The Bridge Forward: Transition to Middle School Classroom Guide
Equip Students with Skills—and Confidence—for Middle School
Classroom teachers are on the front lines of helping students navigate the uncertainties of transition. The Middle School Classroom Guide empowers educators to ease anxiety and build readiness through thoughtful, skill-based lessons.
Designed for upper elementary classrooms, this guide helps teachers introduce key middle school skills—like organization, time management, and self-advocacy—and gives students meaningful opportunities to practice them. It’s a proactive, supportive way to help students feel prepared and confident for the journey ahead.
Classroom teachers can play a pivotal role in helping students reduce their anxiety by using classroom lessons to help students think through situations they might face. Elementary school educators can use the Transition to Middle School Classroom Guide to teach students key transitional skills and create opportunities for them to practice in preparation for middle school.
- Item #: 709-BKS-CRSM
- Key transitional skills resources, including an overview, lesson topics, and a checklist
- Twenty-three Responsive Advisory Meeting plans
- A customizable student letter
- Directions for eleven developmentally appropriate activities
Classroom teachers can play a pivotal role in helping students reduce their anxiety by using classroom lessons to help students think through situations they might face. Elementary school educators can use the Transition to Middle School Classroom Guide to teach students key transitional skills and create opportunities for them to practice in preparation for middle school.
- Item #: 709-BKS-CRSM
- Key transitional skills resources, including an overview, lesson topics, and a checklist
- Twenty-three Responsive Advisory Meeting plans
- A customizable student letter
- Directions for eleven developmentally appropriate activities