Physical Development
The characteristic of the physical development of young adolescents that leads to students being uncomfortable sitting for long periods of time.
What is skeletal and suscular changes
The two stages of Piaget’s stages of development are young adolescents between.
What is concrete and formal operational.
Young adolescents often choose values that parallel the values of these people.
What is parents/family?
A key component of advising that helps students have a resource within their teachers.
What is building relationships?
An independent and collaborative activity in which a teacher presents a question, students are to think independently about it, talk about their answer with a partner, and then share with the class.
What is Think-Pair-Share?
Young adolescents have an increased amount of hormones. This affects the middle school classroom environment.
What is awkward peer interactions, bad personal hygiene, etc.?
The part of the young adolescent brain is experiencing the most significant changes.
3 types of identities young adolescents are exploring.
What is social, sexual, gender, ethnic, cultural, familiar, socioeconomic, and spiritual?
This should be avoided in an advisement period.
What is simply having a study hall?
This is a strategy that allows students to reflect on their class and for teachers to get feedback. It would be used at the end of each class before students leave.
What is an exit ticket?
Every day in your 4th period class students are unable to focus. They are continuously off task. This developmental characteristic is causing this.
What is they are hungry/have a large appetite?
Students are given an assignment and then asked to pull out their student planners and write it down. This helps young adolescents due to difficulty with this skill.
What is organization?
A project is assigned to students at the end of a unit. Students are allowed to pick between two options. This gives students an opportunity to have this thing that considers their emotional development.
What is autonomy?
Advisement is a time to support young adolescents in these two types of development (hint think broad).
What is academic and personal?
This is a collaborative activities in which students move around in "teams" to sticky notes around the room. They respond to the prompt along with other students' responses.
What is a carousel activity?
You assign an assignment that students have to present in front of the class. You can see fear on a girl’s face as you explain the assignment requirements. This student feel scared of presenting in front of the class due to what developmental reason.
When teaching new material, you give students an example that connects to their own world. Doing this shows an understanding of the need of this.
What is concrete examples?
Students are asked to brainstorm on ideas for an upcoming project. They have to work together before pitching their idea to the class. This incorporated concept is very important to social and emotional development.
What is peer collaboration?
An advisement period is spent walking through notetaking strategies. This is a beneficial use of time due to the focus on this kind of development.
What is cognitive development?
This is a collaborative activity in which students are given a scenario. One student is to act it out while the other is to respond as he or she would in real life.
What is role playing?
An activity that is developmentally appropriate for young adolescents’ physical development.
Answers will vary.
An activity that is developmentally appropriate for young adolescents’ cognitive development.
An activity that is developmentally appropriate for young adolescents’ social and emotional development.
Varied answers
An activity that can be used in advisement.
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This is an instructional activity in which an I do, we do, you do together, and you do alone structure is followed.
What is gradual release of responsibility?