How to Have the Best Year in Sixth Grade
Do not miss open house/orientation., Grab a map of your school, and walk around the school., Visit your teachers., Don't worry if you are late to class., Use your locker., Get to know people and make some friends., Get ready., Style your hair., Have...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Do not miss open house/orientation.
You might think you are too cool to go to this while you are still in fifth grade, or having summer break, but this is your chance to learn about your school.
Some teachers will give presentations.
If your teachers do go to open house, listen to the presentations.
You might want to take notes, too; that sounds crazy, but it helps! -
Step 2: Grab a map of your school
You might want to walk with a friend if you can. , Visiting your teachers is a great way to see how well you will get along with them.
If your teachers are kind to you, that is great! If they are not kind, however, try to deal with them in the best way you can, and get your parents to talk to them (or your principal) if your problems with them are bad enough. , Teachers might give you some extra time on the first week or two (in some schools).
However, do your best to get to class on time; be quick enough when using your locker (unless the line is too long) and try to refrain from talking to anyone on your way to class.
Talking to others can slow you down. , Carrying all your stuff around is not comfortable, and might cause you to drop things.
Thus, it is better to place essentials in your locker, and these include your phone (if you have one), your notebook, and your folder (if you have one).
Don't whine if you don't get a top locker.
Remember they are just lockers.
If you get a top locker, then don't show off and brag, because no one really cares.
You can trade or share lockers, but you shouldn't.
If someone steals your stuff you'll lose friendship with whoever you traded with. , Making friends will make your year better, as you will have people to hang out with throughout the year.
Compare schedules with your friends once you get your schedules.
This is a good way to see if you have any classes together.
If you do, that's great! If you don't, however, don't worry
- you can always see each other during "free periods" (if your school has free periods), lunch/recess, after school or outside of school. , Before school starts, get a new look and transform yourself from a little child into a teenager. (You may not be a teen yet, but you've got to get prepared.) , Some girls curl it, straighten it, or braid it.
Do whatever you want, and even use headbands and clips if you like.
Boys should just keep it clean and style it as wished. , Hoodies are really a big girls trade.
A common practice is that boyfriends wear their girlfriends jackets and the same way around with the girlfriends.
Girls wear jeans, t-shirts, tank tops, cardigans, casual skirts, dresses, leggings, long sleeved tee-shirts etc. and can still look put together.
Boys normally wear jeans and cartoon/logo shirts. , Go against gender roles,or not, it's up to you. (wearing shoes meant for another gender, for example) Remember that you have PE, and you should put athletic shoes in your locker, at the very least. , If you do this, you will show up and everyone will laugh at you.
At first no one really dances, but then when that favorite song comes on they all go crazy and it's the perfect time for couples to get together. , Try to be friends with as many people as you can.
That way everyone will know you. , (Or not, it's up to you.
If you don't feel attracted, don't do it.) Most people start dating in middle school, so if you do, be careful not to date guys/girls you don't like.
They may take you as a player (if you do this) and you will even get your heart broken a couple times.
Also, you probably will cry and get mad so be ready for that experience. , You have to get around, and the best way to do that is to socialize.
So sit at a different table every time you can switch! , You will start it (usually) in your first year in middle school so you'll have a time of acne, odors and periods (for most girls).
Be prepared and wash your face everyday.
Also, use deodorant, take pads to school, and wear perfume (If you want, some perfumes are expensive, and/or somewhat stinky). , Just laugh it off! We all get embarrassed, but that's life.
So don't take it as a big deal if you rip one in a class, or you trip in front of someone or you even throw up in class. , This is what a lot of kids do when they're are bored and have nothing else to do.
So watch out for the people you hang out with.
And don't believe all that you hear. , Be your own group. , Bullies, rumors, cliques, embarrassment, odors and heartbreaks are the worst of it all, but you'll get through it and soon go on to the next year! -
Step 3: and walk around the school.
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Step 4: Visit your teachers.
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Step 5: Don't worry if you are late to class.
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Step 6: Use your locker.
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Step 7: Get to know people and make some friends.
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Step 8: Get ready.
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Step 9: Style your hair.
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Step 10: Have the right style of clothes.
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Step 11: Be in style with your footwear.
