Study Skills/Notetaking

Annotated Independent Reading (AIR) - A reading activity for children grade 4 to 12  based on recording the main idea of a passage read and predicting plot development. Click here to download Word document

CALL-UP and "A" NOTES - Mnemonic Devices for Notetaking - Mneumonic devices assist students in grade 7 to high school to take effective notes in classes which employ a lecture format.  CALL-UP and "A" NOTES.  Click here to download Word document

Guided Notes - These notes are a type of advance organizer designed to help the student in grade 7 to 12 attend to, and organize, key points in lectures.  Click here to download Word document

Kidspiration 2 & Inspiration 7.5 Software - Click here to download Word document

Learn and Force- Mnemonic Devices for Test Preparation - Mnemonic devices assist sudents in grade 7 to high school to remember strategies used in effective preparation for tests.  Click here to download Word document

Memory Strategies - Memory strategies assist students at all levels to store and recall information. Click here to download Word document

Multipass - This technique was developed to improve the grade 7 through 12 student's ability to get information from a text.  Click here to download Word document

Paragraph Writing - Paragraph writing is a succinct five sentence plan to assist students in grade 4 to high school produce a paragraph.  Click here to download Word document

Read, Encode, Annotate, Ponder (REAP) - REAP develops independent reading skills in children in grade 4 to 12 by encouraging the reader to put the main idea of the passage into his/her own words, both orally and in written form.  It can be employed as a study technique, thereby assisting long term memory. Click here to download Word document

SCORER - SCORER is a strategy for assisting students in grade 7 to 12 organize their time and effort during a test or examination.  Click here to download Word document

Semantic Webbing - Semantic Webbing helps students at all levels organize information in a visual display.  It assists in reading comprehension and concept attainment and in the setting of purpose for reading through prediction.  Click here to download Word document

Survey, Question, Read, (w)Rite, Review (SQ3R) - SQ3R is a five step methods devised by Robinson (1961) to assist students in Grade 7 and up in reading a chapter or article for comprehension or study purposes.  Click here to download Word document

Teaching Study Skills - Teaching Study Skills helps students in grade 7 to university prepare for tests and examinations by committing information to memory.  Click here to download Word document  

TextHELP Read & Write Version 7 - Click here to download Word document