Posted by Chip on November 4, 2011
Elevens are powerful advocates, strong believers, and budding lawyers. They are passionate about their ideas and their opinions, their allegiances and their sense of justice. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, click “Post a Comment” or the word “Comments” below [...]
Categories: Children's Positive Attributes, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: children's positive attributes, children's strengths, developmental changes, eleven-year-olds, sixth grade, Thinking Developmentally | 
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Posted by Chip on October 24, 2011
I recently started a series of posts talking about the normal developmental characteristics of children as discussed in my book Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4–14. In this post I’ll describe some of the characteristics of younger, on-age, and older sixth grade students. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own [...]
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Tags: 11-year-olds, children's positive attributes, developmental teaching, eleven-year-olds, Parent Questions & Concerns, sixth grade, sixth graders, social-emotional development, Thinking Developmentally | 7 Comments »
Posted by Chip on June 16, 2010
Grandson Isaiah’s tenth year was filled with collections of boyhood in the year in which children are typically drawn to collecting and classifying. His album of baseball cards expanded as did his knowledge of amazing facts from nature and the Guinness Book of World Records (undoubtedly in the top ten of favorite fifth grade books). [...]
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Tags: birthdays, eleven-year-olds, Sandra Cisneros, ten-year-olds, Woman Hollering Creek | 2 Comments »
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