Study Skills Syllabus
Mr. Shier Mr. Knight Ms. Kaiser
sshier@rockin.k12.ca.us
mknight@rockin.k12.ca.us
jkaiser@rockin.k12.ca.us
Welcome to the 2015/2016 school year. It will be a pleasure working with your student this year. It is important that we maintain consistent contact between the home and school, so please don’t hesitate to email or call if you have any questions or concerns. If you email your student’s other teachers with concerns, please cc me so we can all work together.
For the first 10-15 minutes of each study skills class, all students will complete a warm-up and/or silently read a book to help prepare them for the class. We will also work on study tools with instruction on: organization, time management, parts of a textbook, test taking skills, listening skills, note taking skills, outlining communication skills (asking for help when needed). During this time, we will also work on their IEP transition goals and teach some life skills to help students prepare for life after high school. During the last 30 minutes, student will work on assignments from other classes.
As we focus on transition and life skills, one of the areas we want students to develop in is completing their homework at home. We will start homework assignments in our Study Skills class to ensure students understand what is expected. However, students will then need to complete their homework at home. We would appreciate if families could help support student in developing these good work habits.
Please support your student by encouraging him/her to have a book to read in class. We will have silent reading every day, and they can also read their book in other classes once they have completed their work.
Study skills grade is determined by how well the student follows the rubric on the back of this page.
Planner / Grade Check 40%
Classwork / Warm Up 30%
Behavior, On Task, Being Prepared 30%
The student responsibilities include:
- Be in class
- Be on time
- Bring materials
- Try hard, stay on task
- Complete assignments
- Communicate problems or difficulties right away
- Show respect
Earn 5 Bonus Points when a parent emails your Study Skills Teacher!
RHS Study Skills Rubric
In order to get a letter grade of “A” student will:
- Consistently have daily planner.
- Consistently write down assignments and other appropriate notations in daily planner.
- Consistently demonstrate personal responsibility. Materials are out right away.
- Consistently check in with teacher. Let teacher know how he/she is doing. ask for help frequently.
- Consistently be on task the entire period.
- Consistently be respectful, non-disruptive and an asset to the learning center environment.
In order to get a letter grade of “B” student will:
- Almost always have daily planner.
- Almost always write down assignments and other appropriate notations in daily planner.
- Almost always demonstrate personal responsibility. Materials are almost always out right away.
- Almost always in with teacher. Almost always lets teacher know how he/she is doing and/or ask for help
- Almost always be on task the entire period.
- Almost always be polite, non-disruptive and an asset to the learning center environment.
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In order to get a letter grade of “C” student will:
- Usually have daily planner.
- Usually write down assignments and other appropriate notations in daily planner.
- Usually demonstrate personal responsibility. Materials are almost always out right away.
- Usually check in with teacher. Usually lets teacher know how he/she is doing and/or ask for help.
- Usually be on task the entire period.
- Usually be polite, non-disruptive and an asset to the learning center environment.
Students who chose to fail will
- Routinely not have planner
- Routinely not write down assignments and other appropriate notations in planner.
- Routinely not demonstrate personal responsibility. Materials are rarely out and ready to go.