Academic Support

General Resources

While reading any text or primary source documents:

Encourage questioning/discussion regarding text. Use starters such as; “explain”, “describe”, “summarize”, and “compare” to make your students accountable for what they are reading.
Highlight main ideas and key vocabulary; as well as important people, places and dates.
Annotate: Create notes or use post-it notes to document real life connections, past text connections, summaries or questions you still have regarding content.
If questions accompany text, suggest that students read the questions before reading the text.

While working on math:

Practice, Practice, Practice! Doing practice problems will help increase your understanding!
Review your mistakes
Focus on the concept, not processes. This will help increase your understanding!
Use real-world, concrete examples.
Use technology, like your calculator or Chromebook, to improve the math learning process.

While studying or mastering content:

Create foldables, flashcards or graphic organizers focusing primarily on new or challenging material.
Color code study materials. Highlight content that you feel strongly about in one color and highlight content that you need to review in another color.
Review new material daily!
Master new vocabulary words reviewing them, finding synonyms, or using them in sentences.
Be aware of grades/missing work!
Check Google Classroom daily
Use a planner
Guide to Creating a Personalized Study Plan