The hm Learning and Study Skills Program: Teacher's Guide Level 1

The hm Learning and Study Skills Program, Level I was designed to provide learning and study skills strategies for students in grades 5-7 through a series of activity-oriented units. It is structured on the assumption that an activity-oriented lesson is the most effective instructional strategy for the teaching of study skills. Or, more succinctly, that “learning by doing” is the best way to study smart.

The Level I Teacher’s Guide includes a pre- and post-test, a wide variety of teaching suggestions, unit summaries, activities for retrieval and closure, as well as teaching adaptations through the use of technology. It was published to help teachers assist students in the development of essential study skills and to reinforce their existing strategies that work. The program supports academic independence for students that have a wide range of ability with college and career readiness as a tangible and realistic goal.

Judy Brunner is a former elementary, middle, and high school principal and currently serves as clinical faculty for Drury and Missouri State Universities. She is the co-founder and Chief Education Officer of Instructional Solutions Group. She is the author of three books on the topic of literacy from R & L Education Publishing I Don’t Get It! Helping Students Understand What They Read, Now I Get It! Differentiate, Engage, and Read for Deeper Meaning, and Doing What Works: Literacy Strategies for the Next Level.

Matt Hudson serves as the Coordinator of Operations for Secondary Education for the Springfield MO Public Schools. He received the Outstanding Young Teacher Award by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, is an adjunct professor for Drury University and holds a doctorate in Executive Educational Leadership from St. Louis University.