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Carolyn, this is an incredible story that I will be sharing with my students tomorrow! A food drive is a concept that students of all ages can understand and connect to, so it's a wonderful idea as an in-school service project. Congratulations to yo…
Congratulations on a job well done! I'd love to hear from other schools who did drives like this....wouldn't it be something to keep track of the collective "good" that was done through food drives inside of schools this year? It's always wonderful…
Can First Graders work to make a difference? I've seen it! In our school (50% free/reduced lunch population), my 20 first graders overwhelmed the Deck the Halls for the Hungry project at our school.
How did this happen? Just a few sentences a day a…
Hope you don't mind, I RT this youtube on Twitter... mentioning your page here. Good stuff! Carolyn
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First Graders Feeding the Hungry
Can First Graders work to make a difference? I've seen it! In our school (50% free/reduced lunch population), my 20 first graders overwhelmed the Deck the Halls for the Hungry project at our school.
How did this happen? Just a few sentences a day about caring for our friends. Almost every single student donated cans and boxes of nonperishable items for the local food pantry.
Amazing! Check out the blog post here for pictures!… Continue
How did this happen? Just a few sentences a day about caring for our friends. Almost every single student donated cans and boxes of nonperishable items for the local food pantry.
Amazing! Check out the blog post here for pictures!… Continue
Posted on December 16, 2009 at 8:25am — 2 Comments
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- At 9:40pm on February 26, 2009,
NinaD said…
- Hi Carolyn,
Your photostory has inspired me to make one on 'how we care' with my Preps-first year of school. I'll post it when its fininshed.
Cheers Nina Thanks for the inspiration!
- At 9:49pm on February 25, 2009,
Angela said…
- I'm hoping to get some posts or pages up in the next week or so around service learning that will include links and resources and ideas. Time keeps running away from me this week...argh.
- At 10:03pm on February 24, 2009,
NinaD said…
- Love the photostory and I'll show it at school. It's such a wonderful way for students to communicate their feelings. Can you thank your students. Cheers Nina
- At 9:06pm on February 24, 2009,
Angela said…
- Hi Carolyn and welcome! Thanks for sharing your photostory--so glad Jenny added here. I'm blown away by the ideas and examples people are sharing. It's wonderful. Glad to have you here!
- At 9:39pm on February 23, 2009,
Jenny Luca said…
- I hope you don't mind me embedding your Grade 1 students' photostory into this site. It is very special and deserves attention. Thank you.
- At 9:31pm on February 23, 2009,
Jenny Luca said…
- Wonderful to have you here with us Carolyn. Your photostory is very touching. Please thank the children for thinking of us and putting such a great effort into their response. Like Mike says, there are some special things happening here. Our community is forming and we are realising the power of sharing our experiences with service learning.
- At 10:43am on February 23, 2009,
Mike Poluk said…
- Welcome to the ning Carolyn! Glad to have you aboard. Have a look around; there are some very special things going on around here!
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The kids were excited that we received responses from all over, but even more impressive was the discussions we had ... discussions about people and community, how they would help their…
It's so inspiring to read this Nina. I know how hard you work at your craft and you can see the effect you have had with this wonderful effort from your student. It is amazing how much kids take in when we don't 'dumb down' the curriculum. They are…
I was wondering if that was the word being used there! That's such a tough word for kids of that age--what a great example of how our use of language helps them adopt it earlier than they might. I just had this conversation with a teacher last week.…
I have a whole class of wonderful young writers. One comment this child wrote was about being balanced. As a PYP candidate school balanced is one of our values. This child understood this concept. Balancing life & being a balanced person. Our learne…
Wow! I think I need to take some time to absorb how selfless this young child is. This is truly one of the most spectacular and inspirational pieces of writing that I have ever seen from a young student, especially a 6 year old! Thanks for sharing t…
Carolyn, this is an incredible story that I will be sharing with my students tomorrow! A food drive is a concept that students of all ages can understand and connect to, so it's a wonderful idea as an in-school service project. Congratulations to yo…
Congratulations on a job well done! I'd love to hear from other schools who did drives like this....wouldn't it be something to keep track of the collective "good" that was done through food drives inside of schools this year? It's always wonderful…
"I would like Santa to look after the people..." Wow. That pulls my heartstrings! Such an engaging assignment for them Nina, and it's also a beautiful way to assess their developing writing skills too.
Can First Graders work to make a difference? I've seen it! In our school (50% free/reduced lunch population), my 20 first graders overwhelmed the Deck the Halls for the Hungry project at our school.
How did this happen? Just a few sentences a day a…
This child wrote quietly for 40 minutes. It hasn't been edited yet and will be by the child. I was blown away by the content. I sure this child will grow up to make a difference! Cheers Nina
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