Get It Together

Instructor: Michael Carpenter, Head Librarian & MS Classics

This course is a requirement for all incoming 6th graders at The Colorado Springs School. The transition from 5th grade to 6th grade can be a confusing and frustrating experience. This course is designed to teach students how to handle all the academic challenges that often accompany the middle school years. We will cover organization, from packing a backpack to cleaning a locker; we will discuss not only how to set goals, but how to keep them within sight and accomplish them; we will even cover easy-to-understand ways of taking notes and studying them, preparing for tests and taking them, and also strategies for writing good papers. These simple yet extremely effective organizational habits and study skills will help students achieve higher personal, academic, and extra-curricular success not only now, but also throughout the rest of their lives. This class will meet on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the study hall period for the first term of the fall semester.

The Five Steps of Homework

1. Write it down/put it in your binder
2. Take it home
3. Do it!
4. Bring it back to school
5. Turn it in



 

Week of October 10, 2011
(Final Week of GIT!)
 

Week of October 3, 2011
 

Week of September 26, 2011
 

Week of September 19, 2011

Week of September 12, 2011
 

Week of September 5, 2011

Week of August 29, 2011

Week of August 22, 2011