Scheduling Smarts

How to Get Organized, Prioritize, Manage Your Time, and More

From the Series USA TODAY Teen Wise Guides: Time, Money, and Relationships

  • Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 8

Time management. It’s a challenge for everyone. Between homework, family life, friendships, and after-school activities, most teens feel overscheduled and stressed out. But did you know you can create a “time budget” to help you manage your list of to-dos? Or that identifying your priorities is a great first step toward getting your crazy schedule under control?

This book explores all kinds of tools to help you manage your time. You’ll discover

• strategies for mastering homework so you can stay on top of your assignments.
• how to tame technology so it doesn’t take over your life.
• how to put pressure and stress in perspective.
• how to say no when your schedule feels overwhelming.
• why carving out time for R&R is a must.

Supplemented with articles and information from USA TODAY, the Nation’s No. 1 Newspaper, Scheduling Smarts delivers solid advice and firsthand stories of real teens facing many of the same types of situations you are. Ready to wise up on time management? Read on!

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978-0-7613-8863-0
$35.99
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Interest Level Grade 6 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 8
Genre Social Studies, Young Adult
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Twenty-First Century Books ™
Language English
Publication Date 2012-01-01
Reading Counts! Level 8.6
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS YAN024000, YAN051200, YAN024050
Dewey 640'.430835
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Lexile 1020
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Sidebars, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, and eSource