• HISTORY-      
• Native American Project Presentations Today!
• NO HOMEWORK!

• GEOGRAPHY:  Regions of the United States
• Identifying the States in the Rocky Mountain & NE Regions
• QUIZ on FRIDAY, OCT. 2nd

• STUDY SKILLS/TECHNOLOGY
• Typing Lessons 2 ( d & k ) 
• Click here to practice your typing lessons!
• JUST FOR FUN...
• To Play Card Match - Memory Game - Click Here
• Improving Memory Quiz - Thurs. OCT 1st
• Two Levels of Memory
• Short-Term memory:  what you keep in your mind for the moment
• Long-term memory:  what you know & can bring to mind whenever you want
• The best way to move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory is to repeat it (use/apply it again & again)
• Two ways to Improve Memory
• Grouping - it is often easier to remember separate items of information when they are organized into groups or categories.
• Visualizing- mental images can help you remember data.  This means that you translate words & ideas into pictures in your mind.
• Mnemonics - memory aids
• Linking - creating links between words by using one word to to bring to mind the next.
• For example, if you need to remember the words turkey, glove, & sailboat... you might write, The turkey's glove fell off the sailboat.
• Number-Shape System- can help you remember phone numbers, dates & other important numbers.  Each image should have the same shape as the number it represents.  
• For example, the image for the number 8 might be a snowman.
• Create catchy sentence, phrase, or rhyme to help you remember important information.
• For example, I before e except after c, except for words sounding like neighbor or weigh.
• Acrostic- can help you remember lists.  To create an acrostic, take the first letter from each word that you want to remember and create a sentence or phrase.  
• For example, if you needed to remember the Presidents: Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush you might write the sentence... Cars rarely beat city buses.