Have you worked with Aitana’s timetable?
It’s time for you to design yours!
100 things to learn before high school
2.1 Time management with a timetable
1. Time management with a timetable
Aitana has divided her time in 3 different kinds of activities: leisure time, school time and homework time.
Let’s see if you can identify the different activities. In the worksheet you will find 3 boxes. Try to put each activity in the right box.
2. Design your timetable
Design your own ideal morning and afternoon timetable. Use colours and emoticons as in the example. Then you can choose an activity to continue practicing.
3. Managing time
To reach a goal, you need to be strategic. That is to say, to have methods, techniques, "tricks" to get to where you want to be sooner or easier.
Now I'm going to teach you a strategy, take advantage of it to reach your challenge!
This strategy is called "Managing working time". It helps you to improve your time. You need to start thinking about how to use your time. Then you are ready to make plans and focus on which of them are more important. You need to prioritize wisely.
Doing your daily homework everyday is a priority when you are in High School. Moreover, this strategy will allow you to have more free time to do other activities. If you spend daily time studying, then you will not have to spend a whole evening doing everything you haven’t done before. You can spend time doing things you like or being with your friends.
This strategy will help you to know what you have to do and to achieve the challenge as Aitana has done in her timetable.
Here you find the link to the Learning to Learn Competence Guide, where a series of steps are explained.
¿Necesitas más ayuda?
Para alcanzar nuestro objetivo necesitamos usar estrategias, es decir, tener técnicas y trucos que nos ayuden a conseguir nuestro objetivo lo antes posible y de la manera más fácil.
Vamos a enseñarte una estrategia que te ayude en tu tarea. Se llama “Regulo mis tiempos”. Te ayudará a optimizar el tiempo. Necesitas empezar reflexionando sobre cómo usas actualmente tu tiempo. Entonces estarás preparado para hacer planes y centrarte en los más importantes. Necesitar establecer prioridades.
Dedicar un tiempo diario al estudio es una prioridad cuando estudias en el instituto. Es más que eso, esta estrategia te permitirá tener más tiempo libre para hacer otras actividades. Si dedicas un tiempo a diario a estudiar luego no tendrás que dedicar una tarde entera para hacer todo lo que no has hecho y podrás dedicar tiempo a otras cosas que te gusten o a estar con tus amigos y amigas.
Con esta estrategia aprenderás los pasos a seguir para regular y planificar tu tiempo de trabajo, tal y como ha hecho Aitana con su horario.
Aquí puedes acceder a la Guía de la Competencia Aprender a aprender donde encontrarás los pasos a seguir.
Now let’s check what you can do.
4. Checklist
Check the followings aspects about your abilities:
| Yes | No | |
| I can ask and answer questions | ||
| I can compare activities in a timetable | ||
| I can create my own timetable | ||
| I remember classroom objects | ||
| I can remember emotions | ||
| I can remember subjects |
Feedback:
- If you got more than 3 'YES' answers: Well done! Good job!
- If you got less than 3 YES answers: Don't worry. Keep on working!
Then, you can download the target (pdf), check the things you can do and colour each triangle according to the following rubric:
- Not enough.
- Fair.
- Good.
- Excellent.
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