Adaptation of fifth graders: features, factors, pedagogical attention to success

The paper reveals the essence and features of adaptation of students during the transition to the fifth grade. The determination of the complexity of the course of adaptation is shown by the coincidence in time of external and internal crises associated with changes in the educational situation and the entry of fifth-graders into the younger adolescent age. The indicators of students' readiness to transfer to basic school and factors determining its effectiveness are presented. The role of purposeful activity in pedagogical attention to successful adaptation of fifth-graders is revealed. The main directions and content of the process of pedagogical attention to adaptation of students during the transition to the fifth grade are characterized. A complex of propaedeutic measures carried out in the fourth grade is listed. The work of the subjects of pedagogical attention to adaptation of students, carried out directly in the fifth grade, is characterized.