NOVEMBER 6th
Think.Respect
9th Grade
REMINDER: What is the PURPOSE
of THINK.RESPECT time?
• PURPOSES:
• Improve our school through increasing communication between
the students and staff
• HELP students IMPROVE their grades and overall student
achievement
• Engage students on reflecting on their goals and efforts
• Allow time for students to request assistance if they need it
• Increase pride in our school by thanking those that help us.
AGENDA
• 1st Hour- 7:30-8:30
2nd Hour- 8:35-9:35
Think.Respect Session- 9:40-10:40
3rd Hour- 10:45-12:25
A Lunch- 10:40-11:15
B Lunch- 11:15-11:50
C Lunch- 11:50-12:25
4th Hour- 12:30-1:25
5th Hour- 1:30-2:33
SPARTAN BUCKS
• You want them…we got them. Every month
we will target a behavior that we would like to
see in our students.
• It is up to each individual teacher…
• You will be creating something today. If you
share with your teacher, then they MAY give
you a Spartan Buck.
YOUR SMART GOALS
• In the last session you wrote down ACADEMIC
SMART goals.
• Teachers, please pass back SMART goals and
blank copies to new students. (New students
please read directions and begin completing)
• Also, pass out the ACADEMIC Reflection sheet
We want to know what you think…
5-6 minutes individual reflection
time
Please answer the following
Please answer the follow
question on your Academic
Reflection sheet
• 1. What do you like most
about school? (Besides
talking with friends)
• 2. What area do you feel
Fitzgerald needs more
support or could
improve? (Besides the
cafeteria food)
• Explain why.
questions.
• Looking at your SMART Goal
sheet…
• 1. Have your done the things
you said you were going to do
since the day you wrote your
SMART goal?
• 2. Explain WHY or WHY NOT.
• 3. What still needs to be done
to meet this goal?
DISCUSSION
• Please discuss student responses that would
like to share on previous questions.
“GAME TIME”
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Stand up next to your chair/desk
Hold out one of your hands (flatly with fingers together)
Take a pen/pencil and place it on top of your flat hand.
Now without using your other hand TRY to catch the pen or
pencil (one handed).
• Can you do 1 or more pens/pencils? 2? 3?
• Take turns with someone else if you don’t have a pen/pencil
• How many times can you do it in a minute?
PERSISTENCE
• Persistence: the quality that allows someone to
continue doing something or trying to do something
even though it is difficult or opposed by other people
• So, if you didn’t succeed the first time at catching the
pencil…did you try again and again. THAT is
PERSISTANCE…NOT GIVING UP!
• So, if you didn’t reach your SMART
GOAL…PERSIST…Don’t GIVE UP!
• OR Challenge yourself even more!!!
FINAL EXAMS are coming up!
• It is time to STUDY!!!
• Today, we’re going to give you some study tips.
• By completing this activity (taking notes) and creating
an ACRONYM for one of your classes you will be
eligible to receive a Spartan Buck from your teachers
that choose to participate.
• You will need to show the activity to them with an
acronym that can work for that class.
Teachers
• Please pass out ACTIVITY #1 labeled “Study
Skills Packet 2”
Study Skills:
Memory Principles, Acronyms,
Catch Phrases, SQ3R
Grade 9 – STUDY SKILLS
Think Respect Lesson
Why learn Study Skills?
Students please take notes
• It is important to…
– know specific skills to help you succeed
– understand the difference between each type of
skill
– have a resource to pull from when studying
– feel confident when trying to study
3/21/2016
8 Memory Principles:
Key Words
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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Personal Interest, ego, me
Confidence, attitude
Knowledge, background
Importance, select
Organize, bundles
Aloud
Visualize, picture, draw
Time, cram
Memory Principles
(Students Please take notes on handout)
• 1. Interest:
– (Explanation) Memory is related to interest… find a
reason that will make the information important to
you
– How can you connect to the text or information?
Memory Principles
(Students Please take notes on handout)
• 2. Confidence:
– (Explanation) A positive attitude about the strength
of your memory is key
– You must be confident that you will remember!
