Study+Skills

[|Study Skills]

==Check this out: Study Skills [|site] for middle schoolers brought to you from Eagle Hill Middle School.==

Sight Words [|Practice]
Words every middle school student should know. This is just a fun site that allows your struggling reader to practice by listening and identifying common words.

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=Listening Signals:=

Your teacher is not going to send up a rocket when he/she states an important idea or gives us an example, but will give signals as to what may be important. Every good speaker does this and you should expect to receive these signals. **Your teacher may start a sentence with any one of these key phrases:** "For example..." "There are three reasons why..." "And the most important thing is..." "A major development..." "First....Second....Third...."

**Other important phrases:**
"On the other hand..." "On the contrary..." "As an example..." "Furthermore..." "Similarly..." "Also..." "Finally..."

**Your teacher may state something very clearly...**
"This is important..." "Write this down..." "Remember that..." "The basic concept is..." Signals are often ignored by those that don't know HOW TO LISTEN...or listen INEFFECTIVELY. Expect signals from your teachers and be alert when you receive them!!!

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=Note Taking Check List:=
 * 1) Write the date on each set of notes and handout sheets
 * 2) __Underline__ important words in your notes or handouts
 * 3) Save all of your handout sheets in the proper section of your notebook or folder
 * 4) When the teacher says "write it down" **WRITE IT DOWN.**
 * 5) Copy everything that the teacher puts on the blackboard
 * 6) If you miss a class, borrow someone else's notes or get the hand out sheets from your teacher when you return
 * 7) Read each days notes when you do your homework. If you don't have homework review the notes on the same day that you wrote them
 * 8) Re read all notes and handouts covered on a test.

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