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Step 12: Don't wear anything like a dress or a suit at a dance unless it's a formal dance.
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Step 13: Be a funny
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Step 14: outgoing
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Step 15: nice person.
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Step 16: Go out.
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Step 17: Don't sit at the same table for the rest of the year.
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Step 18: Be ready to deal with puberty.
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Step 19: Accept embarrassment.
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Step 20: Deal with rumors by neither making them nor spreading them.
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Step 21: Form your own group As a surprise to you all who thought that in middle school groups like nerds or cool people didn't exist; well they do
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Step 22: but you don't have to stick with them.
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Step 23: Hang in there.
Detailed Guide
You might think you are too cool to go to this while you are still in fifth grade, or having summer break, but this is your chance to learn about your school.
Some teachers will give presentations.
If your teachers do go to open house, listen to the presentations.
You might want to take notes, too; that sounds crazy, but it helps!
You might want to walk with a friend if you can. , Visiting your teachers is a great way to see how well you will get along with them.
If your teachers are kind to you, that is great! If they are not kind, however, try to deal with them in the best way you can, and get your parents to talk to them (or your principal) if your problems with them are bad enough. , Teachers might give you some extra time on the first week or two (in some schools).
However, do your best to get to class on time; be quick enough when using your locker (unless the line is too long) and try to refrain from talking to anyone on your way to class.
Talking to others can slow you down. , Carrying all your stuff around is not comfortable, and might cause you to drop things.
Thus, it is better to place essentials in your locker, and these include your phone (if you have one), your notebook, and your folder (if you have one).
Don't whine if you don't get a top locker.
Remember they are just lockers.
If you get a top locker, then don't show off and brag, because no one really cares.
You can trade or share lockers, but you shouldn't.
If someone steals your stuff you'll lose friendship with whoever you traded with. , Making friends will make your year better, as you will have people to hang out with throughout the year.
Compare schedules with your friends once you get your schedules.
This is a good way to see if you have any classes together.
If you do, that's great! If you don't, however, don't worry
- you can always see each other during "free periods" (if your school has free periods), lunch/recess, after school or outside of school. , Before school starts, get a new look and transform yourself from a little child into a teenager. (You may not be a teen yet, but you've got to get prepared.) , Some girls curl it, straighten it, or braid it.
Do whatever you want, and even use headbands and clips if you like.
Boys should just keep it clean and style it as wished. , Hoodies are really a big girls trade.
A common practice is that boyfriends wear their girlfriends jackets and the same way around with the girlfriends.
Girls wear jeans, t-shirts, tank tops, cardigans, casual skirts, dresses, leggings, long sleeved tee-shirts etc. and can still look put together.
Boys normally wear jeans and cartoon/logo shirts. , Go against gender roles,or not, it's up to you. (wearing shoes meant for another gender, for example) Remember that you have PE, and you should put athletic shoes in your locker, at the very least. , If you do this, you will show up and everyone will laugh at you.
At first no one really dances, but then when that favorite song comes on they all go crazy and it's the perfect time for couples to get together. , Try to be friends with as many people as you can.
That way everyone will know you. , (Or not, it's up to you.
If you don't feel attracted, don't do it.) Most people start dating in middle school, so if you do, be careful not to date guys/girls you don't like.
They may take you as a player (if you do this) and you will even get your heart broken a couple times.
Also, you probably will cry and get mad so be ready for that experience. , You have to get around, and the best way to do that is to socialize.
So sit at a different table every time you can switch! , You will start it (usually) in your first year in middle school so you'll have a time of acne, odors and periods (for most girls).
Be prepared and wash your face everyday.
Also, use deodorant, take pads to school, and wear perfume (If you want, some perfumes are expensive, and/or somewhat stinky). , Just laugh it off! We all get embarrassed, but that's life.
So don't take it as a big deal if you rip one in a class, or you trip in front of someone or you even throw up in class. , This is what a lot of kids do when they're are bored and have nothing else to do.
So watch out for the people you hang out with.
And don't believe all that you hear. , Be your own group. , Bullies, rumors, cliques, embarrassment, odors and heartbreaks are the worst of it all, but you'll get through it and soon go on to the next year!
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Richard Robinson
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