On Scholarly Organization...
Posted by Susan , Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:42 AM
As I find myself at the beginning of another educational adventure while simultaneously helping one of the kids transition to her next level I am thinking a lot about what it means to study in an organized way.
A hallmark of the scholar is a method for organizing your study. Me, I'm a post-it girl and out liner. I'm also HUGE with the color-coding. I have little flags for each of the following categories in my reading: definitions, quotable, examples, personal connections and action items. My middle, she's more likely to ascribe to the chaos theory of organization. She's convinced she knows where everything is in her room, notebook and/or backpack. This "stresses" us both out.
This summer I am hopeful that she'll observe how I "do" school so that when we work on her organization this next school year she won't be so anxious about making middle school work.
In a related strain, what fun to both start something new in the educational realm so we can share our fears and triumphs!
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