Study and Organizational Skills Assignments

 

 

The Organized Mind
by Daniel J. Levitin
Americans report feeling worn out by the effort required to keep up with an unprecedented amount of data. But some people become accomplished at managing information flow and science can demonstrate how those people excel - and how readers can use their methods to regain a sense of mastery over the way they organize their homes, workplaces, and time.

 

A Teen's Guide to Getting Stuff Done
by Jennifer Shannon
Understand how to improve your work habits and really get things done. You'll discover your procrastination type, as well as the strengths inherent in each type. By understanding your type and using the practical strategies laid out in each chapter, you'll be able to break the cycle of procrastination once and for all.

 

Where's My Stuff? The Ultimate Teen Organizing Guide
by Samantha Moss & Lesley Schwartz
Offering comprehensive advice on how to organize schoolwork, lockers, bedrooms, and even schedules, this book includes a hilarious quiz and provides great advice about things like decision-making and closet purging. With fun and useful illustrations and ample doses of humor, Where's My Stuff? is an asset for anyone who wants to get it together ... and keep it together, for good.

 

FEB 1

 

Class update: Students re-organized their binders, iPads and lockers today (not all students had time to get to the lockers). Re-organizing is suggested on the 1st of every month. Students also evaluted their progress towards the academic or organizational goal they set at the beginning of the trimester. If they met their goal, they set a new one and wrote a paragraph on how they met their goal and how they would meet the new goal. If they haven't reached their goal yet, we discussed ways to meet it by the end of the trimester. We will be talking about test-taking tips starting next week, then get into memorization techniques, and later the report writing process (note taking, outlining, rough draft, etc.).

 

FEB 23

 

Some students had trouble logging into the Los Angeles Public Library website with their new library cards. They should enter the card number on the back of the card (no spaces) and then the last four digits of whatever phone number was on the application. 

 

Students should bring their index cards next week also.

 

FEB 28

 

Yesterday the students learned about using databases through the public library (must have a registered library card) vs. using the Internet for research. Here is an explanation: http://www.lapl.org/teens/homework-help/internet-vs-databases. Databases can be used with confidence that the sources are reliable, school appropriate and well written. Databases such as the World Book Encyclopedia, Daily Life Through History, and History in Context (U.S. and World) have great resources for student research. Here is a link to the database portal: http://www.lapl.org/teens/homework-help.