Here are the few tips to help you make to succeed in school.
- Take notes even if your teachers don’t require it.
Think you’ll look silly if you’re the only one taking notes? You won’t look too cool if you don’t pass elementary.
- Try to pick out the main ideas, but don’t write down everything your teacher says.
- Ask questions and then write down the answer.
- Copy any formulas and examples your teacher writes down for the class.
- Make the important points stand out using colored hi-liters or by underlining.
- Ask your teacher what will be on the test if you’re having trouble knowing what to write down.
- Listen and ask questions.
Still afraid of looking stupid? Don’t worry about it. If you’ve got a question about something, chances are your classmates do too.
- Review your notes and assignments before class.
- Give your teacher your full attention and concentrate on what is being said.
- Relate the topic to what you already know and listen for main ideas.
- Make eye contact with your teacher and take notes.
- Ask questions if you don’t understand, but try not to interrupt your teacher. Raise your hand or wait until your teacher pauses or asks for questions.
- Ask for help if you’re having trouble. You may need to ask more than one person.
- Have a special area for studying where you won’t be distracted.
- Study in small “chunks” and take regular breaks. Try not to cram.
- Have a regular study routine to make studying a habit.
- Study with a friend or group and share information.
You can read whatever you want whatever! Reading increases your brainpower.
- Look up words you don’t understand in the dictionary.
- Read assignment questions first to help you identify key points.
- Take breaks from reading to write down what you learn.
- Read outside of class to improve your reading skills.
- Read out loud with your friends, classmates or parents.
Writing is a way to express yourself: your ideas, opinions and knowledge. And you may do a lot of it in college and on the job.
- Write a little every day. Try keeping a daily journal to make a habit of writing.
- Read outside class to increase your vocabulary and understanding of grammar.
- Break up long writing sessions into shorter periods with regular breaks.
- Let your writing sit for a while and then come back to it.
- Read your writing out loud or have someone read it to you.
- Edit someone else’s writing and let that person edit yours.
- Sit in the front row.
Or close to the front. Pretend you want to be there, like you do at a concert or movie.
By: Mary Grace S. Panganiban | Teacher – II | Cabcaben Elementary School
