/book bag look like? • Are your notebooks and folders organized and neatly kept?

3. How can being organized help us to be better students? • If you are organized you: • Spend less time looking for things • Experience less stress • Are aware of the things you need to get done • And more likely to meet deadlines and be ready for tests and quizzes • Are less likely to lose important things (like homework) • Are prepared each day to learn

4. Tips for being organized • Use a planner • Write down every assignment for each day in your planner • Have a separate folder, notebook, or section of a notebook for every subject that is color coded. This way you are less likely to grab the wrong folder. • Organize a study area at home • Give yourself plenty of time • To get to school/class • To get work done • To participate in extracurricular activities

5. Challenge • For 2 weeks: • Write down each assignment in each class • Keep your room clean • Keep your locker clean See if this makes a difference for you in the way you feel and the way perform at school

6. Any Questions?