Serivce Learning Project- 2nd Grade
Learning to Care: Manna Food Center
MCPS Indicator
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Social and Emotional Skills/ Values
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Content/Classroom Activities |
Support Activities
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Service Learning
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5.2.1.1Demonstrate active listening strategies
5.2.2.3Gather and convey information from listening (asking questions, relating prior knowledge)
6.2.1.1Speak clearly enough to be heard and understood
6.2.1.2Recognize verbal and non-verbal techniques useful in communication |
- Empathic skills: sensing what others are feeling (Being a homeless child)
- Social Awareness: Learning about populations who are in need of our assistance in the world today
- Caring/Respect
- Self-Esteem Building
- Leadership Skills: Empowerment to lead a food drive |
The children will learn about aspects of the Manna Food Bank during TLC
-Slideshow and FAQ’s www.mannafood.org
-They will learn about age groups which need food (Children comprise half of the population served at Manna)
-Students will advertise the food drive by making posters and announcements (In the classroom-October) |
Counselor will discuss “What is a Helper?” and why it becomes meaningful to participate in service learning Students will set goals about earning canned food and monitor their progress. |
Students will hold a food drive to raise supplies for the food bank (Oct/Nov) Students will visit the Manna Food Center (December?) (Amy Gabala) to bring food and to see how food banks operate
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