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Re: Middle School Transition Activities
Posted by Maude Bryeans on 7/31/08
The best activity we have been doing at our transition Camp is a
Scavenger Hunt around the building. We give the students a list
of room numbers, have them pair up with a partner, and review the
hall rules they have been taught. Following this they go out to
locate the rooms in differnt parts of the building and discover a
hidden message from each of the rooms. We list about thirty rooms
and if you are caught breaking hall rules you are sent to
detention. This works lots better than the old tours we use to do
the kids really learn their way around the school. It usually
takes about an hour. We have a large middle school with about
1200 studetns and there are about 300 each time we do this camp.
On 7/30/08, Reba wrote:
> Please share your team building activities.
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> On 7/05/08, Deb wrote:
>> On 5/18/08, Melissa wrote:
>>> I organize a "mock middle school" day each year for our
>>> fifth graders. The students spend the day following a
>>> schedule and we have different activities in each room.
>>> One room has an activity with combination locks, one has a
>>> movie about middle school fears, etc. We have done the
>>> same activities for a few years now, and I am looking for
>>> something new. Any ideas?
>>
>> Our 5th to 6th transition program spans several months. I
>> meet with every parent and student approx. 200 students. To
>> discuss ms, how to read a schedule, register for specials,
>> while the appointment only lasts 15-20 min it has proven to
>> be very beneficial! We then bring the elementary students
>> to the middle school for a visit. The students rotate
>> through 3 different activities. They go on tours with
>> current 6th grade students, meet with our principals, I do
>> team building activities with them. We hear the band
>> perform and then the eat lunch in our cafeteria. The
>> elementary counselors also do some activities with locks.
>> We hold a meet the teacher open house for 6th graders the
>> Thursday evening before school starts. Parents and students
>> meet key office personel and their team of teachers. This
>> takes alot of organization and cooperation between buildings
>> and staff but is well worth it!
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Middle School Transition Activities, 5/18/08, by Melissa.
- Re: Middle School Transition Activities, 5/19/08, by Tamara.
- Re: Middle School Transition Activities, 5/19/08, by Melissa.
- Re: Middle School Transition Activities, 5/20/08, by Leah.
- Re: Middle School Transition Activities, 5/21/08, by Cybrary Man.
- Re: Middle School Transition Activities, 6/12/08, by LaTricia Hampton.
- Re: Middle School Transition Activities, 7/05/08, by Deb.
- Re: Middle School Transition Activities, 7/30/08, by Reba.
- Re: Middle School Transition Activities, 7/31/08, by Maude Bryeans.
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