Welcome Back to School
Welcome back to school! This will be Room 8's blog for the 2019-2020 school year. It will be a great place to check for important class information, class updates, learning highlights and upcoming special events/dates.
We are learning how to study!
We have been studying for a Science test during class time. We are learning what it means to study and what works best for each person. Suggestions from our class meeting: use the provided list of vocabulary and concepts, look up the information and then write it in your own words (printing information down helps you remember) writing down the information more than once and then saying it aloud (talking about it with a partner or saying it aloud by yourself will help) repeat the information in different ways zoom in to the vocabulary and concepts you don't know or can't remember and have this as your priority- quiz yourself on it (read or say the word and then think of the definition or vice versa) highlight just the important words and then scan what you've highlighted and quiz yourself on that (look at it, remember it, look away, say it aloud/write it down, check) remove yourself from distractions if you need to move your body and study, do it- some people will pa...
