LESSONS: 6th grade ideas?

[Doris Renfro <sran_dr@ACCESS-K12.ORG>]

After teaching 6th graders on a 9 week rotation (everyday) for 4 years,
scuttlebut (sp?) has it that I will now be seeing them only 1 day a week
all year long.  Will not be confirmed until inservice, day before classes
begin in September.

This has nothing to do with this request, but. . .I understand that the
period I used to teach 6th grade rotation will now be replaced with. . .
either cafeteria duty OR noontime detention duty.  I am trying to grin and
bare it (deep breath!).

Lessons previously taught included:  OPAC  use, search strategies,
telephone books, world almanacs, specialized reference books, i.e.
Bartlett's, Biography Today, Current Biography, geographical dictionaries,
specialized almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.

Do I continue trying to teach these as best I can or should I change
strategy and concentrate on books and authors?  I will continue OPAC
lessons.

BTW, I will probably see these students in 7th grade on a 6 week rotation,
BUT if I were to try to do the 6th grade lessons with them, the Powerpoint
and HyperStudio lessons would have to go.

Your opinions and suggestions are welcomed.

Thanks

Doris Renfro
South Range Middle School
Greenford, OH

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