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READY,
SET,
M I D D L E
SCHOOL!GRADES 6-8
Junior High Edition
Get Educated about Middle School
Supply Essentials
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Elementary School VS Middle School
Unlike elementary school, where students are asked to creatively integrate
material, middle school demands that students learn, memorize, and repeat back
information
The ability for your child to do work well is within him/her- he/she is responsible
for making use of his/her study habits. It is in middle school that your child will
realize that it is his/her responsibility to perform well in school
Homework assignments are much more common in middle school than they are
in elementary school
Transporting homework materials and textbooks back and forth is a challenge
alone! One of the real challenges of getting homework done is making sure
that each of the books, handouts, and assignment lists are home when
they're needed.
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Middle School is T O U G H !
Transitioning into Junior High means buckling down! It is not the
easiest transition for all children, but its your childs first major
transition into adulthood
Subjects like math, science, history, and language arts become
more challengingMake sure your children stay organized,
keeping stress at bay!
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Academic Planner
It is of UTMOST importance that your childmaintain his/her academic planneracademic
planners teach students time management skills
that will help him/her out when he/she entershigh school.
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Three to Five Star Notebook Each subject should be reserved for a specific class your child
is taking.
Encourage diligent note taking
Students who take good notes do a better job at listening during
class
Good notes give students a better starting point for studying
Read over the note you took everyday before class
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Colored Pens and Highlighters
Color-coding, hi-lighting, and underlining are important habits for your
child to acquire when reading important school-related material
-Benefits of color-coding:
-Improves study morale
-Studies show that students who study color coded material
using color ball pens or highlighters score higher than students who study
conventional black and white formats
-Color coded material means fewer eye fixations, which means
that studying becomes a much more fluid and enjoyable process
-So encourage your kids to hi-light and color code their notes!
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Pocket Folders
To transport all of your middle schoolershomework,
creative writing brilliance, and everything in between!
Its useful to color code your childs pocket folders
according to a specific subject
For instance:
Green= Earth Science; Yellow= Algebra; Etc.
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A Calculator
We cant tell you which EXACT type of calculator to
purchase for your middle schooler, but he/she probably
wont need a graphing calculator until High School
Safe bet: Your middle schooler will do well with a basic
intelligent calculator, like thisone.
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Graph Paper and Loose Leaf
Paper Middle schoolers eventually learn how to plot a graph in
their math classes. They will be asked to draw graphs on
their own graph paper and hand it as homework. Graph
paper is a necessity!
Loose-leaf paper is essential to handing in assignments
too! If your child doesnt want to rip pages of his/her
notebooks, extra loose leaf paper will always come in
handy
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Flash Drive
Flash drives are a crucial item for your child to own. Flash drivesenable students to work on the same project both at home and at
junior high.
While online software systems, like Dropbox, provide services that
are similar to that of a flash drive, flash drives provide extraassurance to your middle schooler, since it guarantees that all of
his/her assignments will be in on time.
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A Sturdy Backpack
Pick a backpack that has
Chest and/or hip straps and a padded back, to decrease stress on
the back and enhance comfort
Has reflective material on the back, so that it can be seen at night
Has many individual pockets, to distribute weight evenly
In the United States, 92%
of kids carry backpacks
that hold 10-22% of their
body weight
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Never Forget #2 Pencils &
Big Pink Erasers!Standardized testing usually requires
the use of a #2 pencil. Do NOT have
your middle schooler be without one!
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Hand Sanitizer
Nearly 22 million days of school are missed annually due to the common
cold
A case control study of 6,080 schools reported that those who enforced
classroom-dispensed instant hand sanitizer at specific times throughout
the day experienced 20% fewer absences due to illness
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A Reusable Water Bottle
Keep our pre-teens loving the planet! Especially during hot
months, a reusable water bottle makes all the difference. Keep
these facts in mind:
In response to public concern, manufacturers have
developed BPA-free reusable water bottles.
When you use a reusable water bottle, you help reduce the
production of bottled beverages and therefore, the landfill
and recycling burden of the bottles. Buying and using a reusable water instead of bottled water
saves you money over the long term.
In fact, Greeniacs.com reports that bottled water can cost
up to 10,000 times as much per gallon as tap water.
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