Study strategies Working as smartly as possible On

Study strategies Working as smartly as possible

On paper or with printed flashcards, categorize each word according to how well you know it. Using Automatic. Accurate. Unknown Automatic: Know it within 10 seconds; can define and explain an example Accurate: Know once connected to background knowledge OR improved from a general meaning to an accurate one (10 to 20 secs) Unknown: Need to employ several study strategies

Locate a photo using Google Images Ex. gingerly Visualize Create a sentence: I held the injured bird gingerly in my hand. Create your own picture

Connect to your background knowledge Associate with an experience When I twisted my ankle, I walked gingerly because it hurt and I didn't want to make the injury worse. Associate with something you have seen or heard On Animal Planet, I saw a vet and her assistant remove gingerly a piece of glass from a dog's paw.

Create a song using a common tune such as a children's song or a modern song Ex. The Watermelon Tune: works with any 4 syllable word Set to a tune In-cred-u-lous, In-cred-u-lous; A flying whale; Incred-u-lous Ex. "Another one bites the dust: by Queen Rar-I-ties, they're only a few. Rar-I-ties, one or maybe two

Type several times on a computer Write or print using an eraser or dry or wet erase marker; say word as you read Physical Trace letters with fingertip or pencil point; say word as you trace Write word, trace each letter, erase each ; say word at each step

Punch card; punch out word, trace with fingertip, say word More physical Organize words into parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb Organize words alphabetically

Supercard: Use a visual and the word as one to represent word and meaning Combine strategies S GELY

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