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Here's a few tips to help you or your student get organized and stay organized;
organization is a key to success!
- Backpack cleaned out
every day.
- Place in kitchen--basket,
folder, file on wall--for parent(s) to see papers, sign papers, return
papers, leave messages for teacher, etc.
- Have a place that is reserved
at a certain time of the day for the student to study. Preferably
a desk in his/her room. If a kitchen table have paper, pencils, erasers,
dictionary etc, available nearby so the student will not "roam"
looking for these items. Have them in one drawer or in a basket that
can be put on the table for the student.
- If your student has trouble
concentrating, make sure all distractions are turned off--tv,
radio, computer games. Some students need a little noise in the background
to concentrate. Observe your student's ability to keep to the task
under different conditions and make his/her study area conducive to
those conditions.
- Have one day a week when
their study area must be cleaned up and put in order. The
easy way to bring order to a messy area is organizing by "subject".
School supplies in one drawer. Pending assignments, like book reports
or term papers, in another drawer. Be consistent. Keep related items
together. Go through piles of paper to weed out old out-dated items.
- Have a bulletin board in
your students' room so important items can be seen and not lost.
- Have a large squared calendar
easily accessible to your student to write when reports are due.
- Keep their room clean
and attractive so they will want to be there to study.
- Block out time to talk
to your student every day about the progress being made on assignments.
Have a time you talk about problems with school or friends so they
know you care about all areas of their lives. Problems with friends
can affect their school work.
- Let them pick what is
for dinner one night a week, within your budget. They only get
this privilege if their room is clean before the meal is eaten.
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