Step 3: Investigate the Problems Problem: Affordable, Healthy
Food/Produce Visits to Whitman and Hanson Food Pantries to learn
about local need
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Step 3: Investigate the Problems Problem: Affordable, Healthy
Food/Produce Investigating the problem KWL/Explore the problem
Holly Hill Farm (Cohasset) Stonehill College Farm Grocery
Shopping
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Step 4: Research the Solutions Consider potential solutions
Comparing solutions
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Step 5: Decide on a Project Decision making matrix Discussion
and voting
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Step 6: Plan the Project Project Description Dear Mr.
Szymaniak, We are with the program of Growing for Good. It has come
to our attention that our local Whitman and Hanson food pantries
are lacking many necessities. We would like to hold a food drive
the 2 nd week of September to collect food to donate to the food
pantries for people in need. We would like to run the food drive
the 2 nd week in September in honor of September 11 th. We feel
that by doing this, we are helping our community through service
and showing respect to those who lost their lives on September 11
th, 2001. If you let us do this fundraiser, it will be running from
September 9 th to September 13 th. We plan to have a competition
between each seminar, to see which seminar will collect the most
pounds of food. At the end of each seminar we will collect donated
food and weigh it. The seminar that donates the most pounds of food
will win an ice cream social. This would be great if you let us do
this because we want to help people in need but we cant do it
without your approval. Please contact Ms. Levesque with any
questions you may have. Thank you, Growing 4 Good Student planning
sheet
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Step 7: Implement the Plan Prepare and serve lunch at Main
Spring Homeless Shelter for 180 people
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Step 7: Implement the Plan Food Drive that falls on the week of
September 11 th, to honor the National Day of Service Preceded by
PSA Announcements on Daily Live Newscast; visits to student
seminars to educate on the problem and need
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Step 8: Evaluate Mainspring House Student Reflections Food
Drive Student Participation KIDS Checklist for a Successful
Service- Learning Project Assessing Your Service-Learning
Practice
Cloud: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Learning the
water cycle and making displays to help comprehend the material
Using the garden with lecture to enrich the students understanding
of photosynthesis and cellular respiration Discussing how genetics
works for modifying the food and covered transcription, translation
and protein synthesis Watching Supersize Me and discussing
nutrition and really seeing how unhealthy diet affects ones health
followed by writing a 3 paragraph persuasive essay Explained
organic and non organic food
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Cloud: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Prepared for
ELA MCAS in the following ways: Wrote expository essays Wrote
persuasive essays Reviewed the writing process including
brainstorming, outlining, proofreading, and creating final drafts
Vocabulary review Reviewed how to organize writing Reviewed test
taking skills Reviewed the MCAS grading rubric for writing Took
practice MCAS reading comprehension test from previous years
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Cloud: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Mean, Median,
Mode, and Range Definitions review for mean, median, mode, and
range Organics variety offered at competing local markets to find
mean, median, mode, and range Lipinskis farm examples to determine
missing values and means for crops per year Class participation
problems on charts (game) Followed up on concepts while grocery
shopping for serving lunch at the homeless shelter
Cloud: Reflection Mary Vallancourt I thought we would have less
contact, and would not be able to save or impact actual people at
Main Spring. I was surprised that so many people looked normal like
people you would see at the grocery store or mall. It was
impressive to think we only served one lunch in Brockton; think of
everywhere else and how many people are impacted by hunger.
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Cloud: Reflection Amanda Spaulding. There were more people than
I thought would be at the homeless shelter in need of lunch. I was
nervous at first and thought a lot of the stereotypes we know would
be obvious, but people there knew each other, seemed less
embarrassed, and definitely said thank you a lot to us. I wish we
learned more about this at a younger age, like 4 th grade, so we
could grow up with it and make it a common part of our lives. I
hope we have a volunteer or service club when we start school in
the fall. Im glad we have a garden at school, too. Every bit
helps!
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Cloud: Reflection Breanna LaGambina When we made lunch, it was
sad making the food knowing it was going to people who are hungry
and dont have enough, but I was happy to know we were making lunch
and helping to make a difference. When we packed the vans for
lunch, I thought there were so many sandwiches, but when we arrived
at the shelter, I didnt think it would be enough after seeing
everyone there. At the food pantry, even though there is so much
food, you dont see the connection to the people the same way you do
when you serve them a meal. I have a greater appreciation for the
food pantry now that I served a meal at the homeless shelter.
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Cloud: Reflection Marquis Williams-Breese At the end of serving
lunch, it was great to hear everyone cheering, W-H, W-H. The
program has definitely impacted my habits. For example, we talked
about how were more aware of wasting food, and only taking as much
food at lunch as were going to eat so we dont throw away the extra,
but can save it for another person or use.
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Cloud: Public Relations Press coverage of summer project
Growing for Good Look Book- given to administrators, will be
presented at school committee in the fall
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Cloud: Celebration Ice Cream Party Wiffle Ball Tournament/
Outside Time Blue Hills Field Trip
