Messy binders, missing assignments, lost worksheets…
Are you concerned that your students are not demonstrating good work habits, time management and organizational skills? You’re not alone. A recent report shows that 8 in 10 middle school students do not have the academic discipline they need to be on track for college. Good work habits, time management and organizational skills are essential!
TWEEN PUBLISHING’S The Middle School Student’s Guide to Ruling the World!® Work Habits & Organizational Skills, ($10.95) is a dynamic workbook using comics, characters, text and exercises to teach students in grades 6-7 practical skills and strategies for success in middle school. Just some of the skills your students will learn are how to:
- organize a “Goof Proof Binder”
- survive a case of “PPD” (Personal Planner Disorder)
- design a workspace that rocks!
- get and work with a study bud
- uza cmptr 4 mor thn im’s
- take the “grrr” out of a group project
- use the “write stuff” to give written work an extreme makeover
- impress teachers as “responsible” students (self-advocacy skills)
- detect and correct unproductive homework habits
- manage a long term project
- use awesome mental powers to remember daily responsibilities
- set goals for success
- identify and control personal goal-busters
- create a Homework Tracking Chart
- take “to do” notes
- sweat the small stuff (“Grade Averaging 101″)
Our Instructor’s Guide ($43.95) has sixteen easy-to-follow, classroom ready lesson plans. This program is ideal for study skills class, advisory, RTI, IEP’s after school enrichment, character education, summer school and summer reading.
