Organizational Skills

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Organizational Skills

• Staying Organized

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Plan

• Use a planner to keep track of EVERYTHING.
• Write down your assignments, projects, due dates,
  materials, and books to be taken home.

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Calendar

• Keep a calendar in your room and write EVERYTHING
  on the correct date.
• even fun things!

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Create a To Do List

• Make a list of EVERYTHING you have to do each
  day.
• Use a small pad or notebook.
• Cross each thing off as you do it.
• Even if you dont finish everything, youll feel
  a sense of accomplishment as you cross off items.

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Create a Filing System

• Organize homework assignments into different
  folders for each class.
• If possible, use a different color for each
  class.
• Make a mental connection between the color and
  the class.
• For example, a green folder for math class and
  relate it to money.
• If you have one big notebook, then put the
  assignments in different sections of the
  notebook.

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Clean Up Day

• Once a week clean out your notebook, book bag,
  and folder.

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Phone a Friend

• Pick a friend or study buddy and help each
  other with reminders.

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You need...

• A daily planner with a calendar and space for
  assignments.
• A clearly labeled binder for each subject with
  dividers within the binder.
• A neat locker and book bag.

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Completing Work

• Prioritize your assignments and complete the most
  important assignments first.
• Check off your assignments when you complete
  them.
• Have an assignment folder for all completed work
  that you always have with you.

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Note-taking

• Take detailed notes in all classes.
• Write down the points that the teacher is
  stressing and mark them in some way.
• Develop your own note-taking style and use it for
  all of your classes.

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Techniques to make notes helpful

• Highlight key terms and concepts.
• Use a type of outline.
• Use different colors of ink.

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Questions

• Any Questions?