grade 5 parent evening ibmyp the middle school years laraine reason
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Grade 5 Parent
Evening
IBMYPThe Middle
School Years
Laraine Reason
What are the Middle School Years?
Middle School Research – The Roller Coaster Years
• Biological-puberty• Cognitive – goal setting, taking control of
learning• Moral and Ethical – values “right and wrong”• Psychological and Social Changes- peer
relationships, sense of individuality
Biological
• Accelerated physical development – girls more physically developed
• Bone growth faster than muscle- awkward• Great variability in physiological development
13/14yr old – difference between peers• Sexual growth – before emotional & social
maturity• Fluctuations in basal metabolism – tired to
restless
Cognitive
• Metacognition• Move from concrete
stage to more abstract thought
• Consideration for ideas contrary to fact
• Intellectually at risk• Analysis of the power of
political ideals
• Ability to project ideas into future -anticipate
• Ego-centric and argumentative
• Exhibit independent critical thought
• Consider academic goals as secondary to personal and social concerns
Moral and Ethical Development
• Idealistic • Ask the big questions• Are reflective,
introspective, analytical about thoughts
• Seek to explore the moral and ethical issues exposed through media/ friends
Psychological Development - at no other point in human development are they most likely to encounter so much diversity – in relation
to self and others
• Erratic inconsistent behaviours –anxiety and fear
• Emotive- sensitive, easily offended
• Moody, restless, vulnerable
• Searching for identity –”who am I?”
Middle school- What Students Say:• “ I had to organize myself more, I was pretty
disorganized”• “you are treating me more like an adult”• “you have to be a bit more responsible, as you
have so many classes and teachers”• “It was pretty hard at first, and I kept on
forgetting things and losing things”
Middle School – What Students Say:
• “Cool. I got a real locker”• “the school work is harder”• “There are more classes and lots more
teachers”• “Lots of different teachers, that was hard”• “So many books and teachers”
Where To From Here? Elementary - MYP
• Shift in structure requires a shift in thinking• Students in MYP can see up to six teachers a
day• Subjects often operate in isolation• Students need to organise books, equipment
and compartmentalise time• Need to adopt some good organisation
practices
Goal Setting is a Priority – short and long term goals
• Students must write their goals and put them up on display at home – Short term (week) and Long term (monthly/ term)
Tips From Parents
• Middle school – work is harder, more teachers, more classes, more personalities = different expectations
• Pack school bag the night before• Check that child has everything they need for
that day• Timetable on the refrigerator• Folder for “home notes”
More Tips From Parents
• Be there when child needs a ride, or has a game
• Go to all meetings or parent info nights at school
• Check what is needed before leaving school –i.e.. Books, assignment questions
Time Management MatrixImportant Urgent Not Urgent
CrisisPressing problemDeadline- driven
Planning and preparation requiredLong-term projectRecreation- relaxation
Not Important Some phone callsEmailsPopular activities
Trivial tasksSome phone callsJunk mailBusy work
Intelligence – How Do We Learn?
• Research is showing Genes are constantly activated and deactivated by stimuli –The Genius in All of US David Shenk)
• Talent is not always gift bestowed – but a product of highly concentrated effort
• Deliberate practice – can actually produce changes in the brain patterns
Gardner’s 8 Multiple Intelligences
The basis of the three IB programmes
The broad nature of study, including more than one language
The flexibility of delivery of the curriculum –
It is a coherent broad-based international curriculum
A foundation of values that are known as the Learner Profile
Criteria based assessment
Continual assessment
Task objectives in rubric format
Varied tasks
Grade 10- The End game
Personal Project
Record of Achievement
IBMYP Certificate
The IB Learner Profile- the mortar for the
building blocks• The Learner Profile is the mission statement
translated into a set of values and tenets
• The Learner profile – creates what the IB views as values or principles that are immersed in all the IB programmes
The Learner Profile is about the whole person – emphasising, intellectual, personal, emotional and social growth
Learner Profiles• Inquirer
• Knowledgeable
• Risk-Taker
•Balance
• Open-Minded• Reflective
• Caring
• Communicator
• Principled
• Thinker
Approaches to Learning Skills
MYP
- Research Skills
-Communication Skills
-Social Skills
-Self-Management Skills
-Thinking Skills
Cognitive ProcessesThe Knowledge Dimensions
1.
Remember
2.
Understand
3.
Apply
4.
Analyze
5.
Evaluate
6.
Create
Factual
Conceptual
Procedural
Metacognitive
Bloom’s Knowledge Dimensions
Knowledge Dimensions Defined
• Factual Knowledge is knowledge that is basic to specific disciplines. This dimension refers to essential facts, terminology, details or elements students must know to understand a subject
• Conceptual Knowledge is knowledge of classifications, principles, generalizations, theories, models, or structures important to a discipline d
• Procedural Knowledge refers to information or knowledge that helps students to do something specific to a subject, It also refers to methods of inquiry, very specific skills, techniques, and particular methodologies.
Parents are the Key to Maximising Student Success
How Can Parents Help?
• Check Day Books (diaries) daily – use to communicate with school
• Set up study area• Establish a routine –
important• Timetable on
refrigerator • Check homework
Be Engaged in Your Child’s Learning
• Look at homework and discuss ways that activity can be addressed
• Respect your child’s choices
• Be a “sounding board” for your child
• Show an interest
Be A Role Model Not a Critic
• “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them” James Baldwin (author)