Study Skills

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Study Skills

• How to Ace the Fifth Grade

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Taking Notes in Class

• Get Ready to Take Notes (Before Class)
• Review your notes from yesterday
• Complete all assigned reading before class
• .
• Bring notetaking material to class. This
  includes pencils, paper, and your folder.

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Take Notes During Class

• Keep your ears focused on what the teacher says.
  Listen for signal statements such asThis is
  important. or Remember that
• Include all information from the board or
  overhead
• If the teacher repeats it, it is worth writing
  down.
• Write quickly and abbreviate familiar words
• Ex. And (), Percent () with (w/) without
  (w/o)
• Put a ? Next to all items the teacher goes over
  that you dont understand. Go back to her and
  ask this later. . Put teacher words into your
  own words.

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Rewrite Notes After Class

• Rewrite your notes and change all short sentences
  and abbreviations for the correct information
• Answer all the ?s you had
• Add the information from the textbook that you
  read
• Check with other students to make sure your notes
  match theirs.

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Making Flashcards

• When studying for a test, using flashcards can
  help you retain things like vocabulary words and
  facts and figures.
• Use index cards for the flash cards
• Put the fact or term on one side and the answer
  on the back
• This is one way to study by yourself

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Use Acronyms to Remember Information

• The five Great Lakes are HOMES Huron, Ontario,
  Michigan, Erie, and Superior
• Take the first letter of each term and make up a
  sentence that you will remember
• Ex. KIDS HAVE DROPPED OVER DEAD CONVERTING
  METRIC-Kilo, Hecto, Deka, base, Deci, centi, and
  mili,

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Acronyms

• Write the facts you need to remember
• Underline the first letter of each fact. If
  there is more than one word in a fact, underline
  the first letter of only the first word in the
  fact.
• Arrange the underlined letters to form an acronym
  that is a real word or a nonsense word you can
  pronounce (ROYGBIV)

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Test Taking

• To keep from getting test anxiety.STUDY

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Test Taking-DETER

• D Directions-
• Read the directions carefully
• Ask your teacher if there is anything about the
  test you dont understand
• You must follow the directions to show what you
  know
• Only by following the directions can you get a
  good grade on a test

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EExamine

• Look at the whole test before starting
• Start with the easiest and work your way to the
  hardest.
• This way you can spend more time on the more
  difficult items.

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TTime

• Assess how much time you are allotted. Decide
  how much time you will spend per question. Ex.
  If you have 50 questions and one hour to take it,
  you have more than a minute per question Include
  time to review
• Spend more time on problems that are worth more
  points.
• Dont spend too long on one question. Move on to
  another question and come back to it if you have
  time.

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EEasiest

• Answer the easiest questions first
• If you get to a difficult question, move
  onanswer the ones you know first and then come
  back to the more difficult ones.

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RReview

• If you planned accurately, you will have time to
  reviewmake sure you answered as accurately and
  complete as you could.
• Also make sure to review the test directions to
  be certain you have answered ALL the items
  required.

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Remember.

• You do not get extra points for finishing first.
• THE FIRST ONE DONE ISNT ALWAYS THE ONE WHO DOES
  THE BEST!!!

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Strategies for Reading Textbooks-SQRW

• SSurvey-Read the title, look at the pictures,
  and think about what you already know about the
  subject.
• Get a general overview about the chapter-What you
  knowwhat you want to know

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QQuestion

• Give yourself a purpose while readingWho?What?Whe
  n?Where?How?
• Change the title of each heading to form a
  question-Uses of Electricity to What are some
  uses of electricity?
• If the heading is stated in a question, use that
  question.
• Do not form questions for an introduction,
  summary, or conclusion
• Answer all questions at the end of a section

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R-Read

• Read to answer the questions you just asked
• Stay focused and flexible so you can gather as
  much information as you need to answer each
  question

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W-Write

• Write an answer to each question you asked
• Write the answers to the end section questions
• Write any important words or terms in your
  notes-Always use your words instead of textbook
  terms
• Always reread your notes

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One Key Rule

• NEVER WAIT UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE TO STUDY FOR A
  TEST
• Study a little each night and the task will not
  seem so great.

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The RQWQCQ Strategy for Solving Math Word Problems

• R-Read
• Q-Question
• W-Write
• Q-Question
• C-Compute
• Q-Question

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• R-Read- Read the entire problem to learn what it
  is about. You may find it helpful to read the
  problem out loud, form a picture of the problem
  in your mind, or draw a picture of the problem.

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• Q-Question-Find the question to be answered in
  the problem. Often the question is stated
  directly. When it is not stated, you will have
  to identify the question to be answered.

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• W-Write Write the facts you need to answer the
  question. It is helpful to cross out any facts
  presented in the problem that are not needed to
  answer the problem. Sometimes, all the facts
  presented in the problem are needed to answer the
  question.
• C-Compute Set up the problem on paper and do
  the computations. Check your computations for
  accuracy and make any needed corrections. Once
  you have done this, circle your answer.

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• Q-Question Look at your answer and ask
  yourself Is my answer possible? You may find
  that your answer is not possible because it does
  not fit with the facts presented in the problem.
  When this happens, go back through the steps of
  RQWQCQ