The document provides a study schedule and guidance for final exam preparation. It includes a weekly schedule outlining subject reviews and study sessions from May 1st through June 4th. Tips are provided on getting organized, the benefits of study groups, effective study group structure and guidelines, sample record-keeping sheets, review techniques, memory strategies like mnemonics, and an overview of effective study habits. The goal is to help students create an effective plan to consolidate their materials and review concepts in time-spaced sessions in order to perform their best on upcoming final exams.

2. Final Exam Preparation– May Study Schedule
5/15 5/16 5/17 5/18 5/19 5/20 5/21
The blue highlighted
review sessions are
study sessions that
you complete at
home. Spend 30
minutes reviewing
each night.
Math Review
English Review
World Lang. Review
2nd
Math Review
World Lang. Review
2nd
English Review
Global Studies/
History Review
2nd
World Lang
Review
Science Review
2nd
Global Studies/
History Review
3rd
Math Review
2nd
Science Review
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
5/01 5/02 5/03 5/04 5/05 5/06 5/07
Plan for organizing
and sorting notes =
approx. 1 hour each
subject
At home,
organize/sort English
notes
At home,
organize/sort Math
notes
At home, organize/sort
Global Studies
/History notes
At home,
organize/sort
Science notes
At home,
organize/sort World
Lang notes
5/08 5/09 5/10 5/11 5/12 5/13 5/14
Plan for the overview
of study guides =
approx. 1 hour each
subject
Check Edline for
your Final Exam
Review Study
Guides.
Print them!
At home, overview of
Math Study Guide &
Consolidate
Materials
At home, overview of
English Study Guide
& Consolidate
Materials
At home, overview of
World Language
Study Guide &
Consolidate Materials
At home, overview of
Global/History
Study Guide &
Consolidate Materials
At home, overview of
Science Guide &
Consolidate Materials
5/22 5/23 5/24 5/25 5/26 5/27 5/28
3rd
English Review
3rd
World Language
Review
Day 0
Review Day all classes
at school
Final Math Review
3rd
Global/History
Review
Math Exam
Teacher Q & A for
English after exam
Final English Review
3rd
Science Review
English Exam
Teacher Q & A for
World Language after
exam
Final World Lang.
Review
World Lang. Exam
Teacher Q & A for
Global/History
Review after exam
Final Global/History
Review
Global Studies/
History Exam
Teacher Q & A for
Science after exam
***6
th
Graders do not need
to remain on campus for
the Science Review
5/29 5/30 5/31 6/01 6/02 6/03 6/04
Final Science Review Memorial Day
No School!
Science Exam
***6
th
Graders do not need
to come to school for the
Science Exam
No School! No School
MD Honors Night
Summer Begins!

3. Get Organized!
• Make piles for each
subject (class notes,
old tests/quizzes,
mid-term exams)
• PRINT STUDY
GUIDES

5. Why Study Groups?
1. Your brain LOVES to hear
you talk about what your
learning. Material is
better understood and
retained.
2. Learning becomes more
relevant and intellectually
stimulating
3. It will increase your
academic confidence!

6. The “Do” List of a Study Group
1. Be a source of
support and
encouragement
2. Learn new study
habits from study
group members
3. Confirm with each
other any confusing
or complex subject
material

7. The “Don’t” List
1. Don’t be a Hog or
Log! Share ideas
and notes
2. Don’t rush or
quickly try to be
“done”
3. Don’t let side talk
take you off task
Cooperative Teamwork
means…
No Hogs
Or
Logs Allowed!

8. Ground Rules
1. Be prepared: bring all notes,
old tests/quizzes, study
guides, etc. Bring everything
you have for that subject!
2. Be respectful of others' ideas
3. Have questions about
materials and be ready to
share & discuss
4. Keep your group small. 2-4
people. Stick with your group.

9. At Home–
Before the Meeting
1. Collect your study
guide, class notes & old
tests/quizzes. Collect
anything you need to
study!
2. Use the “Record
Keeping” study group
sheet to plan what you
want to accomplish
during the study group.

10. Study Group Record-Keeping Sheet
Date:
Time:
Subject:
What do you want to accomplish during this session?
Study Guide Pages: What questions do you still have?

11. During the Meeting
1. Review notes together;
talk about anything you
did not understand
2. Discuss key concepts
from your notes & text
3. Review study guides
4. Assign study guide
questions and work on
them together. Share
and collaborate.
5. Review old tests and
quizzes
6. Remember your mid-
term exam and study
guide are a great
resource too!

12. After the Meeting
• Check your record sheet.
Did you accomplish
everything you planned?
• Make sure your time is
not fluff or wasted.
Was your study session
effective for all?
• Schedule your next
session

14. Study Strategies
• Repetition and review of
material over time is the
best way to learn, with the
highest rate of retention.
This is called time-spaced
learning.
• The sharpest decline in
memory of learned content
happens in the first 20
minutes after learning it.

15. • Techniques to support retention
are: review, repetition, recitation
and self-testing at intervals that
move farther and farther apart.
Add more and more information
over time until it is all learned.
• Recitation can include reteaching
what you have learned to a friend,
sibling, parent or even your pet, so
you can hear yourself say the
concepts aloud. To self-test, make
flashcards with a word, sentence
or mnemonic cue on one side and
the information on the other. Try
to recall the information from
memory.

17. Memory Strategies
Mnemonic devices are techniques to prompt the
recall of lists of things or names, order of steps,
stages of a process, traits, concepts, or correct
spelling or word usage.
Planets =
Jake’s Uncle Vinnie slurps noodles every Monday.

18. • An acronym is a mnemonic device using a
combination of letters as cues to words or ideas.
SQ3R to be an Active Reader
• Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Reflect
CHONPHS – living organisms are made of molecules
consisting of:
• Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous,
sulfur

19. • An acrostic is a sentence where the first letter of
each word is a cue to an idea you need to
remember; it’s especially useful for recalling lists,
steps, orders of a process or chronology.
S G F E R A D = Sam gets fat energy running at ducks.
State the problem
Gather information
Form the hypothesis
Experiment to test
Record data
Analyze
Draw conclusion

20. • A name /trait mnemonic helps recall facts about a
person, place, thing or concept by inventing a
relationship between the name and a characteristic
of the person, place, thing or concept.
Archimedes discovered formulas for the area and
volume of geometric figures.
• Think: arch = geometric figure = Archimedes

21. • Rhyme / song mnemonics put information in the
form of a poem, rap or song.
Remember this?
In the year 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

22. Make the choice to do your best!