Memory Principles
(Students Please take notes on handout)
• 3. Knowledge
– How much new material you will understand and
remember depends on how much you already
know about the subject
– The more you increase your basic knowledge, the
easier it is to build new knowledge
Memory Principles
(Students Please take notes on handout)
• 4. Importance
– Decide what is MOST important and choose only
those parts to study first
– Come back to all unimportant material
Memory Principles
(Students Please take notes on handout)
5. Organizing:
– Material/items will be grouped or categorized
according to the topics that you feel you can best
remember them by
– Helps promote memorization of certain items or
information
– Links your previous knowledge of items with future
learning
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Memory Principles
(Students Please take notes on handout)
• 6. Aloud:
– Say ideas aloud in your own words
– This is the best way to move information from your
short-term memory to your long-term memory.
Memory Principles
(Students Please take notes on handout)
• 7. Visualize:
– Draw a picture in your mind and on paper of what
you want to remember.
– Key words will help you decide what to draw.
Memory Principles
(Students Please take notes on handout)
• 8. Time:
– The brain needs time to hold on to new
information.
– It’s better to learn small bits over a long period of
time than to try to cram in lots of information on
the night before a test.
– You will remember more if you study for 20 – 25
minutes, take a short break and then study again
than if you cram for two hours straight.
3. Key Phrases
(Students Please take notes on handout)
• What are key phrases?
• Why are they important?
• How will it aid in your reading of different
texts?
Mnemonic Devices/ Acronyms
#6 and #7 on your sheet.
• What does MNEMONIC mean?
helps you to remember
• What is an acronym?
letters that stand for words
• Examples: Look at the acronyms in your
packet and try to figure out what they mean.
• You may do this with someone already sitting
next to you.
3/21/2016
KEY
Self
Contained
Underwater
Breathing
Apparatus
Catch Phrase
#8 and #9 (on your sheet) Come up with an acronym
for one of your classes.
• groups of words that help us remember some
kind of important information
• Usually each of the words at the beginning of
the phrase stand for something.
Example: English Teachers at FHS
• Crawford, Koss, Davis, Demick, Fletcher,
Hrycaj, Walker, Schoenherr
• Could Ken Dunk Double-Frosted, Honey
Waffles Sunday?
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What is SQ3R?
• SQ3R is a previewing device that will help you
gather information about a text.
• SQ3R is an example of an acronym .
• How will using this method help aid our
comprehension of specific text?
Activity #2
Breaking it Down…
(Please take notes on your sheet)
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S= Survey
Q= Question
R= Read
R= Recite/Recall
R= Review
Survey
• Look at the title, subheadings, pictures,
graphs, etc…
• Where are they located?
• What purpose do they serve?
Questioning
• Change the subheadings using questioning
words.
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Who
What
When
Where
Why
How
Reading
• Read the sections in order to answer the
questions you just wrote
Recite
• Quiz yourself. Answer the questions that you
just wrote.
Review
• Go over the answers and the material that
you just covered.
• Repeat every day.
SQ3R Activity
• Use material that you have with you right
now, like a textbook.
• Complete the worksheet - SQ3R Study Method
Worksheet - using that textbook to practice
the strategy.
THINK.RESPECT Time
• Please take a few
minutes to fill out the
requests ONLY if
needed and return to
the teacher:
• Counselor assistance
(Blue Form)
• Academic
assistance/Tutoring
(Green Form)
• THINK.RESPECT
Postcards… Fill out a
postcard thanking your
favorite MATH/SCIENCE
teacher OR write one
out to a friend that has
helped you recently.
You have 24 hours to
hand deliver.
EXTRA TIME
Let’s get to know one another
CLASS DISCUSSION or Clip on PERSISTENCE
CLASS DISCUSSION
• Favorite TV Show?
• Favorite Book?
• Favorite Movie?
• Dream vacation?
• Favorite kind of ice
cream?
Persistence Clip
(4:30 minutes…Please stop after
Einstien/Religious message
at end.)
https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=Ydeyl0vXdP0
• Any surprises?
• These people were
PERSISTENT in achieving
their goals.