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READY, SET,
M I D D L E
SCHOOL! GRADES 6-8
Junior High Edition
Get Educated about Middle School Supply Essentials
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Elementary School VS Middle School
• Unlike elementary school, where students are asked to creatively integrate material, middle school demands that students learn, memorize, and repeat back information
• The ability for your child to do work well is within him/her- he/she is responsible for making use of his/her study habits. It is in middle school that your child will realize that it is his/her responsibility to perform well in school
• Homework assignments are much more common in middle school than they are in elementary school– Transporting homework materials and textbooks back and
forth is a challenge alone!• “One of the real challenges of getting homework done
is making sure that each of the books, handouts, and assignment lists are home when they're needed. ”
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Middle School is T O U G H !
• Transitioning into Junior High means buckling down! It is not the easiest transition for all children, but it’s your child’s first major transition into adulthood
• Subjects like math, science, history, and language arts become more challenging– Make sure your children stay organized, keeping stress at bay!
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Academic PlannerIt is of UTMOST importance that your child
maintain his/her academic planner– academic planners teach students time management skills that will help him/her out when he/she enters
high school.
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Three to Five Star Notebook• Each “subject” should be reserved
for a specific class your child is taking.
• Encourage diligent note taking– Students who take good notes do a
better job at listening during class– Good notes give students a better
starting point for studying– Read over the note you took everyday
before class
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Colored Pens and HighlightersColor-coding, hi-lighting, and underlining are important habits for your child to acquire when reading important school-related material-Benefits of color-coding:
-Improves study morale-Studies show that students who
study color coded material using color ball pens or highlighters score higher than students who study conventional black and white formats
-Color coded material means fewer eye fixations, which means that studying becomes a much more fluid and enjoyable process
-So encourage your kids to hi-light and color code their notes!
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Pocket Folders
• To transport all of your middle schooler’s homework, creative writing brilliance, and everything in between!
• It’s useful to color code your child’s pocket folders according to a specific subject –For instance:•Green= Earth Science; Yellow= Algebra; Etc.
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A Calculator• We can’t tell you which EXACT
type of calculator to purchase for your middle schooler, but he/she probably won’t need a graphing calculator until High School –Safe bet: Your middle schooler will
do well with a basic intelligent calculator, like this one.
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Graph Paper and Loose Leaf Paper• Middle schoolers eventually learn
how to plot a graph in their math classes. They will be asked to draw graphs on their own graph paper and hand it as homework. Graph paper is a necessity!
• Loose-leaf paper is essential to handing in assignments too! If your child doesn’t want to rip pages of his/her notebooks, extra loose leaf paper will always come in handy
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Flash Drive• Flash drives are a crucial item for your child to own.
Flash drives enable students to work on the same project both at home and at junior high.
• While online software systems, like Dropbox, provide services that are similar to that of a flash drive, flash drives provide extra assurance to your middle schooler, since it guarantees that all of his/her assignments will be in on time.
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A Sturdy Backpack
• Pick a backpack that has – Chest and/or hip straps and a padded
back, to decrease stress on the back and enhance comfort
– Has reflective material on the back, so that it can be seen at night
– Has many individual pockets, to distribute weight evenly
In the United States, 92% of kids carry backpacks that hold 10-22% of their body weight
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Never Forget #2 Pencils & Big
Pink Erasers!Standardized testing usually requires the use of a #2 pencil. Do NOT have your middle schooler be without one!
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Hand Sanitizer
• Nearly 22 million days of school are missed annually due to the common cold
• A case control study of 6,080 schools reported that those who enforced classroom-dispensed instant hand sanitizer at specific times throughout the day experienced 20% fewer absences due to illness
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A Reusable Water Bottle• Keep our pre-teens loving the planet! Especially during hot
months, a reusable water bottle makes all the difference. Keep these facts in mind:– In response to public concern, manufacturers have
developed BPA-free reusable water bottles.–When you use a reusable water bottle, you help reduce
the production of bottled beverages and therefore, the landfill and recycling burden of the bottles. –Buying and using a reusable water instead of bottled
water saves you money over the long term. • In fact, Greeniacs.com reports that bottled water can cost up to 10,000 times as much per gallon as tap water.
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SOURCES
• http://www.itsasnap.org/snap/statistics.asp• http://eyetrackingupdate.com/2009/11/10/p
upil-tracking-reveals-why-color-coding-study-materials-is-a-good-idea/
• http://home-school-online.blogspot.com/2013/06/tips-note-taking-exercises-for-middle.html
• http://www.edudemic.com/2011/10/heavy-backpacks/
• http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-arts-education
• http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/thinking-about-kids/201201/keep-your-middle-schooler-organized