COMING IN SUMMER 2008! S.O.S. (Student Organizational Skills) is coming to PODCAST! Soon your students will be able to log on and learn! In 10 fun podcast lessons that interact with The Middle School Student's Guide to Ruling the World! students follow along with the students of U.B. Smart Middle School as they learn good, basic organizational skills for success in middle school.
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Do you have "organizationally challenged" students in your class, or know of a teacher who does? Do you know a bright student whose poor work management and organizational skills may be masking their true academic abilities? The Middle School Student's Guide to Ruling the World!, is a dynamic 176 page workbook using comics, characters, text and exercises to teach students in grades 6-8 practical skills and strategies for good work management and organization. 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!
- 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 their responsibilities
- set goals for success
- identify and control goal-busters
- create a personal Homework Tracking Chart
- take "to do" notes
- sweat the small stuff (understanding grade averaging)
The Middle School Student's Guide to Ruling the World! (Instructor's Guide) has sixteen easy-to-follow lesson plans that coordinate with The Middle School Student's Guide to Ruling the World! for a comprehensive organizational skills curriculum. Download a sample copy of the Instructor's Guide here.
The S.O.S. program is ideal for advisory, electives, study skills, after school, summer school and summer reading -- particularly for incoming students. Start your students on a journey to success with The Middle School Student's Guide to Ruling the World! and The Middle School Student's Guide to Ruling the World! (Instructor's Guide!)
NEW IN 2008!! S.O.S. PARENT WORKSHOP
Would your Orange, Riverside or San Diego County school or PTA/PTO like to offer an S.O.S. PARENT WORKSHOP? In this dynamic 2.5 hour workshop, parents of middle (or soon-to-be middle) school students learn practical techniques and strategies to help their students handle the organizational challenges of middle school. Parents learn how to work with their student to organize a Goof-Proof Binder, use a planner, successfully manage a group and long term project, self-advocate in middle school, use a rubric, understand grade averaging, remember their daily responsibilities and much, much more!
Workshop Time: 2.5 hours
Location: Your school or community center
Fee: $55.00 per attendee - min. 8
Materials included: The Middle School Student's Guide to Ruling the World! ($10.95 value)
For more information or to schedule a Parent Workshop for Spring 2008, call 949-723-5131 or email info@middleschoolguide.com.
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