Title: Middle School Students
Middle School Students are very different from elementary and high school students. They can be quite challenging in a classroom. I have been working with 6th graders through 9th graders for a very long time. Most recently I have been teaching 6th grade math in an inner-city school. As a teacher of middle school students I believe there are three things we should consider when working with middle schoolers.
I invite you to listen to the linked podcast on Middle School Students and then share your thoughts, stories or comments about working with middle school students.
Middle School Students: Three Things
1) Relationship
2) Consistency
3) Relevance
Middle School Students are very different from elementary and high school students. They can be quite challenging in a classroom. I have been working with 6th graders through 9th graders for a very long time. Most recently I have been teaching 6th grade math in an inner-city school. As a teacher of middle school students I believe there are three things we should consider when working with middle schoolers.
I invite you to listen to the linked podcast on Middle School Students and then share your thoughts, stories or comments about working with middle school students.
Middle School Students: Three Things
1) Relationship
2) Consistency
3) Relevance
2 comments:
Of the three topics to remember, 1. poor skills and decision making, 2. students are angry, and 3.the need to play, I feel that dealing with anger issues will be the hardest thing for me to cope with as a first year teacher. None of the students are going to come to my classroom with the same cultural and experiential background that I have had. Knowing when to handle a situation and when to refer a student is going to be a delicate balance that we will all have to figure out for ourselves. I have already had an experience where a student was labeled a disruptive menace by his teacher the previous year, who came into my summer school class and became my best student. It was nice to be reminded of the resources available for council, for the student and ourselves as new teachers, but we must always have faith in ourselves and our dedication. I have found that the reality of working with students is that it's not what you teach them, or what you do in class, but how you connect with them individually that helps them be motivated to learn and realize their own potential.
-Scarlett College
As someone who moved between my seventh and eighth grade school years, I am all too familiar with being angry and scared during middle school. While I would never look forward to having an angry child on my hands, I feel like the experiences I had during my eighth grade year of not feeling welcome by my new classmates will help me understand what my own students will most likely be going through at such a vulnerable point in their lives. Hopefully I will be surrounded by supportive faculty and administration when it comes time for me to deal with this particular issue in my own classroom.
-Hogan Carringer
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