Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chronological Order of Events in a Story with a Flashback

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the story Leaving Home and put the story events in chronological order. In this chronological order lesson plan, 4th graders use index cards and refer to the flashbacks in the story.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Time Capsule - Show What You Know, Project

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this time capsule worksheet, students follow the directions to make index cards and write draft ideas on paper about tips to think about when studying a particular unit. Students complete 3 sets of directions for the students of next...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: How to Take Research Notes

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial focuses on how to take research notes using two slideshows. The first presentation compares taking research notes to class notes and offers 3 methods of note taking that would work for either: Cornell notes, index cards,...
Website
Joe Landsberger

Index Study System

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives information on a system of study that uses index cards. Foreign language versions of this page are availabe from the English home site.
Handout
Other

How to Study: Ten Steps to a Good Research Paper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This webpage describes how to use index cards for writing a term paper or research paper, as well as other clear steps to follow to improve research writing.
Activity
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Motivating Students: Pick a Card, Any Card

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient grouping strategy. Teachers will learn to motivate students with the "Pick a Card, Any Card" strategy. It explains how to use it to select parts for reading a play in class.
Unit Plan
Other

How to Study: Study Skills Topic Pages

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Frustrated with study habits that don't work? Change your approach in a few easy steps.