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2006 Northern San Joaquin
Valley (Stanislaus and Merced Counties)
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Elmer Wood Theater Arts Program
Through a theater production students will learn proper stage terminology, how to give staging instructions in “theatre speak,” how to properly apply simple stage makeup to give different illusions, and how to do a character study. They will take a character, in an age appropriate script, and build an entire fictional world around and about the character. By working as a team, the students will have a new sense of pride and confidence in themselves and each other, and will have been a part of something positive and fun.
Kathleen Woodman
Elmer Wood Elementary School |
The Music’s All Around Us
This program will provide students with a greater understanding of music as a way of enriching their lives and providing them with skills necessary for academic success. After listening and discussing different genres of music, the students will write in a music appreciation journal and will simultaneously be learning about different instruments, how they are played, and their history. Parents will be invited to listen to the students perform as well.
Sergio de Alba
R.M. Miano Elementary School |
Making Money Meaningful
In an effort to make the the elements of the money unit more meaningful, collaborative groups of third-grade students will be given a grocery item not already marketed to children and the task to create an advertising campaign around that item within the confines of a limited budget. The campaign will include a persuasive letter written to a grocery store buyer, a promotional poster or flyer, and a television commercial. The project will conclude with a commercial premier party in which all of the campaign items will be displayed. Students will be introduced to real world employees, such as the local grocery store buyer, and local marketing and advertising executives.
Kristina Wing
Carroll Fowler Elementary School |
Falcon Culture Club
Culture Club is a concept developed by Franklin students who felt that if they understood more about each other’s cultures they would be able to solve their own conflicts and promote peaceful and culturally respectful classroom and playground environments. This program will help students discover their beliefs and assumptions, which control the way they perceive and interact with others who are different. Students will meet on a weekly basis and participate in exercises including self-esteem and team-building exercises, cultural diversity training, celebrating cultural events, and a photo/voice project highlighting the diversity of cultures at the school.
Claudia Epperson
Franklin Elementary School |
Business Savvy
This project will allow students to operate a student store. They will select merchandise, set prices, select hours of operation, and act as cashiers for the store. Students will close the store at the end of each day by adding the money in the till and updating the inventory daily. Graphing skills will be incorporated by charting each item’s sales price and the best and worst selling items. Students will decide what to do with their profits.
Jennifer Hopkins
Josephine Chrysler Elementary School |
Making Money Count
During the reading program, Open Court, students learn a variety of things related to money, such as the value of earning money, sacrificing for others, how the banking industry works, and the historical progress of when and where money began. Students will participate in the business world by developing a business plan, creating advertisements, developing a list of items to be sold, and creating partnerships with fellow classmates. The students will take two field trips to different stores, compare prices, and investigate advertising strategies.
Ruth Ramsey
La Rosa School |
Flower and Vegetable Garden
This service-learning project will include designing, planting, and maintaining a flower and vegetable garden. An elementary school curriculum will also be designed, implemented, and administered. Students and teachers will be trained in the curriculum so they can serve as guides for other classes and community groups. The project will be initiated, developed, and supervised by the students, faculty, and staff of Orville Wright Elementary School, in association with the Modesto Garden Club, the City of Modesto, and the Steering Committee.
Lisa Pfaff
Orville Wright Elementary School |
Leap Into Literacy
Based on conclusive research that English learners need to make active connections with abstract learning in order to connect meaning and build their understanding of the letter and sound relationship, the Leap Into Literacy phonics and reading fluency program will help students with highly interactive and engaging learning techniques. Students move tiles, repeat the letters and sounds, and visualize the letters, and thus engaging all parts of the brain.
Tina MacDonald
Salida Elementary School |
Communication Magic with Assistive Technology
With the funds from this grant, the Severely Handicapped program in the Turlock Unified School District will develop a lending library of assistive technology equipment to provide qualified Speech-Language Pathologists with the tools needed to conduct needs assessments for our students with severely handicapping conditions. The lending library will provide students with the ability to borrow the equipment for short periods of time and improve their delayed speech and language skills at home.
Wendy Blakemore
Crowell Elementary School |
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