2011+field+trip

__Pre-field trip__

tell family stories: use hand signals, add to web (continue this as we move forward) illustrate these in order to help tell it to the class outside visitor to talk about Chinatown? StoryCorps stories BBK (1/31) chopsticks (Mon. 2/7) how to act / intro to field trip (Mon. 2/7)

__Field trip 2011__

Walk around with Mark / Lisette

Tell stories about library / housing

Kids look for the 6 categories and make hand signals for them.


 * Back at school, do a docent walk:**

Learning Targets:
 * I can explain how residents of Chinatown make their neighborhood feel like home.
 * I can tell the story of someone who lost or almost lost their home.

1. Do a quick collection of things we saw. Kids popcorn out (or call on the next person) and teachers jot on post-its with markers. Then the post its get stuck on posters that go with each of the 6 areas. (art / music, activism, food, language, play/nature, learning) 2. Make 6 groups of 3-4. Each group starts with one poster for one topic (art/music, etc.) 3. Model how to think in your group about what to put on the poster. What comes to mind when you think of art in Chinatown? Do you want to draw it or write something? Model how to negotiate with your group who is doing what. Model writing and drawing LARGE (but not too large.) 4. Each group gets some time with their poster (10 minutes? 15?)

Make 3 new groups, with one person from each poster in each groups.

5. Then the posters get rotated and the group looks at someone else's poster. They can add to it -- labels to the drawings, or new drawings, or words, or sentences. 6. Rotate posters until they are all done, then look and admire your work!

Materials:


 * 5 posters
 * drawing paper in case it gets too crowded or there are conflicts -- things can be stuck on later
 * pencils
 * pens
 * colored pencils
 * crayons
 * markers?

Share/Debrief:

Tell a partner the most interesting thing you learned or remember about one area. Tell a partner one thing you are proud of in your work with the team or on the field trip (character).

__Post field trip__

pick one thing to paint / build etc. paint, draw, write, big blocks, small blocks, recycle center stuff, dramatic play take photos, print them put on magnet boards to manipulate write a tiny bit about it

__**LATER**__ The 20 most important things to have in a neighborhood (chosen from all the places we went) so that it feels like home. These are the things we think make a place home, things people need in their neighborhood. This is what the Bears / Bees want in our home.

Have writing be shorter than last year: § explain – which neighborhoods you saw it in, what it is for § describe – what it looks like § why it’s important § your personal connection