Study Habits and Test-Taking Strategies!

We have been focusing more on academic development this week. In third grade, we read an excerpt from the book, Lively Lessons for Classroom Sessions by Rosanne Sheritz Sartori. The excerpt is about identical twin brothers, Tim and Tom, who are the exact same…except for their study habits! Tim has a very clean desk, completes his homework right after school, turns it in on time, keeps his papers in his folder, and packs his backpack before bedtime. Tom, on the other hand, has a messy desk, which leads to crumpled and torn papers. He cannot find any of his school supplies and, if he does his homework, he does not complete it until right before bed…only after his mom has nagged him about it ALL day. Sound familiar? J

The excerpt goes on to explain that the boys want to trick their mom into not knowing which boy is which. In order for them to trick her, they must both do their homework and use good study habits like Tim. Tom struggles with using good study habits, however, with a lot of hard work and encouragement from Tim, Tom improves his study habits AND his grades! They even end up fooling their mom! This excerpt has the wonderful message that, with determination, anyone can have good study habits!

After we discussed the excerpt, it was time to put the first and third graders to the test. In order to have some fun while they learned, we played a B-I-N-G-O game about study habits and test-taking tips. Here is the third grade example:

First graders also played a version of B-I-N-G-O. Here is what they used:

We all had a great time playing B-I-N-G-O! I am looking forward to our kiddos using some of the test-taking strategies we discussed. As always, have a fantastic week! J

-Mrs. Bagby