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December: Consumerism and Career Education
Kindergarten: Students will conduct a school-wide recycling advocacy project.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.A.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of
objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.C.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is
greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by
using matching and counting strategies
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and
quantities, connect counting to cardinality
CCSS.Math.Content.K.OA.A.1 Represent addition and subtraction with objects,
fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal
explanations, expressions, or equations
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Students will examine the amount of recyclable items in the classroom garbage
cans for one week (baseline data).
Students will spend one week creating paper recycling containers for each class.
Students will spend one week displaying advocacy materials throughout the
school and making announcements encouraging students and faculty to recycle
their paper products in the recycling containers provided by the service learners.
Students will monitor recycling containers for one week comparing the amount of
paper they found in the trash during the first week to the amount of paper in the
recycling containers the second week of their demonstration experiment.
**Possible Service Component/Learning Extenders:
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Present the findings to the Principals’ meeting/PTA/Board of Education.
Reflection Suggestions to Assess Knowledge & Skills:
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Why is it important to recycle? Who’s job is it? List people/jobs in the field.
What can you do in the community to encourage recycling?
How can you continue to encourage recycling in your school?
Invite other classes to submit comments about why they will keep recycling.
Demonstration of Knowledge/Closing Activity:
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Question a guest speaker from Abitibi/Paper Retriever about their job.
Draw a picture depicting the changes they found in the amount of trash vs.
recycling during their project.
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December: Consumerism and Career Education
First Grade: Students will learn about the winter season, practice graphing, and
practice letter writing skills.
CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word
problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart,
and comparing with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and
equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem
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Students will tally the numbers of boys and girls in the class
Students will make picture graphs of boys and girls
Students will tally responses to questions about winter/December holidays.
Students will graph pictures of things associated with winter/December holidays.
Students can tally how many letters were sent to Santa.
**Possible Service Component/Learning Extenders:
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Students will contribute letters to Santa through Macy’s “Believe” campaign who
will then donate $1 for every letter received to the Make a Wish Foundation.
http://social.macys.com/believe/?cm_mmc=VanityUrl-_-believe-_-n-_-n#/home
Reflection Suggestions to Assess Knowledge & Skills:
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Why is it important to make donations to people who are in need?
How can money help people in need?
Sometimes, you don’t need to donate money to help someone. What are other
ways you can help someone?
Draw a picture or write about your favorite secret giving experience or a future
idea for something you can do in your community.
Demonstration of Knowledge/Closing Activity:
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Invite a speaker from Macy’s and/or Make-a-Wish Foundation to speak to the
classes and present them with the graph displaying how many letters to Santa
they have written and donated.
Ask the adults to share their favorite secret giving experience.
Create questions and ask the guest presenters to explain how they learned the
skills and knowledge needed to do their job.
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December: Consumerism and Career Education and Health Education
Second Grade: Students will different measurements for mass and volume, and will
learn how to read a product label.
CCSS.Math.Content.2.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve oneand two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting
together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using
drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the
problem.
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Students will learn about real world problems related to mass.
Students will compare masses in grams by looking at the ingredients on empty 2
liter bottles of beverages, practicing measuring in liters.
Students will get to know volume by comparing 2 liter bottles to other types of
beverage packages.
**Possible Service Component/Learning Extenders:
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Students will decorate and turn 2 liter bottles into banks for children at the
Welcome House.
Reflection Suggestions to Assess Knowledge & Skills:
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Why is it important to save money?
What are some ways to save money?
List chores children are able to do to earn money. Place/draw a star by each one
you have completed in the last week. Place a check next to additional tasks that
you are able to do if someone asked for your help. Share with your family.
Brainstorm questions we have about Welcome House and what it is like to be a
guest/employee.
List questions about the education and skills needed to work in the social
services profession.
Demonstration of Knowledge/Closing Activity:
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Invite a speaker from the Welcome House to accept the banks and discuss what
the Welcome House does for moms and children.
Ask the guest speaker about their profession and how they prepared for this type
of work.
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December: Health Education
Third Grade: Students will practice measuring things using the metric system and then
practice division to calculate outcomes.
CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.A.3 Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word
problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g.,
by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent
the problem
CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.A.4 Determine the unknown whole number in a
multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers. For example, determine
the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 x ? = 48,
5 = ? ÷ 3, 6 x 6 = ?
