Organizing Your Middle School Student

Helping Them Be Successful

Does This Remind You of Anyone?• Traveling to classes• Six Classes• Homework• Projects• Longer-term

assignments• More complex

assignments• Notes and studying• Fieldtrips• Extracurricular

Activities like sports, clubs, community service, etc.

Transportation:If your child will be dropped off at the school,

please drop them off at the parking lot located off Pine and Greenwood. DO NOT drop the student off at the bus loop, behind the school, or parking lot by main office.

Check with ESC or the office for bus routes prior to first day of school.

Students going to Rudsill Library afterschool must cross the street at Pine and Greenwood for safety caution.

Locker Organization•Visit your student’s locker and see what they need…discussthese ideas to consider:

• Locker shelf – Carver lockers are 15” wide and 11” deep, the standard locker shelf will work

• Magazine holder – to keep folders and spirals vertical and easy to sort through

• Schedule includes locker times for books for the next 2 classes

• End of day books – Student needs to track which books, spirals, folders they need to take home for homework. Very little time to gather items before buses leave.• White board in the locker• Post-it note in the binder to keep a

list• Flag items that need to be taken

home• Use a consistent bag for gym

clothes that can be hung from a hook

Locker Rule: No Loose Paper Allowed

Time Management Book Divide the TM into sections so each class has

it’s own section.› TM has 29 lines, so 6 classes can have 4 lines and

1 gets 5 lines. Consider which class has the least items (homework) for the TM.

› Label your class names on the left margin.› Draw a pencil line across the page for each section.› Fold back pages as you finish the week and binder

clip or paperclip.› TM Pizza and Ice Cream Parties are given to

students who have their parent sign their TM every Monday night, after they review the TM with their student. The parties are done by semester.

TM Parent Signature

Geo Landscape due 10/29

Geo Landscape draft due 10/26

Geo Landscape final due 10/29

Geo Landscape select topic

Geo Landscape gather materials

Geo Landscape work on landscape

Geo Landscape draft paper

Geo Landscape Complete Paper

Paper Storage Create a filing system at home to keep

returned papers by class. Very useful for studying for a mid-term

or final test. Recommend daily filing of returned

papers to keep the loose paper out of the locker and binder/folder system.

Note Taking = For Your Eyes Only

This is one time you do NOT have to write in complete sentences!

Texting Abbreviations Symbols - + for and, w/ for with, w/o for

without Star, arrow or highlight things your teacher

has mentioned multiple times If you can read it and it makes sense it

works!

Suggested Organization Supply List:

Locker: shelf, magazine holder, white board, post-it notes, flags, extra bag of pens, pencils

3-Ring Binder: dividers, poly pocket folders, mini 3-hole punch, pencil bag, paper

TM Book: highlighter, sticky flags, colored pens, copy of class schedule

At Home Study: stapler, pens, pencils, index cards, extra paper, ruler, poster board, 3-hole punch, post-it notes

At Home Storage: Expandable folder or hanging files in a drawer or box, labels for each class

6th Grade 1st Semester ScheduleYou may go to your locker before school starts, and get all

your items for Block 1 and 2. Block 1- 8:45-9:35Block 2- 9:40-10:30Locker Time: Get all needed items for Blocks 3 and 4

Block 3- 10:35- 11:20Block 4- 11:25-12:15 Locker Time: Get all needed items for LunchLunch– 12:15-12:45Locker Time: Get all needed items for AOIAOI- 12:50-1:35Channel 1- 1:35-1:50Locker Time: Get all needed items for Blocks 6 and 7Block 6- 1:55-2:50Block 7- 2:55-3:50

Teachers-6-5 Family:• Language Arts is Mrs. Jamison in room 404• World Cultures is Mrs. Zaheer in room 400• Science is Mrs. Abraham in room 206• Math is Mrs. Buchanan/TBD in room 405

6-6 Family:• Language Arts is Mr. Laymon in room 406• World Cultures is Mrs. Washington/Burchette in room 403• Science is Mrs. Marshall-Balthis in room 207• Math is Mrs. Bowler in room 608

Look for the RED signs by

the doors.

Look for the YELLOW

signs by the doors.

Need More Help?Book-Goldberg, Donna, and Jennifer Zwiebel. The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.

Website-http://lifeorganizers.com/cm_articles/104_middle_school_organization_373.html

School-Contact our 6th Grade Counselor for more tips, and review the TM, because it has tons of resources inside it.