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New to 6th grade

by Agsrule!

Jul 6, 2012

I am moving to anew grade and subject for next school year. I've taught 7th grade LA for 7 years, but now I am moving to 6th grade social studies. Any advice that you have to share about how to manage 6th graders differently from 7th, I would love to hear. I'm nervous because the only interaction I have with 6th graders is to tell them to quit running in the hall!

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Longhorns Rule I too moved down for two years, and thankfully, I am moving back up. Sixth graders are scared to death and struggle with locker issues. They jump across chairs instead of going around. They love to lay on the floor and read. Make sure your lessons are addressing their kinesthetic needs. They are much sweeter than the older kids...and easier to disc...See More

Jul 9, 2012

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Love 6th graders more than 7th! I've been teaching both levels for four years now, and this year I will only be teaching 6th grade. I am SOOO relieved not to have to deal with the squirreliness of 7th graders deep in the throes of puberty!

What I have learned from working with 6th graders is, they come in as "babies" so to speak, but they should leave as "young adolescen...See MoreI've been teaching both levels for four years now, and this year I will only be teaching 6th grade. I am SOOO relieved not to have to deal with the squirreliness of 7th graders deep in the throes of puberty!

What I have learned from working with 6th graders is, they come in as "babies" so to speak, but they should leave as "young adolescents". I see it as a slow growth process, giving them some leeway at first, but really buckling down on them and getting them to take on more and more responsibility and accountability for everything. They are thrilled and excited to be entering "middle school", but are terrified of the added changes and responsibilities. At our school, they also start earning letter grades, so that takes them a while to understand.

They also are far less dramatic and hormonal than 7th graders (through my own experience), are just forming their first crushes, still grossed out at the idea of kissing the opposite sex, still find farts funny, and get pulled between acting babyish and acting grown up a million times a day.

Regardless of all of the above, I love my 6th graders. I can still capture and hold their interest, impress them with my knowledge, and hold them in awe with some of the trivial knowledge they don't know.

And they make me laugh!

On 7/09/12, Longhorns Rule wrote: > I too moved down for two years, and thankfully, I am moving > back up. Sixth graders are scared to death and struggle with > locker issues. They jump across chairs instead of going > around. They love to lay on the floor and read. Make sure > your lessons are addressing their kinesthetic needs. They are > much sweeter than the older kids...and easier to discipline. > Make everything a teachable moment as they really don't > understand how to deal with the new freedom. > > > > On 7/06/12, Agsrule! wrote: >> I am moving to anew grade and subject for next school year. >> I've taught 7th grade LA for 7 years, but now I am moving >> to 6th grade social studies. Any advice that you have to >> share about how to manage 6th graders differently from 7th, >> I would love to hear. I'm nervous because the only >> interaction I have with 6th graders is to tell them to quit >> running in the hall!

Jul 25, 2012

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