Tips to remember your dreams (from personal experience):
* Avoid jumping out of bed instantly. Lie down for a little while longer and focus on the main details you remember
* If you've been in really deep sleep, there's a chance that you might remember more! At times like this, definitely do NOT open your eyes.
* Instead, stay calm and slowly recollect the bits of your dreams that you remember in chronological order as best as you can
* (You might fall back asleep and that's okay!)
Please note however, that you have less chance of remembering things if someone yells at you or shakes you awake. In times like that, revert to step 1 and take your own time to get up.
(if you're yelled at again to get out of bed, you have my greatest sympathies.)
((Am I making this as a slight vent for being shaken rudely out of my recollection process? Absolutely.))