ORGANIZATION and MANAGEMENT
Organize Your Materials
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Remember the 10-second rule: If you can’t find what you are looking for in 10 seconds you lose your focus. Following are the places you must make sure are organized if you are to study and learn effectively:
BACKPACK
Use for transport, not storage. Use special pockets designed for specific items. Lighten the load:
DESK TOP
Use a good lamp, positioned below eye level and focused on reading material Place computer to one side to allow room to study Use a pencil/pen holder Regularly discard used pens and replenish lead/erasers in mechanical pencils Use a 4-section paper tray for quick, easy access to:
Dictionary, Thesaurus |
BINDER (current papers only)
Why a 3-ring binder is best:
Use a 3-hole plastic/cloth pouch in each binder for general supplies. Consider class subjects in binder when selecting supplies. Use assignment sheets:
Place clear tabs behind each colored tab divider and label them:
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Eliminate Excuses
If you find yourself saying these things, then perhaps you’d better ask yourself these questions:
“I’m here and that’s enough.” Ask yourself “Since I’m not putting out any effort, should I expect anything “I just don’t have the time.” Ask yourself “Is studying really a priority? How many things do I find to do that don’t have to be done, at least right now?” “Well, I’ll start tomorrow.” Ask yourself “How many times have I said that? Is that a convenient excuse? “I can’t!” Ask yourself “How many different ways or methods have I tried? How many times have I tried? Have I tried to get help?” |
“I don’t need to study.”
Ask yourself “Why do I think this? What is my grade in the class?” “I’m just too tired.” Ask yourself “Would I be this tired if I had the choice to do something else? How much sleep did I get last night?” “It’s boring.” Ask yourself “What do I expect to get out of this? in return?” How have I tried to relate the information to my life? Do I really need the information?” 
“It’s just too much for me, so why start now?”
Ask yourself “Is there anything I can realistically accomplish now? Why am I in this mess? When should I have started the assignment?” |
WHY USE A HOME FILING SYSTEM?
Establishes one place to organize past units of study
Keeps all papers together according to unit
Provides easy future access to review materials for midterm/final exams
If your teacher mistakenly gives you an incorrect grade or is missing an assignment in the grade book:
Establishes one place to organize past units of study
Keeps all papers together according to unit
Provides easy future access to review materials for midterm/final exams
If your teacher mistakenly gives you an incorrect grade or is missing an assignment in the grade book:
- It is your responsibility to show the corrected assignment to the teacher.
- You can find any assignments for which you did not get credit.
- If you can find it, you can prove you did it and can get credit for it.
Now, tell yourself “I WILL . . . AND I CAN!”
BINDER SUPPLIES
Keeps all papers until you have checked your report card and permanent transcript to make sure you received the proper credit and grade.
If not, you now have organized proof on your side.
Provides a separate file for you in which to keep your major work:
If not, you now have organized proof on your side.
Provides a separate file for you in which to keep your major work:
- Major reports, writing papers, etc. to rework for later assignments, if necessary
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___ Plastic/fabric pouch for each binder
___ Large enough for appropriate supplies ___ Separate pockets for computerdiscs, pens/pencils, etc. ___ Colored, tabbed dividers |
___ Same colors as you assigned foreach subject
___ Clear, tabbed dividers ___ Enough for minimum of three per subject ___ Plastic 3-hole punch for handouts ___ Folder for notebook paper andnew assignment sheets |
DESK SUPPLIES
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___ Lamp
___ Pen/pencil holder ___ Pens, mechanical pencils, extra lead, extra erasers ___ Water soluble transparency pens (for large calendars) ___ Colored highlighters ___ Colored pencils ___ Paper divider trays ___ Notebook paper ___ Computer paper (or any paper without lines) ___ Special paper (graph, colored construction, map, etc.) ___ Bookends (if appropriate) for reference books ___ Colored file folders for home filing system file drawer ___ Extra file folder for new assignment sheets, monthly binder calendars, reports in progress, etc. |
___ Drawer divider organizers for:
system ___ Timer (to time 30-minute study blocks ___ Stapler ___ Staples ___ Staple remover ___ Paper clips ___ Binder clips (for large stacks of papers) ___ Push pins for bulletin board ___ Calculator, extra batteries if needed ___ Colored 3" x 5" index cards ___ Post-it® Notes ___ White out ___ Rubber cement |