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Students will practice measuring different objects using the metric system.
Students will practice two-step division problems by dividing the third grade into
equal teams and designing the bracket system for a tournament.
Students will hold an after-school indoor 4 square tournament (designing the
playing areas themselves via measuring, etc.)
**Possible Service Component/Learning Extenders:
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Students will use the admission to the tournament to buy balls (big and small) for
James E. Biggs Early Childhood Education Center (or another childcare center).
Reflection Suggestions to Assess Knowledge & Skills:
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Which method of measurement do you find most efficient?
How can we measure our level of activity? (eq. time, distance, heart rate, etc.)
Name 5 ways measurement is used in daily life. Compare your list with a friend’s
list. Make a class list with no duplications.
Demonstration of Knowledge/Closing Activity:
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Students display their Measurement in the World class list at the tournament.
Students explain that day what math concepts they used to plan the tournament.
Students can invite the children from the local early childhood center to the
tournament and then present the students with the balls after the tournament
along with the rules for four square.
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December: Consumerism and Health Education
Fourth Grade: Students will learn about fractions and decimals.
CCSSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.4c Solve word problems involving multiplication of a
fraction by a whole number, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to
represent the problem. For example, if each person at a party will eat 3/8 of a pound of
roast beef, and there will be 5 people at the party, how many pounds of roast beef will
be needed? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?
CCSS.Math.Content.4NF.C.6 Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10
or 100. For example, rewrite 0.62 as 62/100; describe a length as 0.62 meters; locate
0.62 on a number line diagram
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Students will bring in recipes containing several measurements dealing with
fractions.
Students may work in groups to plan a menu using their recipes.
Students will use rewrite the recipes to serve 12 people reflecting appropriate
healthy serving sizes.
Invite a local chef to discuss meal planning for his/her restaurant
**Possible Service Component/Learning Extenders:
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Conduct a canned food drive and donate supplies to the Free Store Food Bank.
Create a school family cookbook containing recipes from family submissions. Sell
the cookbooks for a profit and donate proceeds to a local agency.
Create posters with the student menus and single page flyers with menu/sample
recipes for 12 people.
Reflection Suggestion to Assess Knowledge & Skills:
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Have you ever prepared a meal for two or more people?
What surprised you about how much work it would take to prepare a meal for a
dinner party?
Was your meal cost efficient?
What could you do to make your meal cheaper?
Demonstration of Knowledge/Closing Activity:
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Ask a local small grocer to carry healthy ingredients for their recipes. Host a
table at the store and give away the healthy menu items.
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December: Consumerism
Fifth Grade: Students will study fractions and mixed numbers.
CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B.3 Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the
denominator (a/b = a ÷ b). Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers
leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual
fraction models or equations to represent the problem. For example, interpret ¾ as the
result of dividing 3 by 4, noting that ¾ multiplied by 4 equals 3, and that when 3 wholes
are shared equally among 4 people each person has a share of size ¾. If 9 people want
to share a 50-pound sack of rice equally by weight, how many pounds of rice should
each person get? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?
CCSS.Math.Content.5.NF.B.7c Solve real world problems involving division of unit
fractions by non-zero whole numbers and division of whole numbers by unit fractions,
e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. For
example, how much chocolate will each person get if 3 people share ½ lb. of chocolate
equally? How many 1/3-cup servings are in 2 cups of raisins?
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Students will bring in dog biscuit recipes or research in classroom or library time.
Students will interview a pet owner to discuss the cost of dog food and common
ingredients in healthy dog biscuits. (Homework)
Students will rewrite recipe to produce a larger number of biscuits.
Students will practice calculating measurements on paper & using ingredients.
Invite a guest speaker from Senior Services to class. Find out why seniors keep
pets that can be costly and identify the value of helping the Animals program.
**Possible Service Component/Learning Extenders:
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Make & donate dog biscuits to a Stray Animal Adoption Program/local animal
shelter or Senior Services of Northern Kentucky.
Sell dog biscuits to school families and donate proceeds to the ASPCA.
Reflection Suggestions to Assess Knowledge & Skills:
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Pair Share: Create 5 questions to ask the Senior Services speaker? Create a
class list.
Demonstration of Knowledge/Closing Activity:
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Write out recipe cards and deliver to pet shops/grocery stores to hand-out to
people who are buying dog treats. Give to senior services guest speaker.
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