organizing your middle school student
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Organizing Your Middle School Student. Helping Them Be Successful. Does This Remind You of Anyone ? Traveling to classes Six Classes Homework Projects Longer-term assignments More complex assignments Notes and studying Fieldtrips - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Organizing Your Middle School Student
Helping Them Be Successful
Does This Remind You of Anyone?• Traveling to classes• Six Classes• Homework• Projects• Longer-term
assignments• More complex
assignments• Notes and studying• Fieldtrips• Extracurricular
Activities like sports, clubs, community service, etc.
Transportation:If your child will be dropped off at the school,
please drop them off at the parking lot located off Pine and Greenwood. DO NOT drop the student off at the bus loop, behind the school, or parking lot by main office.
Check with ESC or the office for bus routes prior to first day of school.
Students going to Rudsill Library afterschool must cross the street at Pine and Greenwood for safety caution.
Locker Organization•Visit your student’s locker and see what they need…discussthese ideas to consider:
• Locker shelf – Carver lockers are 15” wide and 11” deep, the standard locker shelf will work
• Magazine holder – to keep folders and spirals vertical and easy to sort through
• Schedule includes locker times for books for the next 2 classes
• End of day books – Student needs to track which books, spirals, folders they need to take home for homework. Very little time to gather items before buses leave.• White board in the locker• Post-it note in the binder to keep a
list• Flag items that need to be taken
home• Use a consistent bag for gym
clothes that can be hung from a hook
Locker Rule: No Loose Paper Allowed
Time Management Book Divide the TM into sections so each class has
it’s own section.› TM has 29 lines, so 6 classes can have 4 lines and
1 gets 5 lines. Consider which class has the least items (homework) for the TM.
› Label your class names on the left margin.› Draw a pencil line across the page for each section.› Fold back pages as you finish the week and binder
clip or paperclip.› TM Pizza and Ice Cream Parties are given to
students who have their parent sign their TM every Monday night, after they review the TM with their student. The parties are done by semester.
TM Parent Signature
Geo Landscape due 10/29
Geo Landscape draft due 10/26
Geo Landscape final due 10/29
Geo Landscape select topic
Geo Landscape gather materials
Geo Landscape work on landscape
Geo Landscape draft paper
Geo Landscape Complete Paper
Paper Storage Create a filing system at home to keep
returned papers by class. Very useful for studying for a mid-term
or final test. Recommend daily filing of returned
papers to keep the loose paper out of the locker and binder/folder system.
Note Taking = For Your Eyes Only
This is one time you do NOT have to write in complete sentences!
Texting Abbreviations Symbols - + for and, w/ for with, w/o for
without Star, arrow or highlight things your teacher
has mentioned multiple times If you can read it and it makes sense it
works!
Suggested Organization Supply List:
Locker: shelf, magazine holder, white board, post-it notes, flags, extra bag of pens, pencils
3-Ring Binder: dividers, poly pocket folders, mini 3-hole punch, pencil bag, paper
TM Book: highlighter, sticky flags, colored pens, copy of class schedule
At Home Study: stapler, pens, pencils, index cards, extra paper, ruler, poster board, 3-hole punch, post-it notes
At Home Storage: Expandable folder or hanging files in a drawer or box, labels for each class
6th Grade 1st Semester ScheduleYou may go to your locker before school starts, and get all
your items for Block 1 and 2. Block 1- 8:45-9:35Block 2- 9:40-10:30Locker Time: Get all needed items for Blocks 3 and 4
Block 3- 10:35- 11:20Block 4- 11:25-12:15 Locker Time: Get all needed items for LunchLunch– 12:15-12:45Locker Time: Get all needed items for AOIAOI- 12:50-1:35Channel 1- 1:35-1:50Locker Time: Get all needed items for Blocks 6 and 7Block 6- 1:55-2:50Block 7- 2:55-3:50
Teachers-6-5 Family:• Language Arts is Mrs. Jamison in room 404• World Cultures is Mrs. Zaheer in room 400• Science is Mrs. Abraham in room 206• Math is Mrs. Buchanan/TBD in room 405
6-6 Family:• Language Arts is Mr. Laymon in room 406• World Cultures is Mrs. Washington/Burchette in room 403• Science is Mrs. Marshall-Balthis in room 207• Math is Mrs. Bowler in room 608
Look for the RED signs by
the doors.
Look for the YELLOW
signs by the doors.
Need More Help?Book-Goldberg, Donna, and Jennifer Zwiebel. The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
Website-http://lifeorganizers.com/cm_articles/104_middle_school_organization_373.html
School-Contact our 6th Grade Counselor for more tips, and review the TM, because it has tons of resources inside it.