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Activity from Planner You are probably familiar with flashcards from sight words or math facts in your younger years, but flashcards are useful beyond elementary school. All that is needed to make a flashcard is to have a word, phrase, question, image, or concept on one side and, on the other side, write out the…

Activity from Planner How information is organized and presented profoundly affects our brain’s ability to process that information. It can affect how quickly we can understand the information or how well we can remember it! How many words start with “I” in the first sentence? What about the second? See the difference? Note taking tricks:…

Activity from Planner More techniques to help the information you read stick. Extended Activity More techniques to help the information you read stick: Pick one item from the list and plan to try it out this week! Add it to your weekly sheet, and consider putting a note in the book to remind yourself to…

Activity from Planner Structuring typed notes or giving shape to large amounts of text can help you organize your thoughts while also improving memory recall and making them easy to skim or scan later. It’s a win-win-win! Typing tricks: Extended Activity Structuring typed notes or giving shape to large amounts of text can help you…

Activity from Planner When you are reading, there are some physical tricks you can use to help the information stick. Pick one reading trick to try. Extended Activity When you are reading, there are some physical tricks you can use to help the information stick: Pick one item from the list and plan to try…

Activity from Planner Extended Activity Learn how to hack your brain with these short-term memory tricks! Know the difference between recalling and recognizing material. Recalling means knowing and understanding a fact. Recall takes more work and more repetitions, flashcards, and studying. Recognizing material means you have seen it before and remember things about it but…

Activity from Planner There is more than one way to read! Taking notes while doing any reading makes your recall even stronger! You can use the different methods at the bottom of the page to help you with different kinds of assignments. Extended Activity There’s more than one way to read! You can use these…

Activity from Planner Chunking information helps lock it into your memory and improves studying. It’s pretty simple to do; chunking is just organizing information into groups. You can organize things by class, activity, timeframe, category, etc. Try info chunking! What needs done? Today: This Week: Next Month: Now transfer these things to your weekly sheets…

Activity from Planner When you take notes your brain is engaged! Notes should include critical facts, short phrases and help you remember what you read or heard. Use underlines, arrows —>, invent abbreviations or symbols @ Use the space around the edges to test some symbols, doodles, or abbreviations you want to use in your…