Transcript Organizational Skills PPT

Bell Work
Graphic Organizer:
Time Management & Organization
Organizational Skills
Binders, Calendars &
Time Management
Objective
The students will develop
organizational skills by
selecting an organizational
tool for time management,
keeping a school binder and
determining study skills for
home.
Terminology
Prioritize: to arrange (items to be attended to) in
order of their relative importance
Finite: limited or restricted in nature (Time)
Efficient: functioning in the best possible manner
with the least waste of time and effort
Patience: an ability or willingness to suppress
restlessness or annoyance when confronted with
delay
Self-discipline: training and control of oneself and
one's conduct, usually for personal improvement.
Assertive: confidently aggressive or self-assured;
direct in claiming one's rights or putting forward
one's views
Use a System
 Deciding what to do and when to do it
becomes so much easier when things
are documented.
Think-Pair-Share
What items could you use in order to help you with
time management and organization?
Think-Pair-Share
Possible Options:
•Paper Calendar
•Google Calendar
•Calendar App on
Smart Phone
•Day Planner
•Assignment Calendar
Prioritizing
The time management
matrix will help you
identify what you really
spend your time on.
Popularized by Stephen
R. Covey, it's based on
the idea that all your
time is spent in a fourquadrant matrix.
Graphic Organizer: Time Management Matrix
http://www.time-management-success.com/time-management-matrix.html
Why time management is
important!
 Time is finite.
 You’re more efficient.
 You develop more qualities:
Patience, persistence, self
discipline and learning how to
be assertive.
“If you haven't got the time to do it right,
when will you find the time to do it over?”
- Jeffery J. Mayer
Stay Organized At School
Keep a three ring binder!
Hand Signals (Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down)
Do you have the following?
Dividers- labeled, no loose papers
Supply pouch- 2 pens, 2 pencils, eraser,
highlighter, ruler, calculator, etc
Assignment Calendars: Provided by teacher
Cornel Notes: Note-taking tool
Handouts: Teacher worksheets, assignment
sheets
Successful Home Study Skills
 Setting a regular time to do homework
 Designate a specific place for doing homework
that helps keep you focused (A Flat Surface, Good
Lighting, Quiet, No Distractions)
 Have school supplies near by (pens, pencils,
paper, scissors, glue, eraser, ruler, etc.) and a
dictionary are often essential.
 Resource to assist you with homework include:
Textbooks are often an excellent first step, but
research the options available through your school
or district (homework hotline, teacher websites)
3–2-1
 List 3 important things
about the location you
choose to do your
homework in at home.
 List 2 items that should
keep in your school
binder at all times.
 List 1 organizational tool,
you will use for time
management.
Quotes
“Once you have mastered time, you will understand
how true it is that most people overestimate what
they can accomplish in a year and underestimate
what they can achieve in a decade!”
- Anthony Robbins