milestone+project

=February 2-5= Title: Milestone Project: Wise at Heart Objective(s): o  Students will read or listen to a book about peace & conflict, dignity & identity, and nature o  Students will create 2-3 sentences of wisdom on three different topics: peace & conflict, dignity & identity, and nature o  Students will submit their sentences to the Milestone Project Materials o  Peace & Conflict book o  Dignity & Identity book o  Nature book o  White board/chart paper o  Microsoft Publisher MONDAY Procedure > > > Why do you think people get angry at each other? __ -People get angry at each other because one person rubbed dirt on the other’s new white shoes. -People get angry at each other when someone eats all the cookies and puts the package back in the cupboard. __ What is peace? __ -Peace is when lots of kids can play a game together without fighting. -Peace is the feeling you have after eating a nice big bowl of Rocky Road ice cream. __ || TUESDAY Procedure  a.  What does your heart want to teach the world?  a.  What do you like most about yourself?  a.  When do you feel the best about yourself?  b.  What is your way to learn something new?
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) explain that this week they are going to share their knowledge/advice and enter a contest that is word wide!
 * 3)  tell the students that kids from all over the world are entering this contest
 * 4)  the goal is to write sentences that are like words of knowledge or advice for others
 * 5) explain that today they are going to talk about **peace & conflict**
 * 6) tell the students that they are going to read a book and then answer some questions
 * 7) read the book about **peace & conflict**
 * 1) explain that you are going to ask the students some questions and you want them to take 30 seconds to think of their answer and then raise their hand
 * 2) write the first question on the board or chart paper
 * 3) What is your greatest hope for the world?
 * 4) make sure you allow 30 seconds for the students to think before they raise their hands
 * 5) write down their responses on the white board/chart paper
 * 6) each student may have 1-2 opportunities to answer the question (they don’t need to share 5 answers)
 * 7) write the second question on a new piece of chart paper or a different section of the board
 * 8) Why do you think people get angry at each other?
 * 9) allow 30 seconds for the kids to think and then write their responses on the board
 * 10) follow the same steps for the next two questions
 * 11) What is peace?
 * 12) What causes suffering in the world?
 * 13)  make sure that the students can see both the questions and the answers as they will be copying them into a Microsoft Publisher document
 * 14) next, gather the students around 1-2 computers to model the next step
 * 15) explain that if their sentences are chosen, they will be published in a book
 * 16) model how to open Microsoft Publisher
 * 17) tell the students they are going to make their own little book of sentences to send into the contest
 * 18) show the students how to click on “Blank Publications” in the box labled “New From A Design” (it is the top box on the left)
 * 19) show the students how to click on “Side Fold Card”
 * 20) if the box asks if you want to automatically insert pages, click “yes”
 * 21) before you begin, point out the page numbers at the bottom that the kids can click on to move from page to page
 * 22) note that page 2 and 3 will always show up together because they are in the middle of the book
 * 23) explain that page 1 will be completed last, so they need to pay close attention to what page they are working on
 * 24) make sure page 2 is selected at the bottom before you begin writing
 * 25) tell the students that they are to pick two questions, each with 2 sentences of knowledge/advice and write them on page 1 of their little book
 * 26) to do this, show the students how to click “insert” at the top of the page and the choose “text box”
 * 27) model how to make the text box as big as the blue dotted outline
 * 28) since today’s topic is **peace & conflict**, that is the title at the top of the page
 * 29) type “Peace & Conflict” at the top in the text box (you will have to show most of the students how to make the & symbol by typing “shift-7”)
 * 30) under the title “Peace & Conflict,” you need to choose 2 of the 4 questions
 * 31) call on a student to choose question 1
 * 32) type that question
 * 33) then choose 2 students to pick the 2 sentences of knowledge/advice
 * 34) finally, choose another student to pick question 2
 * 35) call on 2 more students to choose sentences of knowledge/advice for that question
 * 36) show the students how to choose a font and size **__as long as it fits on the first page!__** You may also show them how to choose to bold, italicize, or underline
 * 37) model how to save the work to the desktop as “_ . milestone” for example “Michael.milestone” or “Danielle.milestone”
 * 38) write this on the board where students can refer to it
 * 39) have the students move to a computer and begin their task
 * 40) assist/monitor as the students work
 * 41) **it is you responsibility to save the students’ work to the flash drive after class so they can continue working on it tomorrow!!!!!!**
 * 42) see the example below
 * ** Peace & Conflict **
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) ask the students what they are working on this week
 * 3) remind them that they are making a little book with sentences of knowledge/advice and they are going to enter them in a world-wide contest!
