The Strategies for Study Success two-part note taking series is designed to build independent note taking strategies. Strategies for Study Success, Column-Style Note taking, teaches students how to create column-style diagrams for in-class and independent note taking. Students are taught to identify and highlight the topic, main ideas, and important details of various passages and to transfer that information into …

Strategies for Study Success, Column-Style Note Taking II teaches students how to create column-style diagrams for in-class and independent note taking, using higher level passages. Students are taught to identify and highlight the topic, main ideas, and important details of higher level, high interest passages, then transfer that information into column-style note taking diagrams.

Strategies for Study Success, Webbing, teaches students how to create web diagrams for in-class and independent note taking. Students are taught to identify and highlight the topic, main ideas, and important details of various passages and to transfer that information into a web diagram. Approximate grade levels: 3-5

Strategies for Study Success, Outlining, teaches students how to create outlines for in-class and independent note taking. Students are taught to identify and highlight the topic, main ideas, and important details of various passages and to transfer that information into an outline form. Approximate grade levels: 4-6

Strategies for Study Success Summarizing I, is designed to build reading comprehension, attention-to-detail, and listening skills. The exercises in this book build independent study skills by teaching students how to summarize text and edit these summaries for missing information. With enough repetition of the exercises in this book, students should gain automaticity in their attention-to-details and paraphrasing skills. Learning to …

Strategies for Study Success Summarizing II, is designed to build reading comprehension, attention-to-detail, and listening skills. The exercises in this book follow the same structure as the exercises in Summarizing I, using passages at a more advanced level. Students build independent study skills by learning how to summarize text and edit these summaries for missing information. Approximate grade levels: 3-5

Strategies for Success, Visualizing Text, helps students build reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. Learning to visualize text is an important study skills strategy for academic success. Research indicates that most students with reading comprehension skills automatically visualize as they read. Many students, however, need this strategy systematically taught to them. By practicing the step-by-step, picture-by-picture exercises in this book, …

Strategies for Success, Test Taking, teaches students specific strategies for taking True/False, Multiple Choice, and Essay tests. As students progress through school, tests become increasingly complex and lengthy. Learning specific techniques for how to break down different types of tests will help strengthen both their independent study skills and self-confidence in these skills. Students will feel more comfortable and at-ease …

Strategies for Study Success, Written Responses, is the latest addition to the writing series. This workbook presents passages on controversial topics, such as school uniforms, legal age requirements, and immigration. Students are asked to read each passage, form an opinion on the topic, and then answer a written response question in the form of a five paragraph essay. This book …

Strategies for Study Success, Executive Functioning, helps students build their executive functioning skills, including time management, following multi-step directions, managing their homework, and improving their organization. With this workbook, students will complete a series of practice exercises to build their fundamental executive functioning skills and will learn to tackle academic tasks in an organized, more efficient manner. Approximate grade levels: …

Strategies for Study Success, Executive Functioning II, helps students build higher level executive functioning skills, including note taking, homework management, following multi-step directions, planning tasks, and improving their organization. With this workbook, students will complete a series of practice exercises to build their fundamental executive functioning skills and will learn to tackle academic tasks in an organized, more efficient manner. …

As students progress through school, the auditory processing demands increase, as they are required to listen and process information, take notes, and then apply that information on quizzes and exams. In this workbook, students learn research-based strategies for developing their auditory processing skills. ‎In the first part of this multi-sensory program, students learn a strategy for listening to passages and identifying …