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The Middle School Transition

The Middle School Transition. Our Lady of Mercy School May 2014. Key Components of Middle School. From Middle School Teaching (Kellough & Kellough, 1999): Small communities for learning Core academic program Success for all through heterogeneous grouping and cooperative learning

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The Middle School Transition

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  1. The Middle School Transition Our Lady of Mercy School May 2014

  2. Key Components of Middle School From Middle School Teaching (Kellough & Kellough, 1999): • Small communities for learning • Core academic program • Success for all through heterogeneous grouping and cooperative learning • Specially prepared teaching staff • Engage families in their children’s education

  3. Middle School Themes/Trends • PEERS become more important than adults • Greater FREEDOM but more RESPONSIBILITY • From CONCRETE to ABSTRACT thinking • The search for IDENTITY

  4. Yesterday I discovered that I am a cartoon character. I was up all night trying to decide whether I am the lines or the spaces in between.

  5. What’s Different • Many classrooms and no homeroom • Using LOCKERS and taking materials to class • Using MOODLE as a resource and tool • Later lunch time!

  6. Middle School Initiatives • Its own space, staff, and supervisor • Classrooms by subject/teacher not class • Laptops in all classrooms • IXL Math and Scholastic Reading Counts • Advisory Class every week

  7. Academic Program at a Glance

  8. 6th GRADE: A NEW POSITION ON THE FOOD CHAIN... 1 5 2 3 5 4 6 7 & 8 6

  9. The 6th Grade Expericene • Back to the BOTTOM of the pile • Increased WORKLOAD and EXPECTATIONS • Feeling LOST and CONFUSED • Try...Fail...Try again...

  10. “WARNING: YOU ARE LEAVING THE MARINE RESERVE!”

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