1. Study Strategies By: Kimberly Porsch

2. FIRST A strategy to help students create a first-letter mnemonic

3. F- Form Use the first letter of each item in your material to form a word HOMES: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Eerie, Superior

4. I- Insert Insert additional letters if needed

5. R- Rearrange Rearrange letters Order lakes from west to east SMHEO

6. S- Shape Use the letters to shape a sentence Super Man Helps Every One

7. T- Try Try a combination Michigan is a Superior place to have a HOME

8. LISTS A study strategy to help students learn content. It incorporates creating a first-letter mnemonic.

9. L- Look Look for clues while you are reading What do you need to remember?

10. I- Investigate Investigate the items Find the keywords you need to remember

11. S- Select Select a mnemonic device using FIRST: F- Form a word I- Insert letters R- Rearrange letters S- Shape a sentence T- Try combinations

12. T- Transfer Transfer information to a flashcard

13. S- Self-Test Use your flashcards to give yourself a self-test

14. RCRC A strategy used to help students improve their memory and comprehension of factual material

15. R- Read Read a little bit of material Read it more than once

16. C- Cover Cover the material with your hand

17. R- Recite Tell yourself what you have read

18. C- Check Lift your hand and check If you forget something important, begin again After you do a few, go back and check that you are retaining this information

19. Reference http://www.unl.edu/csi/study.shtml