LESSON 4: STUDYING FOR TESTS

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Which kinds of tests do you find to be the easiest? Which do you find the hardest? Visit at least two Internet sites and write down hints for studying for the types of tests you find most difficult. (Choose 2). Share results with the class, and turn in for a grade.

Internet Resources

Essay questions:

http://www.naho.ca/qaigitsi/english/essay_questions.php?print=1

http://www.studygs.net/tsttak4.htm

http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/tsttak4.htm

http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/taking-tests/96/studying-for-an-essay-test/

http://www.asdk12.org/Parents/testing/EssayTestTips.pdf

Short answer test:

http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/tsttak5.htm

http://studygs.net/tsttak5.htm

http://www.testtakingtips.com/test/short.htm

http://www.colonial.k12.de.us/docs/Test%20short%20answer.pdf

http://www.test-preparation.ca/study-center/short-answer-and-fill-in-the-blank-test-strategies/

Multiple-choice:

http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/tsttak3.htm

http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/taking-tests/44/multiple-choice-tests/

http://studygs.net/tsttak3.htm

http://www.test-preparation.ca/study-center/tips-for-taking-multiple-choice-tests/

http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/objectivetest.htm

http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/objectivetest.htm

True-False:

http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/tsttak2.htm

http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/taking-tests/78/true/false-tests/

http://www.studygs.net/tsttak2.htm

http://www.testtakingtips.com/test/true.htm

http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/objectivetest.htm

Matching:

http://www.geosoc.org/schools/pass/objectivetest.htm

http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/study_skills/the-top-ten-tips-to-taking-matching-tests/

http://www.uww.edu/Learn/multiple_choice_and_matching.php

http://712educators.about.com/cs/assessment/qt/matchingtips.htm

http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/ObjectiveTestTaking.pdf

LESSON 3: SCHEDULING AND TIME MANAGEMENT

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For those who still need to complete week three, the directions were:

1. Do some research using sites that you agreed to peruse.

2. Take notes. (Then type them; these will be turned in along with your schedule)

3. Highlight which ones you think would be easiest to follow.

Then:

Complete a time chart for studying that covers the next five days. Record on your chart:

1. The times you plan to study

2. The time you actually studied

3. The course you were working on

4. The place where you studied, and

5. The method of study/review you used.

Internet Resources:

1. o http://www.studygs.net/schedule/

2. o http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/htimesug.html

3. o http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/plan_ho.html

4. o http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/slfman.html

5. o http://www.adprima.com/studyout.htm

6. o http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/02/11-solid-ways-to-improve-your- time.html

7. o http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/time-management/wl00048

8. o http://www.timemanagementhelp.com/

TAKING NOTES

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LESSON 2: TAKING NOTES

Visit the sites below and choose the most important points to write down. The idea is to make a list of strategies that work for you!

Internet Resources:

http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/notetaking/27/taking-notes-in-class/

http://www.adprima.com/studyout.htm

http://www.greatschools.org/students/homework-help/323-take-great-notes.gs

http://www.testtakingtips.com/note/index.htm

http://www.amphi.com/teachers/asimpson/studyskills.html (check every link on this site; there’s information all over the place.)

http://www1.chapman.edu/arc/goodnotes.html (Great site!)

Whatever sites you find useful, including the ones above and at least two others that you locate, please copy and annotate (name the site and tell briefly what it contains) at the bottom of your paper. This will be part of your grade.

Study Skills Unit

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Hi everybody--
Below are websites for this week's Study Skills assignment.

Due by Friday, May 6: A typed list of ideas/suggestions about how your own study environment might be improved, both at school and at home.

FYI

Purpose of this unit: To develop better study skills, note-taking skills, and time management skills.

You will be able to:

1. Describe ways to organize study area at school and home.
2. Demonstrate good note-taking skills.
3. Develop a personal schedule using time-management skills
4. Describe ways to study for different types of tests.

STUDY SKILLS UNIT, WEEK 1

The Study Environment

Internet Resources to use:

http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/control.html

http://www.ctl.ua.edu/CTLStudyAids/StudySkillsFlyers/GeneralTips/creatingstudyenvironment.htm

http://www.einet.net/directory/960317/How_To_Study.htm (SUPER!)

Dear families,

New year, new name--Cave Connections will soon be NEXUS--same exact blog, though, for those of you who found last year's postings and/or links helpful. Hopefully, I'll learn a little more this year so that I can improve what I offer everyone. Please look here for interesting bits of information, assignments, etc.

