Learning to Give, Philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement
generationOn
Purpose:
Duration:
Four Forty-Five Minute Class Periods
Objectives:
The learner will:
- determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in written texts by using context clues and vocabulary aids.
- recognize the benefits of positive reinforcement with children and in their daily lives.
- define community capital and describe how it is enhanced.
Service Experience:
Learners will help elementary children read a story, aiding them in developing strategies for finding meaning for unknown vocabulary.
Materials:
• Three to five books per student at children's reading level
• Dictionaries
• Helping Children Read Rubric ( Attachment One )
• Planning/Reflective Rubric ( Attachment Two )
• Reflection Journal
Instructional Procedure(s):
Anticipatory Set:
Put the following on the chalkboard:
$@@% *@^+-+$.
Say, “It's been a long time since you first learned to read so I have a short sentence in symbol form that I want you to try to decipher to help you remember what not knowing words feels like.” (Answer: Good morning.)
- Day One: Using the symbol sentence, encourage the learners to interpret it. Be very encouraging. Have the learners notice that some of the symbols are repeated. Even if they can't read the sentence, encourage them to make inferences about how the symbols could form words. After a few moments, use harsher and harsher responses to get the learners to decipher the sentence.
- Discuss how the teacher can help or hurt beginning readers through impatience, frustration, tone of voice, word choice.
- Brainstorm how to help their children read a story and then develop a Helping Children Read Rubric ( Attachment One ). Suggestions include:
- Use books at children's level and allow them to select books they like.
- Help the child decipher the meaning of unknown words from context, when possible.
- Let the child hold the book while he/she reads.
- Tell the child a word if he/she doesn't know it.
- Keep a list of words the child has trouble with.
- Watch to see if the child is getting tired or frustrated.
- Play a game with words the child missed, such as Concentration, Word Bingo, Tic-tac-toe, if there is time.
- Use a dictionary to find the meaning of missed vocabulary.
- Day Two: Review the “Helping Children Read Rubric .” Divide the learners into groups of three to practice reading/praise techniques while helping others read a story.
- Make up a short game to practice vocabulary words with which children had trouble.
- Day Three: Travel to the elementary school and form teams of a middle school learner with his/her two children.
- Help each child read an appropriate story, remembering to incorporate strategies from Days One and Two. Discuss ways of finding words children did not know (use of context).
- Play word games with “missed” vocabulary if time permits.
- Day Four: Form a reflective sharing circle. Share feelings and problems with yesterday's activities. Make future plans based on reflection.
- Review the motives for giving that the learners identified in Lesson One: Reading to Elementary Children . Ask the learners to identify the motives they had for working with the children in this lesson. How have they changed from the first time they worked with their team of learners?
- Put the term community capital on the board. Define it as “the trust among members of the community that enables them to work together to get things done.” Ask the learners if they feel there is a feeling of trust between them and their learner teams at the elementary school. How important is it for the teams to have community capital in order for the children to trust the middle school advisors to help them learn? What actions help and what actions hurt the building of community capital?
- Have each learner complete the following in his/her reflection journal:
- A. ______ While helping my children read a story yesterday I learned...
- B. ______ What I liked best was…
- C. ______ What I liked least was…
- D. ______ The way I would improve it is…
Assessment:
The journal entry, Helping Children Read Rubric ( Attachment One ) and Advisory Planning/Reflective Rubric ( Attachment Two ) will assess learning.
School/Home Connection:
None for this lesson.
Cross-Curriculum Extensions:
Brainstorm ways these same procedures for using contextual clues can help learners read and understand material.
Bibliographical References:
Lesson Developed By:
Suzanne LappinVanDyke Public Schools
Lincoln Middle School
Warren, MI 48089
Handouts:
Handout 1Print Handout 1
Helping Children Read Rubric
Name______________________________________
|
Criteria |
Yes |
No |
|
Brought three to five books, which were previously previewed, at the children’s level for them to select. |
|
|
|
Found words your children might not know but which could be figured out from context. |
|
|
|
Let the child hold the book while he/she read. |
|
|
|
Told the child a word if he/she didn’t know it. |
|
|
|
Kept a list of words with which the child had trouble. |
|
|
|
Watched to see if the child was getting tired or frustrated. |
|
|
|
Played a game with words children missed, such as Concentration, Word Bingo, Tic-tac-toe, if there was time. |
|
|
|
Used a dictionary to find the meaning of missed vocabulary in relation to context of story. |
|
|
Handout 2Print Handout 2
Planning/Reflective Rubric
Name______________________________________
|
Planning: |
Yes |
No |
|
Participated in brainstorming to develop philanthropy project to meet needs of elementary children |
|
|
|
Identified materials which might help. |
|
|
|
Read through children’s books and identified vocabulary which might be difficult. |
|
|
|
Reflection: |
|
|
|
Participated in sharing circle - shared feelings and problems. |
|
|
|
Contributed to brainstorming on what could have made the activity better. |
|
|
|
Showed knowledge of meaning of philanthropy. |
|
|
|
Completed journal entry for one of the following: A. While helping my children read a story yesterday I learned... B. What I liked best was…C. What I liked least was… D. The way I would improve it is… |
|
|
Unit Contents:
Overview:Helping Children Learn Summary
Lessons:
- 1.
- Reading to Elementary Children
- 2.
- Helping Children Read
- 3.
- Reading Pattern Books
- 4.
- Writing Pattern Books
All rights reserved. Permission is granted to freely use this information for nonprofit (noncommercial), educational purposes only. Copyright must be acknowledged on all copies.
