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BE Experiential Learning Opportunities
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Experiential Learning OpportunitiesBadger Elementary
All life experiences serve as a point of reference for:
Engaging conversations
Making reading connections
Writing descriptively
Having a command of a rich academic
vocabulary
Badger Elementary works to provide outside- the- classroom
experiences by providing Experential Learning
Opportunities (ELOs) for its students
Experiential Learning Opportunities (ELO’s) provide…
Hands-on life experiences in which students can participate
Contact with community members, local businesses, government and municipal organizations
Visits to local venues (post office, grocery store, outreach center, Veterans memorial)
Everyday objects for observation and experimentation (ant farm, pumpkin, cow bone, pigs)
Before and after each ELO, students complete the ELO Reflection form
Experiential Learning Opportunities (ELO’s) Experiential Learning Opportunity
Place / Event _______________________________________________
Name_________________________ Grade ______ Date ____________
5-Minute Quick PRE-Write:
Write as much as you know about ________________________________________.
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Post-ELO Reflection:
How did you like it?
List 5 new words you learned and include some information about each word.1.____________________________________________________________2.____________________________________________________________3.____________________________________________________________4.____________________________________________________________5.____________________________________________________________
Use 1 of your new words in a sentence.__________________________________________________________________Draw and color a picture of what you saw.
Write about what you learned.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Questions I still have:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What students say about ELOs
A the end of each academic year all students are surveyed. The following questions pertaining to ELOs were asked.
17. The ELO’s were an important part of my
learning experience this year.**********************************************************************************************
281 answered this question
yes 75.4%
no 6 %
maybe 18.6%
-- 32 skipped this question
Check the ELO’s that were the most meaningful
to you.------------------------------------------------------------
287 answered this question / 26 skipped the question
Pigs 23.3%
Wal-Mart 23.7%
Blanchard Springs 24.4%
Post Office and Christian Outreach Center 22%
Art Mobile 27.2%
Veteran’s Memorial 21.6%
High School Drama 46.3%
Snake Man 73.2%
Petting Zoo 59.6%
Other: family farm/ rock star day/ Australian Day/ high school band/ GT Hot Springs Museum/ Ron Cole/ track and field/ homecoming pep rally/ Lion, Witch & Wardrobe/ Old Washington GT/ auditorium plays/ AR Children’s Theater/ people reading to us/ guest speakers
19. My favorite events during the school
year have been…--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
284 answered this question / 29 skipped
Ron Cole Concert 57.4% Red Ribbon Week 62.3% Talent
Show 64.4% Badger Store 61.6% Destination Australia
62.3% Plays and Musicals 56.0% KC Club 9.2% Student
Advisory 9.9% Track & Field Day 83.1% FUN Days 83.8%
Snake Man 64.1% Petting Zoo 60.2% Career 62.7%
Benchmark Celebration 73.9%
Other: family farms/ GT/ GT and field trips/ Blanchard Springs/ movies/ book fair/ pizza parties/ concert/ last day of school celebration/ Christmas concert/ Benchmark/ Destination America/ holiday parties
ELOs – First Semester 2012
Ricky Pittman –Author Visit
Blanchard Springs Caverns (fourth-grade)
Senator Eddie Jo Williams
Author Visit: Dave Sargeant Jr.
Mobile Dairy
Charlotte’s Web Farm Animals
Veteran’s Day Assembly
Deer (Drop Everything Everybody Read) Day
“You're the same today as you'll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read.”
- Charlie "Tremendous" Jones