Get Educated about Middle School Supply Essentials

8/13/2019 Get Educated about Middle School Supply Essentials

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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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