Physical: 9 to 13 years

Muscles coordinated Physical/sexualdevelopment

Growth spurt 9-10girls, 10-11 boys

Changes weight &height

Energy, often hungryor tired

Torso, limbs lengthenhands feet expand

Fine motor control Awkward, clumsy

Eye hand coordination Body image concerns

Physical: 9 to 13 years

Sensory integration &coordination, age 10

Energy, appetiteincreases

R/L dominance Fatigue, lethargy,restlessness

Fidgety/ squirmy latein phase

Mood swings

Ready to absorbknowledge

Strength of boysincreases

Physical: 9 to 13 years

• Later in phase:

• Range of individual differences increases

• Maturation of central nervous system incomplete until 15-16 years

• Children will experience changes at varying ages and at varying rates

Cognitive Development

• Growth Spurts Occur• 3 to 10 months• 2 to 4 years• 6 to 8 years• 10 to 12 years• 14 to 16+ years• Consolidation &

refinement of teaching

• Plateau Periods

• 10 months to 2 years• 4 to 6 years• 8 to 10 years• 12 to 14 years • Develop higher level

thinking skills

Child Development

• Brain growth within 2 year span tends to occur earlier in girls

• Girls age 11: growth spurt about twice that of boys at age 11-nearly opposite true at age 15

• Brighter children tend to experience shorter plateaus

Piaget

• Sensorimotor: child deals with environment at perceptual level

• Pre-Operational: Child able to represent objects and relate them to one another through the use of language and other symbols

Piaget

• Concrete Operational: Child develops logical structures to deal with changing objects in the physical world

• Formal Operational: child is capable of hypothetic-deductive reasoning and abstract thought

Junior Division Students

• Most are at the Concrete Operational stage of development and learn best when presented with learning situations that use concrete materials

Styles of learning

• Kinesthetic learner may:

• stand very close

• fidget a lot

• seem very active

• respond to music by movement

• express feelings physically

• say “I’ve got it”

Learning Styles

• Auditory learner may:

• like to talk

• react verbally when angry

• give long, repetitive answers

• move lips during silent reading

• skip words, lines when reading

• say “I hear you”

Learning Styles

• Visual learner may:

• look around a lot

• stare when angry, beam when happy

• have a vivid imagination

• have good handwriting

• ignore auditory instructions

• say “I see”

Social Development

• As a general statement, children in the junior grades learn best when provided with-and allowed to shape for themselves-situations based on action and physical movement, opportunities for peer interaction, and relevant and consistent frameworks for learning

Media Literacy

• Average North American 13 year old will have spent 15,000 hours watching TV and 10,800 hours in the classroom

• Students will see 4X as many movies as books read

• Information and experience comes from instant insight via TV

• Wider knowledge of non-print material

Teacher Responsibility

• Select educationally sound materials

• Be aware of influence of mass media

• Use mass media to develop critical viewing skills

• Motivate students to use print materials

• Teach students to discriminate between social and commercial value messages

Long Term planning

• Good education requires careful planning

• Clear understanding of overall purposes and how activities fulfil these purposes

Long Term Planning

• Consider student interests and levels of ability

• Know core curriculum

• Outline core curriculum topics

• Outline optional topics

• Consult previous teacher to see if topic already taught

Long Term Planning

• Consult librarian about topics with a time frame

• Check to see if any other teachers interested in cooperative planning

• Contact consultant if necessary

• Plot plans on Long Term Topic Organizer

• Decide on approaches for language program

Long Term Planning

• Meet with principal to discuss plans

• Discuss plans with itinerant teachers eg Music

• Book films, videos, software, resource people, trips, media equipment

• Provides general sense of direction