Homework and Test Taking Skills for A+ Students
Includes professional tips, a free student homework planner, test taking tips and more, so that your child can catch up and succeed in their education, (grade level) and their educational experience.
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A little less stress, more happiness, strong and healthy lifestyle, sup0ortive parents will help your child succeed and get those
A+ grades that they deserve.
They're future is now!
Okay, I know first hand how much our kids love homework after a full day of school. To overly simplify your action, "Sell It Better" than you or their teachers have sold it and they are more likely to do it. Assure them that planning their days, weeks, month (with what ever organizational tool that they feel the most comfortable), will give them:
- More time to spend with their friends and family
- Easier avenue to divide long assignments so that they are not stuck writing an entire essay the night before it is due. This way, the split can be in 30 to 45 minute sessions and spread out over the month.
- A way to always remember what the teacher wanted, text page numbers and due dates so that they never have to ask their teacher to give them instructions all over again or call friends who may not even know.
- A way to better grades, organization skills required by the time they get to high school and a better feeling about themselves.
This article is a quick, fun, easy way for students to learn how to plan their homework schedules, (and friends and family time too), and make their school / educational lives better too! I have also included a free homework planner page, below, as my gift to you for your visit. Your student can use this homework planner sheet to use every week, over and over, and become a more successful student.
Please note that If necessary, it is fine and okay and maybe a good thing to introduce these tips on homework, the planner and test taking skills one or two at a time. You know your child and what he or she can handle at one sitting, and there is no huge rush if time is needed to complete learning about these tools,
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Plan Your Homework, Learn Organizational Skills Early in Your School Career and Even Get More Free Time
By the time that you reach high school, school becomes a "sink or swim" situation in regard to keeping up with all your work assignments. It is essential to know that by the time you enter your first year of high school, teachers will expect that you have already learned excellent organizational skills and practice them on your own. Early planning skills training and mastering those skills will help you with your high school caree
The more you plan and organize, the more time you will have to be with your friends and family. The more you plan, the more time you will have free. The more you plan, the more you get done and that will increase your school success.
It is very stressful for students of all age and grade levels to get stressed out over school. Forgetting homework assignments, page numbers, due dates, and working that into your social life and family time can be overwhelming. For just one essay assignment, you will have research time to spend, outlines to make, rough drafts, editing time, final drafts and if needed, images or graphs too. And that is just one class assignment from one teacher who may also have daily homework for you. All this stress and that of your social life, family time, sports and clubs, can become too much and your work suffers. So, here is help to lower your stress and allow you to learn more, worry less and have more free time than you may have now.
Download this weekly homework planner for students, free! You may click on this full size, printable weekly homework planner and it will open full-sized for you to download! My gift to all you great parents and students.
Every Homework Assignment Needs to Be Put in Your Planner (and later Calendar) When Assigned.
Download this free student monthly planner, my gift for your visit. Just click on it.
- Put your homework assignments,dates, details, pages numbers etc., on your homework planner immediately as the teacher announces it. When home, you can transfer your information straight from planner to calendar. This must become habit and done every single time you get an assignment so that you do not lose, forget, pile too much work for one day or weekend and all your work gets turned in, on time, not rushed and done well.
- Always plan your homework! This will save you from a lot of stress at homework time each day. First, save room in your homework planner and save time, by using abbreviations. You probably do this online or in text messages anyway, right? Pg for “page”, # for “number”, ppl for “people and so on. Your planner will take up less space, you will write better because you are writing faster and more clearly and you'll be able to read it later! I couldn't read my own notes in school, don't let me be you!
- Schedule your homework dates for assignments and assignment parts, by determining the homework days your assignment will take in total, and then dividing your assignment into the available days. Here, let me show you:
Assignment is an essay on world religions. The teacher wants ten paragraphs, double-spaced, solid facts and resources for supporting sentences and a few images or graphs. You got the assignment on November 1 and it's due November 15th. You have 14 days to complete the essay. Don't write it on the 13th, for example, or it will not be an A+ paper; not even close.
Split the paper up by the open days that you have on your calendar. If you have 5 free days to devote 50 minutes each day to your essay,enter each of them in your planner/calendar for homework. Next, keep your dates and times as if they were promises that you made. This is how you would complete a well-written essay:
Day 1, November 3rd, 50 minutes: Write an outline of my essay and research facts as needed to support your outline. Place a few keywords and the location of your resources in your outline. Done.
