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Welcome Field Families!

Welcome Field Families!. ? TRANSITION QUIZ?. Name one of the TOP FOUR challenges of students moving from elementary to middle school?. LOCKERS!. Getting their locker open, grabbing their class binders and getting back to class before the bell rings…. All in 3 Minutes!

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Welcome Field Families!

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  1. Welcome Field Families!

  2. ? TRANSITION QUIZ? Name one of the TOP FOUR challenges of students moving from elementary to middle school?

  3. LOCKERS! Getting their locker open, grabbing their class binders and getting back to class before the bell rings…. All in 3 Minutes! Summer Practice can HELP!

  4. This We BELIEVE…(Adapted from AMLE)Essential Attributes of a Middle School … • Developmentally Responsive… We utilize the nature of young adolescents to guide all decisions. • Challenging…We hold all members of our learning community to high expectations • Empowering…We provide students knowledge and skills to take responsibility for their life and learning. • Equitable…We believe all students have the right to a challenging and relevant learning environment

  5. On To Middle School… Developmentally Responsive • Bell schedule/ 7 - 51 minute periods • Lunch & Recess -40 minutes total • Lockers • Weekly newsletters • Daily B.E.S.T. class- Basic Enrichment Skills Time • Daily Advisory and 2nd Step lessons • Strong community • STARRR- Stop Think and Act Responsible Respectful and Ready

  6. Daily SCHEDULE… School starts at 8:05 and ends at 2:35 • 8:05-8:56- First Period • 8:59-9:50- Second Period • 9:53-10:44 – Third Period (Specialists) • 10:47-11:10 – Advisory • 11:13-11:51 – Recess/Lunch • 11:56- 12:47- Fifth Period • 12:50-1:41- Sixth Period (Specialists) • 1:44-2:35 – Fifth grade B.E.S.T period SEVEN 51 minute periods with 3 minutes passing time

  7. Specialist Choices…. Field students take a daily specialist course and choose three specialists classes which meet on a three day rotation. • ___ Media Technology • ___ Physical Education • ___ Art Choices • ___ Spanish Foundations • ___ French Foundations • ___ Beginner Band • ___ Varsity Band (experience) • ___ Beginning Guitar • ___ Intermediate Guitar • ___ Beginner Strings • ___ Varsity Strings (experience) • ___ Concert Choir • ___ Madrigals (audition)

  8. Developmentally Responsive • Daily Advisory 25 minute period before lunch aimed at building meaningful connections within a smaller class • Second Step-Social/Emotional curriculum Facilitated weekly (school wide) during Advisory. Topics include Empathy, Communication, Problem Solving, Bullying, Substance Abuse and Emotion Regulation strategies. • Student Voice- Student Council, Upstanders, Student Newsletter (after school opportunity) • Multiple Learning Approaches - Active, Relevant and Technology infused classrooms

  9. ? TRANSITION QUIZ? Name another one of the TOP FOUR CHALLENGES of students moving from elementary to middle school

  10. FRIENDS… • Will I have friends? • Will people tease/bully me? • Will my friends be in my classes/advisory? • What about gossip/social media issues? • What about dating? Be an AWARE parent…know who your child is spending time with and set reasonable limits on social media. Ask questions andthen LISTEN…

  11. CHALLENGING… • AVID Strategies infused in Classrooms • MUSIC Opportunities • Cornell Notes • WICOR... • Critical Thinking-WHY/HOW • Socratic Seminars • Philosophical chairs • Technology Integration • Digital textbooks • Edumodo-classroom Facebook • Classroom IPads for deeper exploration and differentiation

  12. EMPOWERING…. • Interdisciplinary Projects • Student Leadership/Collaboration with Teachers, staff and PTA • Cooperative Learning/Tasks- me to we… • Increased Student responsibility/ownership • Grades • Friends • Time/Interests • Values/Goals

  13. ? TRANSITON QUIZ? Name another of the TOP FOUR challenges students experience in middle school…

  14. HOMEWORK…. • Middle School expectations will change…. • Increased Rigor/Pace • More independence/responsibility • Students need increased self awareness of their strengths and areas needing improvement • Parents can help… • Provide consistent time, place and structure to their homework schedule. • Check the Parent Portal regularly • Encourage your child to self advocate by setting up time to talk with their teacher if they are confused about their grade or an assignment

  15. Student Athletic Opportunities Field 6-8th graders are invited to participate in school sponsored extracurricular sports… • Fall (Early Sept. - Mid Oct.) • Girls Volleyball, Boys Flag Football • Winter (Late Nov. - Mid Feb.) • Girls and Boys Basketball • Spring (Late March - Early May) • Girls Softball, Boys Baseball

  16. ? TRANSITION QUIZ ? Name the FINAL of the TOP FOUR CHALLENGES students face in middle school…

  17. PARENTS! • Expect TOO much • Too nosy • Too Strict • Too many lectures • Too many rules/regulations/limits This time period is often a tug of war related to POWER/CONTROL. They want independence AND relationship, freedom AND limits, control AND guidance… All of this becomes a complicated balancing act

  18. RESOURCES : Middle School Transition… Websites : http://www.amle.org/Publications/OnTarget/TransitioningtoMiddleSchool/tabid/313/Default.aspx http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/school/middleschool Books: Parenting Teens with Love and Logic (by J.Faye) Boundaries with Teens (by J. Townsend)

  19. FOR COMING! Please take a minute to fill out a comment card with any questions that did not get answered tonight and someone will contact you. We welcome your feedback as well!

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