{"id":63,"date":"2014-08-11T20:01:09","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=63"},"modified":"2015-05-27T15:25:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T19:25:47","slug":"back-school-study-skills-textbook-previewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/back-school-study-skills-textbook-previewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Back-to-School Study Skills: AFTER Textbook Previewing"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Once school starts and the\u00a0textbooks have been previewed<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, you can help your students get into good study habits by doing their assignments with them for a few weeks as needed.<\/p>\n Here are some tips along those lines: There are a number of ways that you can take the previewing of textbooks that I discussed earlier even further with your children for more comprehension of the material:<\/p>\n a. Do his first few assignments out of the book with him, pointing out the things again that you observed in your first preview. This will help him see that those things are not just good things to know, but also helpful for completing homework quicker and more correctly.<\/p>\n b. Help him prepare for his first test with his textbook and you by his side. Show him how he can use the glossary, sidebars, table of contents, etc.,\u00a0 to quickly fill in his study guide or quickly determine what the most important aspects of the chapter are in order to prepare for a test.<\/p>\n c. As you are previewing a text (for the first time or an additional time), use a large sticky note to record what you find. Write the title of the text at the top, then make notes about what it contains as far as study and homework helps. Stick this in the front of his textbook and help him refer to it when he is doing homework or test preparation. You could even record a plus and minus system, such as<\/p>\n +++ means something is going to be really helpful—a +++ beside the Table of Contents, for instance<\/p>\n + beside a word he writes in the front of his book tells him that this might be somewhat helpful\u2014Example: +Some graphs<\/p>\n – No study questions at end of chapter\u2014again, he can make a list in the front of his book (on a large sticky note), etc.<\/p>\n
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\n1. Taking the textbook preview further<\/p>\n