 * 4) also explain that if their sentences are chosen, they will be published in a book
 * 5) ask the students if they remember what yesterday’s topic was (peace & conflict)
 * 6) explain that today’s topic is **dignity & identity**
 * 7) tell the students that they are going to read a book and then answer some questions
 * 8) read the book about **dignity & identity**
 * 9) explain that you are going to ask the students some questions and you want them to take 30 seconds to think of their answer and then raise their hand
 * 10) write the first question on the board or chart paper
 * 1) make sure you allow 30 seconds for the students to think before they raise their hands
 * 2) write down their responses on the white board/chart paper
 * 3) each student may have 1-2 opportunities to answer the question (they don’t need to share 5 answers)
 * 4) write the second question on a new piece of chart paper or a different section of the board
 * 1) allow 30 seconds for the kids to think and then write their responses on the board
 * 2) follow the same steps for the next two questions

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 * 1)  make sure that the students can see both the questions and the answers as they will be copying them onto page 3 of their little book
 * 2) next, gather the students around 1-2 computers to model how to create page 3 of their little book
 * 3) ask permission to use one of the student’s little books from yesterday
 * 4) open the Microsoft Publisher document
 * 5) before you begin, point out the page numbers at the bottom that the kids can click on to move from page to page
 * 6) remind them that they need to work on page 3 today
 * 7) make sure page 3 is selected at the bottom before you begin writing
 * 8) tell the students that they are to pick two questions, each with 2 sentences of knowledge/advice and write them on page 3 of their little book
 * 9) to do this, show the students how to click “insert” at the top of the page and the choose “text box”
 * 10) model how to make the text box as big as the blue dotted outline
 * 11) since today’s topic is **dignity & identity**, that is the title at the top of the page
 * 12) type “Dignity & Identity” at the top in the text box (you will have to show most of the students how to make the & symbol by typing “shift-7”)
 * 13) under the title “Dignity & Identity,” you need to choose 2 of the 4 questions
 * 14) call on a student to choose question 1
 * 15) type that question
 * 16) then choose 2 students to pick the 2 sentences of knowledge/advice
 * 17) finally, choose another student to pick question 2
 * 18) call on 2 more students to choose sentences of knowledge/advice for that question
 * 19) show the students how to choose a font and size **as long as it fits on the first page!__** You may also show them how to choose to bold, italicize, or underline
 * 20) remind the students to click the picture of the disk on the top left to save their work!!!!  J
 * 21) have students move to a computer
 * 22) go around and move their work from the flash drive to the desktop
 * 23) assist/monitor while students are working
 * 24) **it is you responsibility to save the students’ work to the flash drive after class so they can continue working on it tomorrow!!!!!!**
 * 1) follow the same procedure as Tuesday, but using the subject/title of **Nature** and the following questions
 * 2) Imagine that trees (or mountains, rivers, or oceans) could speak, what do you think they would teach us?
 * 3) What was or is your happiest moment in nature?
 * 4) What advice do you want to give about the environment to leaders around the world?
 * 5) If you could become any part of nature, what would you be?
 * 6) use page 4 of the Microsoft Publisher book
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) ask the students what they are working on this week
 * 3) remind them that they are making a little book with sentences of knowledge/advice and they are going to enter them in a world-wide contest!
 * 4) also explain that if their sentences are chose, they will be published in a book
 * 5) tell them that today they need to write their information on page 1 so they contest people will know who they are and where they are from
 * 6) on the white board or chart paper, write these things
 * 7) First name
 * 8) Age
 * 9) Country of residence of student
 * 10) Name of your organization
 * 11) Teacher contact information
 * 12) discuss what the kids would write for each one (ask individual kids what they would write for their first name and emphasize that they DO NOT write their last name)
 * 13) ask individual kids what they would write for their age, and remind them it is NOT their birthday, just their age
 * 14) the country is U.S.A.
 * 15) name of the organization is “The Bridge Project”
 * 16) teacher contact info is Margaret Briggs
 * 1) write the info for country, name of organization, and teacher contact info on the white board or chart paper
 * 2) model how to type this information onto page 1 of their little book
 * 3) ask permission to use a student’s little book
 * 4) model how to open their project and choose page 1 at the bottom
 * 5) type in your information as an example (make sure you do not save it onto the student’s project  J  )
 * 6) tell the students to save their work and then model how to print the little book
 * 7) show the students how to fold their little book so their info is on page 1 (the front outside) and the questions and sentences of knowledge/advice are on page 2&3 in the middle and page 4 on the back
 * 8) tell the students that their sentences of knowledge/advice will be turned into the contest and if theirs are chose, they will be published in a book!
 * 9) **please turn these in to your Site Director so they can give them to Margaret**