Day 2, November 5th, 50 minutes: Go over each paragraph's header and fill in the opening statement sentences and a fact you research for each opening statement/paragraph. Done.
3rd day you choose - your rough draft, 4th day, editing and editing again. 5th day, final draft making sure all requirements are met. (November 9th, November 11th and November 12th for example)... DONE! Put your finished project in your notebook and it is ready to turn in on time, fully completed, and the 15th of November came easy with little stress.
Do your homework planning and assignments that same way. Due Friday and received Monday? Split it in two, for example, and do half on Tuesday and half on Thursday, or whenever your daily homework time has openings for assignment work.
YOU NEED TO PLAN FOR FUN TOO!
There's nothing worse that knowing you have at least 45 solid minutes of homework waiting for your to finish while you are kicking back with friends and trying to have fun. It's not fun when you have that dreaded work to do and you're not doing it. Maybe it won't get turned in, and, either way, you're not that happy.
Do your homework first, and then you won’t have to worry about the unfinished homework waiting for you. A balanced student should pencil in time for work, play and family. Always Always do your homework first, and at the same time each day, no fail and feel better. However, it is also very important to have real fun each day too. Don’t forget that you should PLAN for FUN and put that fun on your planner or calendar too. It is important to have a balanced life to avoid stress and even health issues. Be happier, do homework first, play later, and have time for it all.
Get More Motivated by Planning Goals!
Have short-term goals such as finishing your English essay by Friday afternoon so your weekend is free or making mom a birthday card by Saturday latest so she can have it on her Sunday birthday.
Make more long-term goals for a month, quarter, semester, and/or year. Make sure you have goals that meet your interests, hobbies, and fun stuff like saving money for a big birthday party and academic goals. They can be as simple as getting one grade better on your next report card or getting math tutor help so you understand a certain concept. Reward yourself with each goal you reach too!
Your parents can help you set reasonable reachable goals - ask!
TEST-TAKING TIPS AND TRICKS TO KNOW!
Get rest the night before and don’t study too hard that night either. Maybe just read your notes or outline of notes to keep your brain freshened up. You should have gone over your notes, research, questions and answers etc., the whole week you had to study. It should have been on your homework planner to read and answer questions each homework slot you have available and short 5 minutes slots you have left from your 50 minutes a day allotment. Relaxing the night before will make you calmer and level-headed.
TIPS FOR TRUE/FALSE TEST QUESTIONS:
First, look out carefully for words such as “all” “always” and “never” in your True or False test. Chances are that the answer containing these words will be FALSE. Mark it false. There are exceptions to every rule in life and so those T/F options with those words that leave out all exceptions and possibilities, are untrue. False.
Read the T/F statement slowly and carefully. If just a small bit of the statement is false, the entire sentence is false as well. Even if most of the sentence is true, that bit of false in the line, makes the entire statement false. Pick False
MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST QUESTIONS
Best tip is that you do NOT read the answer options first. Here's what you do... Read the questions without peeking at any of the answers. Next, see if you remember the answer, part of the answer or all of it FIRST. Use what you can remember from studying. Lastly, when you have that in your head, look at the multiple choice answers, Choose the answer that comes the closest to your answer and it is probably right.
Unsure of an answer or stuck between two answers? First, quickly cross out the answers you KNOW are wrong. Some teachers put funny answers once and a while or impossibilities in there, so cross those out. When you are done, you may have made the choice a 50/50 shot. If you still do not know which of the two left are correct, go with your first inner or gut feeling and do not change your answer unless you are 100% sure you are correct. Move on. Sticking with one problem, stressing over it etc., will take time away from answering all the questions, which is never good.
Strangely, many answers are one to three questions later. The question will literally confirm the answer to a question you pondered a few questions up. Look for those.
If you get stuck and stressed on one problem or question, pick one and check it. Put a tiny star next to it and perhaps if you have further hints later or have a strong hunch, come back to it and choose your response. NEVER leave a multiple-question question unanswered. If there are four answers, you have a 25% chance of getting it right. If you leave it blank because you do not know, you will have zero chance of getting it right by leaving it blank.
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