1. Planner Check! Did you write at least 1 assignment in your planner every day last week? Did you write at least 1 assignment in your planner every day last week? Did you parent/guardian sign your planner? Did you parent/guardian sign your planner? AWESOME !!!! Make sure you get your planner signed! Make sure you get your planner signed!

2. Retaining and Using Information

3. Remembering What You Need to Know Goal: Explore differences and similarities in how we remember and learn. Goal: Explore differences and similarities in how we remember and learn. Directions: You will have 2 minutes to look at the 20 objects on the next slide. Your goal is to use any strategies that you can to remember all 20 objects. Do not write anything down. Directions: You will have 2 minutes to look at the 20 objects on the next slide. Your goal is to use any strategies that you can to remember all 20 objects. Do not write anything down.

5. Remembering What You Need to Know TIME!!! You have 2 minutes to write down the objects that you can remember. You have 2 minutes to write down the objects that you can remember. This is a silent task – to be done alone. This is a silent task – to be done alone.

6. Remembering What You Need to Know Look at the pictures again? Look at the pictures again? How many were you able to remember? How many were you able to remember?

8. Remembering What You Need to Know What strategies did you use to remember the objects? What strategies did you use to remember the objects? Share your strategies with your peers. Share your strategies with your peers.

9. Remembering What You Need to Know What objects were easy to remember? Why was that? What objects were easy to remember? Why was that? What objects were hard to remember? Why was that? What objects were hard to remember? Why was that? Why do people use different strategies to meet the same goal in remembering the objects? Why do people use different strategies to meet the same goal in remembering the objects?

10. Remembering What You Need to Know Look again at the strategies posted on the board. Look again at the strategies posted on the board. How do students use these strategies in different subject areas to study and retain information? What are some other strategies students use? How do students use these strategies in different subject areas to study and retain information? What are some other strategies students use?

11. Remembering What You Need to Know Complete the handout: Complete the handout: –Strategies for Retaining and Using Information How can you apply this self-knowledge to your future high school career? College career? Long-term career? How can you apply this self-knowledge to your future high school career? College career? Long-term career?

12. Questions?