In the meantime, I found a video that made me smile. This young man traveled the world and created a "postcard" of his travels. To make his mementos more interesting, he began to dance... joyfully, badly, and with wild abandon. He encouraged everyone he met to do the same, and so they did. What an amazing thing to do. Watch this more than once so that you can appreciate everyone's unique and wonderful contribution.

This year, I hope you all dance.

Teri

June 12 “Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Dear families--

By now you've probably learned that I went home on Thursday morning and was absent on Friday. My family had a medical emergency, and I spent those days and today at the hospital. What lies ahead for us is a winding path, but one we will face. I'm grateful that the season will allow for my need to be away, and won't impact my school family.

Just know that I WILL be at school on Monday, and everything is on schedule. We'll practice in the morning, decorate in the afternoon, and celebrate in the evening! It's going to be a cool day, too, which I am grateful for; a full gymnasium on a hot muggy evening would make for an uncomfortable ceremony.

Remember, boys should wear button-down or polo shirts, and [non-denim] long pants or shorts. Girls should wear skirts or dresses.

Let's enjoy this last evening together! It has been such a pleasure working with you all....

Teri

June 9

"I hope your dreams take you...to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, an to the most special places your heart has ever known."

With only a few days left, we're trying to keep a lid on the chaos. Speeches are being written, histories are being practiced, and final projects are being completed. It will all come together on Monday morning. Monday afternoon, we'll start decorating at around 1:00 for anyone who can make it. Some people have volunteered to come around 3:00, which is also greatly appreciated. It shouldn't take us too long... That evening, kids should show up between 6:30 and 6:45. That way we can start on time at 7:00 PM.

Though the weather has been unpredictable, it seemed to hold for the community picnic today. I hope you all enjoyed spending a little time with your child at this end-of-the-school-year tradition.

I'll write more later.
Teri

June 3 "Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Afoot and lighthearted, I take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before, the long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose” - Walt Whitman

Hello, families--

We're back, and what a wonderful time we all had! Your children played hard, learned much, and spent the entire two days outside. They did a fantastic job on the low ropes course, and on team challenges--and they WERE challenged. They canoed on Long Pond and took a night hike up Bear Mountain. They learned such survival strategies as how to construct an emergency structure in the woods and how to build a no-fail fire using only one match and a little patience. They did a sensory walk --blindfolded -- through a strenuous 'obstacle course' in the woods (the chaperones and I were right beside them all the time even though THEY didn't know that). They ate well and laughed a lot and stayed up late doing whatever it is that adolescent boys and girls do. I couldn't have been more pleased with their willingness to be "fully present" and participate in the plethora of creative/demanding initiatives. ...And WALK!... I wish I'd worn a pedometer!

I think your children learned a lot about themselves and about trusting and supporting each other--something they can take with them always. It was a great way to end our time together.

In case you'd like to meet some of the Pok O MacCready staff who took good care of your children, click here. Let your son or daughter point out familiar faces to you!

NEXT STOP: STEP-UP CELEBRATION!

Please look over the yellow form your child will have for you on Friday. We can either reimburse or call ahead to pay for these expenditures.

• If we are to have balloons, I DO need help getting the helium tank (cost: around $80.00) and
• flowers (I'd check with Shaws, Hannafords, and Price Chopper to get the best price. Florists will be too pricey, probably...)
• I'll also need a group of volunteers to help set up.

Please check off and return the form indicating what you are able to help with asap.

____________________________________________

Teri

And now, here by popular demand, the continuing saga of Liberty's Kids:

History is composed of wonderful stories--stay tuned as "Liberty's Kids" continues to chronicle how our country won its battle for freedom in the American Revolution.

Hello families--

Happy Memorial Day (and day-after-my-husband's-birthday)! It won't be long now before your beloved son or daughter will embark on a wonderful adventure into the wilds of the Adirondacks. It's such a beautiful place; I wish I could do a continual live-feed so that you could all have the opportunity to experience it, too. Rest assured that your child will be well taken care of.

If you haven't sent in your medical forms, and I'm still missing 10, PLEASE get them to me on Tuesday so that I can fax the "medical hot sheet" to the camp director. It is a requisite that every child provide one...

It looks like Thursday might rain just a bit. We'll see... It's a good idea to keep an eye on the weather and pack accordingly. Rest assured, there's lots to do in any eventuality. Do pack some lightweight rain wear (I have an inexpensive poncho) that is easy to slip on in case it begins to shower. Again, I urge you to consider--less is more. A change of clothes and evening attire (and toiletries) is about it.

