The Skills Development Centre (SDC) program focuses on cross curricular support in English, Social Studies, Science, and Math through the development of:

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS:

• Goal setting
• Using an agenda regularly
• Being prepared for class
• Organizing and completing notebooks
• Having good homework habits
• Studying for tests
• Nightly review
• Completing assignments on time

STUDY SKILLS:

• Key concepts
• Two column notes
• Mnemonics
• Flash cards
• Textbook chapter and review questions
• Graphic organizers
• Practice questions
• Question and answer with a partner

LEARNING STRATEGIES:

• Chapter previews
• Summary notes
• Two column notes
• Selective underlining and highlighting
• Graphic organizers
• Editing techniques
• Key words
• Computer skills
• Pre-writing strategies
• Classroom work habits: listening, asking questions, making up missed work, etc.

TEST PREPARATION SKILLS:

• Test date and content in agenda
• Types of test questions
• Materials needed for tests
• Study schedule

TEST TAKING SKILLS:

• Hints for answering different types of questions
• Writing formulas at the top of page
• Time extensions, reader, scribe as required