Get Organized, Study and Succeed in Life Alabama State Department of Education

Organization Skills n Schedule your time wisely. n Use a calendar to record tests for the week each Monday. n Write down your assignments daily. n Use colored folders for each subject. Example: blue - math yellow - history red - english orange - science

Organization Skills n Create a “Study Buddy” list. n Buy a backpack with pockets and put items in the same place all the time. n Keep books in your desk for the class you’re in. Keep books in your bag that you don’t need.

Organization Skills n Bring your “tools” to school every day. You can’t work without your tools. CarpenterDoctorStudent hammerstethoscopepaper nailsthermometerpencil/pen sawnote padbooks chalk linepenfolders

Study Skills n Attendance - Come to school everyday ready to do your best. n Timing - Study harder on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The end of the week will be easier. n Effort - Give it all you’ve got the first three weeks of the grading period. Start off with great grades!

Study Skills n Your time - Socialize less during the week and more on the weekends. n Study time - Study 10 minutes for every grade you’ve completed. example: 3rd grade = 30 minutes each day 10th grade = 100 minutes each day **This doesn’t include study time for tests!**

Study Skills n Environment - Don’t study in a place that “cues” you to do something other than study. n Sleep - Get 7 to 8 hours of sleep and be consistent! n Mnemonics - Memory-Aiding Device Using letters in a list to make a new word

Mnemonics n To remember the order of the planets from the sun: “My Very Elegant Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies.” Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto n To remember the classification of living things: “Kings Play Cards On Fairly Good Soft Velvet.” Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Variety n To remember the great lakes: “HOMES” Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior

Life Skills n Caring n Common Sense n Cooperation n Courage n Curiosity n Effort n Flexibility n Friendship n Initiative n Integrity n Organization n Patience n Perseverance n Pride n Problem Solving n Responsibility n Sense of Humor

Caring n To feel and show concern for others “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” -- Mother Teresa

Common Sense n To use good judgement. “Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. Common sense is instinct and enough of it is genius.” --Josh Billings

Cooperation n To work together toward a common goal or purpose. “If everyone is moving forward together, then the success takes care of itself.” -- Henry Ford

Courage n To act according to one’s belief. “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.” -- Babe Ruth

Curiosity n A desire to investigate and seek understanding. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” -- Helen Keller

Effort n To do your best. “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” -- Ann Landers

Flexibility n To be willing to alter plans when necessary. You are flexible when you are agreeable. “Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected.” -- Alice James

Friendship n To make and keep a friend through mutual trust and caring. “Destroy your enemy by making friends with him.” -- Abraham Lincoln

Initiative n To do something because it needs to be done. “Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.” -- Thomas Jefferson

Integrity n To act according to a sense of what’s right and wrong. “When in doubt, tell the truth.” -- Mark Twain

Organization n To plan, arrange, and implement in an orderly way. “How we spend our day is, of course, how we spend our lives.”

Patience n To wait calmly for someone or something. “When you get to the end of your rope - tie a knot and hang on!” -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Perseverance n To keep at it. “You’re never a loser until you quit trying.” -- Mike Ditka

Pride n Satisfaction from doing your personal best. “You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself.” -- Lady Mary Wortley Montague

Problem Solving n To create solutions in difficult situations and everyday problems. “Think about what you can do with what there is.” -- Ernest Hemingway

Responsibility n To respond when appropriate, to be accountable for your actions.” “Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him.” -- Booker T. Washington

Sense of Humor n To laugh and be playful without harming others. “You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.” -- Edith Barrymore