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Kindergarten
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Subject Area |
Curriculum Objective |
Suggested Service Learning Project |
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Math |
Counting and Number Sense |
Students plan a school-wide canned food drive. They count cans and group by type. |
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Math |
Data Analysis (Students collect, organize and display data) |
Students collect money for a cause and chart the progress of money collected. |
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Science |
Living Systems (Living things need a habitat.) |
Students complete a clean-up of a park to preserve living things' habitats. |
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Science |
Living Systems (recycle and reuse) |
Students plan a recycling program for their school (or make posters to encourage recycling). |
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Science |
Living Systems (recycle and reuse) |
Students create new products by reusing old ones. They can then sell these to other students or parents and donate the money to a cause of their choosing. |
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Social Studies |
Culture - needs of individuals are met by friends |
Students create New Student Survival Kits for students in their school |
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Social Studies |
Civics (problem solving, respect for rights) |
Students develop a plan for solving classroom problems. They then share these methods with other classes. |
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Social Studies |
Geography - maps |
Students create a simple map of the school for new students or visitors |
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Social Studies |
Culture (resolving conflicts) |
Students become peer mediators for others in their grade level. |
| Social Studies | History (present as different from the past) | Students interview an elderly person from a nursing home. They then draw a picture for that person. |
| Communication Arts | Comprehends nonfiction text | Students learn about a cause (rainforest, endangered animals, environment, etc.) through reading nonfiction text. They then raise money for the cause or create awareness posters. |
| Writing | Uses the writing process | Students create a piece of writing to give to a nursing home resident. |