Make the GrAde February 1998 - Newsletter

It's already February, and we've made it through midterms!! Congratulations to all of you.

Now is the time to organize your notebooks and file your first semester papers for future use.
Get some folders, and label them (Science, Math, etc.) and file your papers for future use.
Your finals may or may not include material from the early part of the year.

This month I want to give you some tips on notetaking. Notetaking is very important since it is
your record of what goes on during the class, and what is most important. The rub is that
sometimes it's hard to both take good notes AND listen to the points that the teacher is making
simultaneously.

And in most cases, it is difficult to study without good notes. One of the problems that people
encounter with notetaking is that they can not write quickly enough to keep up with the teacher.
Here are some "shorthand" methods that you can use to quicken your writing pace.

bc because
w/ with
b4 before
# number
U you
ab about
ex example
dif different
ie that is
=> therefore
--> means
vs versus
= is
* important
| increase
| decrease
etc. and so on
Q question
info information
ab about
abr abbreviation
chp chapter

Also, create abbreviations for common terms or people discussed in your classes
(DNA, WS - for Shakespeare, etc.)
The point is to decrease writing time, increase listening time, and maintain quality of notes.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!

We are very happy to announce that Carol Tapper and Ilene Frost have joined Make the GrAde as
specialty tutors!! They join Joe Yi, a physics/calculus exert on the staff.
Carol and Ilene are both very talented educators who will be great assets as Make the GrAde
provides a wider range of services.
Carol graduated from Penn State with a double major in secondary education and Spanish.
She attended the University of Salamanca in Spain as a foreign study attendee. She also has
a business degree from LaSalle College. She was the director of Language programs for IES
schools for Montgomery County and she has been tutoring for 14 years. Carol tutors Spanish
and Accounting/Business.
Ilene earned her Masters Degree in Elementary Education and Early Childhood from Bloomsburg University.
She holds a dual teaching certificate for Elementary and Early Childhood. She has taught
for 17 years in the Philadelphia School District as a 2nd and 3rd grade teacher.
With Make the GrAde she will be specializing in Elementary level Reading and Math.
To find out more about Carol and Ilene, please call the office at 215 663 8336.

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