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Mrs. Ready's //GET GRIT// Toolbox

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Your one-stop site to get more ou t of ELA

**Let's just say you MISSED something in class for SOME reason.......**

**Us** **e This Website to:**

**1**. **CATCH UP** on missed work due to absence or bathroom trip, nurse's office visit, **zoning out**....
 * Click on date for Homework and Class Notes (current) for any class you missed to check for:
 * Daily notes to read and copy; warnings about items that will be on upcoming quizzes, tests...
 * Explanation of concepts covered and examples given in class by me and your peers
 * Notice of hand-outs you missed, or papers I collected

=**2.** Homework Help =
 * ===== click on homework and Class Notes (current) page for =====


 * DETAILED directions I reviewed orally in class
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Tips to avoid common problems kids have with homework assignments
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Download "forgotten" handouts and reference sheets
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">See models of HOW to do parts of many assignments

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">**3. CHUNK** review for quizzes/ Ask questions
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 31px;">Use the //"Curve of Remembering and Forgetting"//. Scanning Class notes on several days between the first lecture on a topic and a quiz or test chunks studying into smaller but more effective sessions. Reviewing JUST the night before the test doesn't work.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Get questions [[image:mrsreadysclasses/dmbtest.gif width="162" height="235" align="right"]] LONG before the quiz/test/project due date....Actively read printouts of Class Notes and jot down questions to ask the next day. If you didn't understand something, chances are your question will help others as well.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">**4.** Find **EXTRA CREDIT** options <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">5. Check out my general philosophy of teaching and expectations <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">6. The "Mostly for Parents" page contains documents with my expectations and policies. It also has the curriculum night PowerPoint overview of the class. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">7. Check Study Guides for topics on upcoming tests and upcoming writing assignments and projects. Check <span style="color: #ff3c00; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">EVENTS <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;"> calendar (icon is in the top orange ribbon above) for assessment and essay due dates. <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">8. Connect to links that expand the classroom
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 38px;">Limited time offers for a little extra work in exchange for points you can use to hedge against the occasional bombed quiz...<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 38px;">These are hidden on the "Homework and Class Notes (current)" page-to get you to review more often!

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 230%;">EXTRA HELP TUESDAYS <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 230%;">email me at readyd@foxborough.k12.ma.us