What will help you improve your grades in school?

Answer 1

Yes, being organized or not can impact your grades. Being organized can really improve them. Here are a few things you can do to be orgainzed to in turn get good grades: Use a planner.Most high schools give them out to all the students. However, if your school doesn't, you can still get one. You can to a office supply store or a general retailer to get one, usually for fairly cheep. Or, you could take a spiral notebook (just a normal one, with 70 or so pages) and devote a page to each day. If you want to make it last longer, try using half a page. You can write little things to help you to remember to do your assignments and reminders on when your clubs meet, what time Basketball practice starts, and other things such as dentist appointments. Here are some examples: "US History quiz on Thurs," "Science project due on the 21st," "English - do h.w. packet over ch 5," "Spanish Club meeting tomorrow after school - tell Mom I'll be home late," "debate team practice on Fridays," "Band class field trip," etc. By doing so, you shouldn't forget to do your homework or study for that huge test in Biology class. You really do not want to be that student who shows up on test day, reads on the chalkboard that there's a test, slaps their forehead for forgetting, tries to do the 4 minute cram, and then gets a D on the test. The great thing about using a planner or schedule book is that you won't forget things if you use it properly. Just make sure to actually read what you wrote down in the planner. It would help if when you are at your locker getting ready to go home for the day, you take it out and look at it to see what you need to take home. This will also help remind you what supplies (calculator, ruler, dictionary, textbook, etc) you need to bring home with you. It is very annoying when you get home and realize that while you brought home the assignment, you don't have something that you need to do it. Use folders and/or binders to organize your papers. Do not just stuff them in the binding of your book. This is hard on the book and a very bad way to keep track of things. Instead, get a folder or binder (depending on the amount of papers you have and which system you feel most comfortable with) for each class. Put any papers, including the teacher's rule sheet/syllabus in there. If it helps you, color code them. For example, if your Geography book is green, use a green folder or binder for Geography class. Color coding makes things simple, and you can grab the correct things, even if you are in a hurry. Keep your locker neat and tidy. If you have a locker at your school, make sure to keep it neat and organized. Periodically go through the things that you have in there. Recycle papers that you no longer need. Take home extra jackets that you have since you don't honestly need five jackets. Put the books in the same place each time, so you can find them in a hurry. If it helps you, you can even put the books in the order that you have the classes. That might not be nessecary for everyone, but if it helps you, go for it. Make sure you have the needed supplies for class. In almost every classroom, there is probbably at least one student who never has the needed materials. He or she might forget their textbook one day, not have anything to write with the next day, and the next day forget their notes. Because of this, they are constantly going to back to their locker to fetch it or borrowing things from their classmates. Don't be this person. It is a bit disrupting, and it quickly annoys the teacher. If no one will let you borrow and you can't go back to your locker, then your grade might suffer as a result. The moral of the story is to show up to class with everything that you need, which might include textbook, notebook, folder/binder, pens/pencils, eraser, handheld pencil sharpener, homework to turn in, or anything else that your teacher requests that you have. Doing these things, along with studying and doing your homework, should help you to get good grades.

Answer 2

Double checking your answers is one thing. So will studying more, paying more attention in class, asking more questions if you don't understand, and working harder to study your math and science. More reading and writing practice over the summer will help, as will parents who make sure you do your homework and push you to succeed.

Answer 3

• Have a big calendar where you write down the dates that all of your assignments are due (and when the tests are!) - keep up with the calendar and know ahead of time what you need to do for the week.
• Keep all of your material in one place where you can easily find everything. Have one part of your desk or bookshelf just for schoolwork. Keep anything you will need for the next day in your bookbag, and make sure that it is set out where you cannot possibly forget to take it with you.
• Keep an assignment notebook - have one book where you write down every single assignment, test dates, projects, and anything you need to remember to do on time. Keep this book with you, and add whatever you need to.
• Have some sort of time-keeping device like a watch or cellphone so that you know how long you have been working and how long you have left for your assignments. I like to set my phone's alarm to notify me of important events that are coming up - you can do the same, so that you will have an alert a day or so before your deadlines.
• Want to be organized. It sounds silly, but unless you really want to change, you're not going to put forth the effort that you need, and you won't change.
  
• I did find a website that helped me organize students activities activities. You can have students' calendar, post to do lists, and invite others to view this same calendar (other parents, your spouse, grandparents). You can even add photos for all your invitees to view. Seems like a great way to stay organized.