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Using the latest technology, high schoolers
launch cross-school tutoring, connect with Learning Buddies from local
elementary schools, and learn by teaching. With children as their
audience, older students interact in a REAL environment and raise
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Details
Language Arts, Technology
Partnerships between High School and Elementary School students
Grades K-12 |
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Highlights
Students prepare to step into teacher
shoes
by learning to: |
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Work with young children. |
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Read-aloud selected
children’s literature. |
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Make oral and written
presentations. |
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Prepare curriculum
and plan lessons. Technology insures successful communication with
school-to-school visits, email, and teleconferencing. Participants
welcome Learning Festivals where high schoolers plan activities and
younger students see what high school is really like. Performance
is assessed with "Did I?" sheets, "Take Home" learning packets, portfolios,
videos, pictures, and essay reflections. |
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Teacher Profile
Mary Ellen, a BPS Lead Teacher,
has taught elementary and high school classes for thirty years. As
School to Career Coordinator at West Roxbury High School, she leads
a TeachBoston career pathway course. Community Service Learning advocate,
Mary Ellen has received a Golden Apple and Harvard Book Award for
teachers.
bowerme@aol.com
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Books and Materials
Read Aloud Handbook
by James Trelease, Students as Teachers by Mollie Gregory;
appropriate children’s literature, display boards, art supplies |
Technology Tools
Computers, digital camera, scanner,
TV/VCR, projection panel, HyperStudio, PowerPoint, Internet |
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