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Fourth Grade
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Subject Area |
Curriculum Objective |
Suggested Service Learning Project |
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Science |
Earth Systems/Ecology |
Students find an area, research its pollution problems and then clean-up |
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Science |
Living Systems: animal classification |
Students help an animal rescue agency |
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Science |
Living Systems: body systems |
Students visit and develop a project for a children's hospital |
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Social Studies |
South, Mexico |
Students develop a relationship with and then help a sister school in Neuvo Vallerta or a border town school |
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Social Studies |
Missouri information and history |
Students develop a relationship with an older Missourian, learn about their Missouri history and then write a history account for them |
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Social Studies |
Three branches of government |
Students write letters to congressmen about issues they feel strongly about |
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Math |
Fractions, measurement |
Students bake cookies for the firemen at a Kirkwood or Glendale Fire Station |
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Communication Arts |
Writing skills |
Students become pen pals with the elderly in a nursing home |
| Communication Arts | Letter writing skills |
Students research an issue they feel strongly about. They then write a letter to the President expressing their concerns. |
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Reading |
Understand the levels of books (choosing appropriate text) |
Students collect books for a children's home or area emergency room (involves finding out what age children are there and what appropriate levels of text should be put there) |