Week+6+-+Organization+Skills

=Organization Skills=

**Lesson Objectives:**
TLW identify organization. TLW complete an “Organization Checklist.” TLW develop strategies for organization**.**


 * Materials**:
 * Board
 * Document camera
 * "Organization Checklist” sheet [[file:Organization Checklist.doc]]
 * Pens, pencils, paper

Write the following prompt on the board/document camera: //“What does it mean to be organized?”// //Have students respond to this prompt on a piece of paper. Ask students to write without stopping for 2 minutes.//
 * Instructional Activities:**
 * Anticipatory Set:**

Ask students to share their responses to the prompt.
 * Guided Practice:**


 * Independent Practice -**

Have students complete the “Organization Checklist.” Put the attached sheet under the document camera and respond on the back the paper they used for the prompt, or make copies, as needed.


 * Closure**: Ask the students to share some tips that help keep them organized. Tell them that they’ll be given some tips to help them get and stay organized for the school year.

**Lesson Objectives: **
TLW identify organization. TLW develop strategies for organization//. // TLW design their current “study space.”

**Materials: **

 * United Streaming clip, “Study Environment and Organization” [[file:Study Environment and Organization.zip]]
 * “Organization Checklist” from Day 1 [[file:Organization Checklist.doc]]
 * “Organization Tips” fact sheet [[file:Organization Tips.doc]]
 * Paper, pencils, pens

**Anticipatory Set : **
Show students the United Streaming clip, “Study Environment and Organization,” which runs 1:45. Have students discuss the strategies they have just heard/watched.

**Guided Practice : **
Have students refer back to the checklist they completed the previous day. Discuss with them some tips from the “Organization Tips” fact sheet included. You may put this under the document camera, write the tips on the board, or may copies for your student.

**Independent Practice: **
Have students design what their current “study space” looks like. Tell them to be sure and include the places they keep papers, books, study materials, storage, band/extracurricular materials, bulletin boards, etc. Tell them to be honest about what their current space looks like.

**Closure**: Have students refer back to the video clip and “Organization Tips” sheet. Ask each student to share one tip they plan to try.
Also, if time allows, let students go through their binders and place papers in the correct sections. Allow them to trash or recycle items that are no longer needed.

Day 3 – (45 instructional minutes)
TLW identify organization. TLW develop strategies for organization//**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">. **// <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 110%;">TLW design their ideal “study space.”
 * Lesson Objectives:**


 * Materials:**
 * Paper
 * Pencils
 * Pens


 * Instructional Activities:**

Have students take our their designs of their current “study space.” Ask them, “If they had their wish, what would they change about it?”
 * Anticipatory Set:**

Allow students to share their answers and show their designs. Allow the other students to give feedback as to what could be changed to be more organized.
 * Guided Practice:**


 * Independent Practice:**
 * 1) Tell students they are going to now design their “dream study space.”
 * 2) Tell students to use their previous design as a guide as to what they’d like to improve to become more organized.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 110%;">Tell them to be sure and include the places they will keep papers, books, study materials, storage, band/extracurricular materials, bulletin boards, etc. “Everything must have a place!”

Also, if time allows, let students go through their binders and place papers in the correct sections. Allow them to trash or recycle items that are no longer needed.
 * Closure –** Have students share their “Before” and “After” designs with the class. Or, have students make a list of 3 things they plan to change about their current “study space” to be more organized.