Classroom or Small-Group Activities That Promote Positive Study Habits

NEW FORMAT! Study Skills Fun Game Kit & CD brings a new dimension to this important topic. Through the use of activity-oriented games, students will see the importance of good listening habits, organizational skills, positive work habits, and goal-setting. As students become involved in these motivating activities, they are acquiring the study skills necessary for academic achievement. Students may be involved in a listening action story, putting together a hamburger, bopping with a sponge bat, racing, using balloons, blowing feathers, or working as teams to challenge their classmates. The activities included in the game kit are fun. But more importantly, they teach sound study skills. This game kit includes 95 classroom or small-group activities that promote positive study habits. It includes a manual with complete directions for each activity as well a CD with PDF files for the reproducible activity sheets and game cards.

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TOPIC: Study Skills

INCLUDES: CD with printable PDFs of reproducible pages PC/Mac compatible

AUTHOR: Marianne B. Vandawalker

GRADE LEVELS: K-6 /AGES 9-12

RECOMMENDED FOR: Small Group Counseling, Classroom Counseling – up to 30 Players

72 PAGES, PAPERBACK, REVISED © 2010, CD

ASCA STANDARDS FOR STUDY SKILLS FUN GAME KIT & CD

STUDY SKILLS FUN: PART 1

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

 

Standard A: Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span.

• A:A1                 Improve Academic Self-concept
• A:A1.2             Display a positive interest in learning
• A:A1.5             Identify attitudes and behaviors that lead to successful learning

• A:A2                 Acquire Skills for Improving Learning
• A:A2.2             Demonstrate how effort and persistence positively affect learning
• A:A2.4              Apply knowledge and learning styles to positively influence school performance

• A:A3                 Achieve School Success
• A:A3.1             Take responsibility for their actions
• A:A3.2             Demonstrate the ability to work independently, as well as the ability to work cooperatively with other students
• A:A3.5             Share knowledge

 

Standard B: Students will complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post- secondary options, including college.

• A:B1                 Improve Learning
• A:B1.2             Learn and apply critical-thinking skills
• A:B1.3             Apply the study skills necessary for academic success at each level
• A:B1.6             Use knowledge of learning styles to positively influence school performance
• A:B1.7             Become a self-directed and independent learner

• A:B2                 Plan To Achieve Goals
• A:B2.3             Develop and implement annual plan of study to maximize academic ability and achievement

 

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

 

Standard A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.

• C:A1                 Develop Career Awareness
• C:A1.4             Learn how to interact and work cooperatively in teams

 

PERSONAL/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

 

Standard A: Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.

• PS:A1               Acquire Self-Knowledge
• PS:A1.6            Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate behavior
• PS:A1.8            Understand the need for self-control and how to practice it
• PS:A1.9            Demonstrate cooperative behavior in groups

• PS:A2               Acquire Interpersonal Skills
• PS:A2.6            Use effective communications skills
• PS:A2.7            Know that communication involves speaking, listening and nonverbal behavior

Standard B: Students will make decisions, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals.

• PS:B1               Self-Knowledge Application
• PS:B1.2            Understand consequences of decisions and choices

STUDY SKILLS FUN: PART 2

 

ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT

 

Standard A: Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span.

• A:A1                 Improve Academic Self-concept
• A:A1.3             Take pride in work and achievement
• A:A1.4             Accept mistakes as essential to the learning process
• A:A1.5             Identify attitudes and behaviors that lead to successful learning

• A:A2                 Acquire Skills for Improving Learning
• A:A2.1             Apply time-management and task-management skills
• A:A2.2             Demonstrate how effort and persistence positively affect learning
• A:A2.4              Apply knowledge and learning styles to positively influence school performance

• A:A3                 Achieve School Success
• A:A3.2                          Demonstrate the ability to work independently, as well as the ability to work cooperatively with other students
• A:A3.5             Share knowledge

Standard B: Students will complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post- secondary options, including college.

• A:B1                 Improve Learning
• A:B1.2             Learn and apply critical-thinking skills
• A:B1.3             Apply the study skills necessary for academic success at each level
• A:B1.5             Organize and apply academic information from a variety of sources
• A:B1.6              Use knowledge of learning styles to positively influence school performance

Standard C: Students will understand the relationship of academics to the world of work and to life at home and in the community.

• A:C1                 Relate School To Life Experiences
• A:C1.3             Understand the relationship between learning and work

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

 

Standard A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.

• C:A1                 Develop Career Awareness
• C:A1.4             Learn how to interact and work cooperatively in teams

• C:A2                 Develop Employment Readiness
• C:A2.7             Develop a positive attitude toward work and learning

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

 

Standard A: Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others.

• PS:A1               Acquire Self-Knowledge
• PS:A1.3            Learn the goal-setting process
• PS:A1.6            Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate behavior
• PS:A1.9            Demonstrate cooperative behavior in groups
• PS:A1.10          Identify personal strengths and assets

• PS:A2               Acquire Interpersonal Skills
• PS:A2.1            Recognize that everyone has rights and responsibilities
• PS:A2.2            Respect alternative points of view
• PS:A2.6            Use effective communications skills

Standard B: Students will make decisions, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals.

 

• PS:B1               Self-Knowledge Application
• PS:B1.1            Use a decision-making and problem-solving model
• PS:B1.3            Identify alternative solutions to a problem

 

ASCA standards are from: American School Counselor Association (2004). ASCA National Standards for Students. Alexandria, VA: © 2004 by the American School Counselor Association