We'll plan to leave as close to 7:30 as possible on Wednesday. (Your children can still ride the bus to school; we'll wait for them!) We'll return between 5 and 5:30 PM on Thursday. I'll provide my cell phone number for emergencies, which I'll include in a flyer that I send home tomorrow.

LETS TALK ABOUT THE "STEP-UP" CELEBRATION!

Monday, June 14th, at 7:00 PM

I need volunteers to help decorate. We can begin any time after 1:00 or so. I'll also send home a notice with a place to sign up.

I need someone willing to call around for the best price on [red] roses, then pick them up on the afternoon of the 14th and bring them to school. I need about 22 of them, each with one of those little plastic thingies on the bottom with water in them.

I need someone who is willing to pick up and return the helium tank -- The place we've generally gotten one at Merriam Graves on Williston Road in South Burlington. (It has always been the cheapest place to go.) Taylor Rental had a smaller one for $78.00, which we used last year, but we ran out of helium. Feel free to call around: we usually blow up about 250 balloons.

If enough volunteers show up, we should be done decorating in just a couple of hours. Then we can all go home and relax before the big event.

WHAT'S COMING UP...

• We'll have our all-school meeting on Tuesday this week to accommodate our leaving on Wednesday. It will be their last regularly scheduled All-School Meeting. (On the last day of school, there is one final All-School Meeting that is both symbolic and poignant. It is when the six graders rise and ceremoniously relinquish their benches to the upcoming elders. They are subsequently dismissed, leaving the auditorium in solemn silence as their school family bids them farewell.)
• We're finishing up Poetry Anthologies for Language Arts, and
• concluding our discussions about the Revolution as we prepare for watching the PBS documentary, Liberty!
• We'll take a final writing assessment this week (either tomorrow or Friday),
• and a Spelling assessment as well.
• We're also concluding Reading assessments in the next few days.

The end of the year sure is a hectic time! It's also a fun time as the year winds down.

Thanks, as always, for all that you do...

Teri

May 23 "He who is brave is free.” ~ Seneca

A brief overview of the Revolutionary War through its battles. Feel free to stop each frame so that you have time to read it.

Dear Families--

In the May 19th blog, I began posting an excellent series called Liberty's Kids. I will continue with them now, since I found very little that would recall the events of the Revolutionary War in a more organized, understandable, and "kid-friendly" way. (I'm posting even what we don't use so that it's available to those of you who may be interested.) After the conversations are over and we're completely comfortable with the people and places of the Revolution, we'll watch an excellent PBS Documentary that I purchased for the occasion. That will come later... For now, join us in learning about the Revolution through the eyes of Liberty's Kids:

Liberty's Kids #07: The Green Mountain Boys -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids #07: The Green Mountain Boys -- 2/2



Liberty's Kids 08: The Second Continental Congress -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids 08: The Second Continental Congress -- 2/2



Liberty's Kids 09: Bunker Hill -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids 09: Bunker Hill -- 2/2



Liberty's Kids 10: Postmaster General Franklin -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids 10: Postmaster General Franklin -- 2/2



Liberty's Kids 11: Washington Takes Command -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids 11: Washington Takes Command -- 2/2



Liberty's Kids 12: Common Sense -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids 12: Common Sense -- 2/2



Liberty's Kids 13: The First Fourth of July -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids 13: The First Fourth of July -- 2/2



Liberty's Kids 14: New York, New York -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids 14: New York, New York -- 2/2

Liberty's Kids 15: The Turtle -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids 15: The Turtle -- 2/2



Liberty's Kids 16: One Life to Lose -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids 16: One Life to Lose -- 2/2



Liberty's Kids 17 -- Captain Molly -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids 17 -- Captain Molly -- 2/2



Liberty's Kids 18: American Crisis -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids 18: American Crisis -- 2/2



Liberty's Kids 19: Across the Delaware -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids 19: Across the Delaware -- 2/2



Liberty's Kids 20: An American in Paris -- 1/2



Liberty's Kids 20: An American in Paris -- 2/2



I think we'll call this enough for today. I'll post the rest soon--you'll have to admit, it's pretty good!

Be looking for information about the class trip, and please return any necessary forms at your earliest convenience.

Before it becomes "good morning" I'd better say good night, everybody. I'll talk to you soon!

Teri