Dear DA 9 parents,
Your student is now a month into DA! Some students are doing a great job of developing their self advocacy skills and are checking in with their teachers via email when they are absent or have questions. Please encourage your student to work on this skill. It is probably the most important college skill they will learn all year! Also please check in with your student to see how often they are checking Canvas, the Hub and their school email account. Please sit down with them and look at Infinite Campus to have them show you their grade.
We are approaching mid tri and patterns are starting to develop. I met with Ms. Woods last week and am meeting with Mr. Carufel this week so I will soon be following up with parents if we see concerning patterns developing.
If students need help studying for their DA classes please encourage them to talk to me about getting an appropriate tutor.
Additionally, as I said in our intro meeting this fall, please keep an eye on your students emotional health and reach out to me if you are concerned about how your student is doing emotionally and/or academically.
I hope you’re having a good fall!
Sincerely,Meredith
5 Research-Backed Studying Techniques Teachers can guide students to avoid ineffective studying habits in favor of ones that will increase their learning outcomes. By Edward Kang, April 4, 2019 https://www.edutopia.org/article/5-research-backed-studying-techniques Too often people imagine that long hours of studying are the best path to being a model, straight-A student. Yet research shows that highly successful students actually spend less time studying than their peers do—they just study more effectively. Teachers can help all students learn to more effectively use the time they spend studying by sharing research-proven techniques. STUDY LESS, WITH GREATER INTENSITY In this era of social media and digital distractions, many students—and adults—do a lot of multitasking. But there is no such thing as successful multitasking, because much of the time spent is wasted on context switching, where the brain has to restart and refocus. Consider the formula “work accomplished
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