McKim
Biology
STUDY SUGGESTIONS FOR TESTS 1) Do ALL OF THE HOMEWORK ON TIME. All assignments are Standards Based which means they lead you into being successful on the Common Assessment tests or projects. Everything fits together. 2) Read the assigned sections of the chapter. Notice the illustrations and graphs. Read the captions under each one and try to understand them. Turn the subtitles into questions and try to answer them. 3) Write down questions that you have about the subject so you have something to talk to the teacher about. Saying, “I don’t get it”, doesn’t give the teacher a place to start with you. 4) Complete the questions on the Test Study Helps which is provided during the week prior to the test. Each question must be completed for a grade. This assignment will indicate where the emphasis for each chapter is placed. The Study Helps have questions similar to the test. This is always a homework assignment and is worth a high amount of points. 5) Study the Study Helps before the test. They are cross-referenced with the test. The same items on the Study Helps will be asked on the test in a different form. A short answer might be changed to a multiple choice. 6) Review any extra Teacher Notes that have been provided for the chapter. 7) Study the Chapter Outlines which we have highlighted and completed in class together. Students are to study the outline; not lose it; and turn it in on the day of the test for points. 8) Review any Chapter Quizzes, Video notes, Illustrations, Labs, Worksheets. 9) Attend Home Room for additional help or to use the Review Game of sample questions; each day 3:20 – 3:35. Can use the 4:30 Activity Bus with a note from the teacher if you need more time. 10) Following an absence, Attend Home Room at the end of the day to pick up Homework, make-up labs; view videos. Sign the Class Binder to earn attendance points back. Make an appointment for absentee tests and quizzes. ***11) Keep an organized binder having all of your work in it. How can you do homework when you can’t find it? How can you study when you’ve lost your notes?