The Middle School Students Guide to Study Skills (Instructor's Guide)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Message to Educators .................................................................... vi
Annotated Lesson Plan ................................................................... v
INTRODUCTION TO Lesson 1: What are Study Skills? .............................. 2
STUDY SKILLS & Lesson 2: Metacognition: The Self-Aware Student ............... 21
THE PROCESS OF Lesson 3: A Bit About Brainy ................................. 26
LEARNING
Lesson 4: Mental Throwdown: Effort vs. Intelligence .............. 36
LEARNING STYLES Lesson 5: What’s in Style? .................................... 50
& MULTIPLE Lesson 6: Learning Resources & Multimodal Learning ........... 58
INTELLIGENCES Lesson 7: There’s More Than One Way to Be Smart! .............. 74
PRE-LEARNING Lesson 8: That’s My Routine and I’m Stick’n to It! ............... 88
STRATEGIES Lesson 9: The Organized Workspace .......................... 98
PRODUCT
Lesson 10: Syllabusted! ....................................... 108
Lesson 11: Gettin’ Your Schema On! ........................... 120
ACTION HEROES: Lesson 12: Active Learning in a Passive Learning World ......... 136
LEARNING, Lesson 13: Battle Plan SQ3R .................................. 148
READING, LISTENING Lesson 14: Hey, are You Listening? ............................. 158
NOTE-TAKINPG AND RLessonE 15: NaviVgating NotIes ..E.........W....................... 174
OUTLINING SKILLS Lesson 16: Cornies & Indies & Hybrids, Oh My! ................. 184
Lesson 17: The Hidden Benefits of Outlining Your Textbook ...... 194
MEMORY AND Lesson 18: M.N.E.M.O.N.I.C.S. ............................... 206
RECALL STRATEGIES Lesson 19: Meet the Anti-Cram: Time-Spaced Learning. . . . . . . . . . . 218
TEST-TAKING TIPS Lesson 20: Short Answer & Essay Test Tips ..................... 232
& STRATEGIES Lesson 21: So Many Choices, So Little Time! .................... 246
Lesson 22: How to Trick Out Your Presentation ................. 258
Lesson 23: Taming Test Anxiety ............................... 270
WRAPPING UP Lesson 24: So Close, Yet so Far… Distance Learning ............. 286
FOR COLLEGE Lesson 25: Ouch My Brain Hurts! Critical Thinking Skills ........ 298
READINESS
Lesson 26: Ramp Up Your Research Skills ...................... 308
Lesson 27: Good Citizens, Perfect Participants .................. 322
Lesson 28: The Benefits of Failure ............................. 338
Works Cited & Recommended Websites .................................................... 354
Index .................................................................................. 358
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MESSAGE TO EDUCATORS
Dear Educator,
Thank you for selecting Tween Publishing’s The Middle School Student’s Guide to Study Skills.
With this comprehensive program, students learn that study skills are more than practices or
strategies occasionally used to prepare for a test or quiz. Good study skills apply to all aspects of
learning.
How students learn is just as important as what they learn. The goal of this program is to give
students the tools and strategies they need to be self-aware, active learners with the ability to
successfully acquire, recall, and demonstrate knowledge.
To be higPh school anRd college-reOady, studentDs must habituUate good stCudy skills. TTo do this, they
need consistent skills support at school and at home. Consider making this program more than
just a study skills class. Make good study skills a part of your school culture. Enlist the help of
all teachers to encourage and enable students to develop good study skills. Take a moment at the
beginning of class to review a study skill. Periodically pause instruction to make a “skills check”.
Post study skills tips and strategies posters in classrooms and hallways. Allow students time at the
end of class to review and correct notes or discuss what they learned. Consistency is key!
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Bring parents on board too. Use the Letter to Parent in the student workbook to tell them what
their student is learning. Ask parents to help their student organize and use their home workspace
and to encourage their student to discuss or reteach a concept learned in class. Explain to parents
how they can help their student develop critical thinking skills and set grade goals.
Please take a moment to review the annotated lesson plan on the following pages. Each lesson in
this Instructor’s Guide follows this format. Each lesson includes an in-class activity. Idea Walls at
the end of each unit provide additional activities and suggestions for developing a strong study
skills culture at your school.
Sincerely,
Tween Publishing
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ANNOTATED LESSON PLAN
LESSON AND NUMBER TITLE
SLIDE
References the webslide corresponding to the
lesson segment. (Access slides at
www.middleschoolguide.com)
WORKBOOK
References the corresponding chapter in
The Middle School Student’s Guide to Study Skills
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(the “workbook”)
MATERIALS
Lists materials and information needed to prepare
the lesson.
OBJECTIVESPREVIEW
Identifies the skills and strategies students will
learn in the lesson.
GAINING ATTENTION
Lessons begin with a brief review of the previous
lesson, and an informal discussion related to the
skills and strategies students will learn in this
lesson.
COMMUNICATE LEARNING GOALS
Students are told their learning goals for the lesson.
PRESENTATION OF CONTENT
Instructional Content. Most lessons are based
on a Direct Instruction model, followed by skills
practice.
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ANNOTATED LESSON PLAN
ACTIVITY
Each lesson includes an in-class activity for skills
practice. Activity worksheets are contained in the
student workbook.
LET’S SUMMARIZE!
Summarizes key points at the conclusion of the
lesson. Use this activity to guide students to complete
the Letter to Parent in the workbook.
READING AND HOMEWORK
References the workbook pages students read to prepare
PRODfor the Unext lesson,C and the AppTlication of Skills
(homework) for this lesson. At the end of each Unit,
students complete an assessment What Did You Learn?
IDEA WALL
BLOG-DEBATE-DISCUSS
Suggested study skills and college readiness issues
and topics for the blog, debate, discuss activity.
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PRACTICE, PRACTICE
Additional skills practice and activities.
UNIT SOURCES
Cites books, papers, articles, and website sources
used for unit lessons.
COLLEGE READINESS CORNER
Suggested activities for developing students’ high
school and college readiness skills.
BLANK
Where possible, we’ve left a blank space for your
own ideas.
TECH CONNECT
Fun and useful apps to help students develop good
study skills.
IT’S A TEAM EFFORT
Ideas for making good study skills and college
readiness school-wide goals.
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