Study skills & advisory
Backpack Reset: Sorting Challenge and a Weekly System
Students sort ten items from a made-up backpack into four categories, evaluate study habits, and design a ten-minute weekly reset routine.
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Beat Procrastination: Case Studies and a Plan
Students read about common reasons for procrastination, analyze three short case studies, do time-planning math, and break a project into dated steps.
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Break It Down: Plan a Project Step by Step
Students break a big project into steps, add up the time needed, spread the work across four days, and make a short checklist for tomorrow.
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Can You Trust It? Evaluating Sources
Students learn five questions for judging a source, apply them to four described sources about homework, rate each as strong or weak, and explain why.
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Catalog Entries and Call Numbers: Find It on the Shelf
Students read made-up library catalog entries, use the general Dewey ranges to predict where books belong, and practice putting call numbers in shelf order.
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Conflict Case File: Fix It with I-Statements
Students read a short conflict case, learn what an I-statement is, rewrite blaming statements, and plan a calm way to restart the conversation.
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Cornell Notes Practice: Sleep and Memory
Students learn the Cornell note-taking layout, take notes on an original reading about sleep and memory, and use their cue column to quiz themselves.
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Digital Citizenship: Think Before You Post
Students read about digital footprints, sort realistic online scenarios into safe and risky choices, and write their own posting rules.
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Feelings Thermometer: A Calm-Down Toolkit
Students rank feeling words from mild to strong, match calming strategies to how they work, and make a personal plan for a tough moment.
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From Wish to Plan: Writing SMART Goals
Students learn the SMART goal checklist, turn vague wishes into clear goals, do simple planning math, and write one goal of their own.
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Gratitude Map and Kindness Notes
Students map what they are thankful for, practice writing a specific thank-you note, and plan small acts of kindness for the week.
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Growth Mindset: Reframe the Thought
Students read a short story about learning a hard skill, match fixed-mindset thoughts to growth-minded reframes, and write a reframe plus a note to their future selves.