different color for each!
~ Faithfully record all work in an assignment book and cross off
items as completed.
~ Ask questions in school, so you'll understand the material and how
to do the homework.
~ Make a realistic study schedule-including weekends-and stick to it!
~ Work in a well-lit, quiet spot, stocked with paper, pens, pencils,
erasers, clips, index cards, dictionary, thesaurus, and so on.
~ Turn off the TV and radio. It takes too much energy to
concentrate and also tune out noise.
~ Work alone, unless reviewing with a friend.
~ Start with your most difficult homework first, ordering all your other
assignments and chores.
~ Finish one assignment before starting another.
~ Take short breaks between assignments.
~ Make mental pictures of the reading material.
~ Draw pictures/cartoons about the reading material.
~ Take notes on the readings.
~ Put vocabulary on flash cards and review them frequently out loud!
~ Feeling too tired to go on? Go to bed and get up earlier than
usual to finish.
~ Never go to class unprepared. Remember: it's almost impossible
to fail if all homework is done.
drop decimal points!
~ Eliminate some vowels- "If u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb" (If you can
read this you can get a good job.)
~ Substitute the equal sign (=) in place of verbs whenever you can-
"If roach = hman size = 90 mph runnr" (If a roach was human-
sized, it could run 90 miles per hour.)
~ Use word beginnings whenever possible: Use math terms such
as in. for inch; equ for equation; 1st for first.
~ Abbreviate!! Here are some examples:
@ around; at
re: about; regarding
#; #s number; numbers
?, ?s question; questions
: following; to follow
C if follows that
wh/ which
vs against; versus
w/ with
w/o without
b/c because
/ or (pen/pencil)
* times (2*); multiply by
> more than
< less than; therefore
i.e. example; means, implies
s/b should be