1 FUTURE VOLUNTEERS!

2 you need to know about what a volunteer does and why it is important! You will get to go on a journey and explore how to become a volunteer! This web quest will tell you what you need to know about what a volunteer does and why it is important! You will get to go on a journey and explore how to become a volunteer!

3 Table Of Contents Introduction Let’s Start Our Journey Before We Become an expert Table Of Contents Vocabulary Words Vocabulary Duties Who Am I? What You Can Do! Some More Ideas Volunteer Work Recycling What I Recycle Chart Greater Or Less Than? Class Activity Answer In The Classroom… Experts! Question Sharing What We Learn! Mission Accomplished! Teacher Page: Overview Teacher Page Continued… Georgia Performance Standards Standards Continued Next Slide

4 Let’s start our journey! First things first-let’s think about what being a volunteer means. What do you think a volunteer does? Does being a volunteer help make you a positive American citizen? Talk about this with your partner and then begin the journey to find the answers!

5 Before We Become An Expert Now that you have an idea of what a volunteer is, lets learn some important vocabulary words…. VolunteerCommunity GivingRecycle HelperRespect

6 Vocabulary Words Volunteer- to offer to help someone because you care Giving- to offer to another Helper- a person that gives assistance to another Community- a group of people who help and support each other Recycle- when items can be used again Respect- to show that you are being thoughtful Now lets practice writing these six new vocabulary words in our journals!

7 Volunteer Duties Now let’s think-what does a volunteer do? We now know that a community volunteer is someone who helps in your community to make things better. Use the clues on the next page and try and guess the volunteers in your community! Come on, let’s go!

8 Who Am I? I deliver the mail to your house. Who am I? I help you find books. Who am I? I help people feel better. Who am I? I help put out fires. Who am I? I help protect your community. Who am I? I help you learn in school. Who am I? After thinking about the answers, click here!!click here!! Next Slide

9 What You Can Do! 1.Clean up after you make a mess. 2.Help your family. 3.Help your friends-share and care! 4.Help your teacher and your school. 5.Be a volunteer! 6.You are now a positive American citizen!! Click here for some more ideas!!Click here Next Slide

10 Some more ideas… Help set the table Clean your room Pick Up Trash Recycle Help a friend Share Next Slide

11 Volunteer Work One activity we can all do as a class project is recycle. Let’s say it together: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Have any of you ever recycled before? To learn more, watch this video!video Here is a game about recycling. Click here!Click here!

12 Recycling Things we recycle: Aluminum cans Plastic bottles Cardboard Glass Newspapers Next Slide

13 What I recycle These are all the things Ms. Orenstein tries to recycle every week: Aluminum Cans 3 Plastic Bottles7 Cardboard2 Glass0 Newspapers3 Next Slide

14 Chart

15 Greater or Less Than? Using the column chart and pie chart, answer these questions: Does Ms. Orenstein recycle more plastic bottles than aluminum cans? Does Ms. Orenstein recycle more glass than newspaper? What does Ms. Orenstein recycle the most of? What does Ms. Orenstein recycle the least of? Column ChartPie Chart

16 Class Activity Each one of us should try and recycle a few items every day! 3 items on Monday 5 items on Tuesday 1 item on Wednesday ? items on Thursday ? items on Friday We each recycle 3 items on Monday, 5 items on Tuesday, and 1 item on Wednesday. If we need to recycle the same amount on Thursday and Friday, then how much do we recycle in order to reach fifteen recycled objects by Friday? Think with your partner…. Write ideas in your math journal. Then click here for the answer! click here

17 Answer! ITEMS EVERY WEEK! THAT WOULD BE GREAT!!!! Next Slide

18 In The Classroom… There will be a bulletin board in the classroom to remind all of us to recycle each week! We will empty it out at the end of each week and see just how much we collected as a class!

19 Experts! Congratulations! You have now learned about volunteers and one thing you can do in your community; Recycle! Now I want you to sit with a partner and think of five other things you can do to volunteer in your family, school, and community! Be sure to write them down in your journals!

20 Question Does being a volunteer help make you a positive American citizen? YES!!! Next Slide

21 Sharing What We Learn! Using what we learned, lets create a poster explaining why it is important to be a volunteer in your community! Be sure to make the sign colorful!! Use the vocabulary words! Be ready to share it with the other first graders!

22 Mission Accomplished! EXCELLENT WORK FIRST GRADE!! You are now prepared to become future volunteers!!!

23 Remember…. REDUCE, REUSE RECYCLE!!! Help in your community and be a volunteer!!

24 GOODBYE AND THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!! Go to the next page for your evaluation!

25 Evaluation Now that you have become an expert on how to be a positive American citizen, share your knowledge with your group members. As a group create a public service announcement about how to be an active American with a positive influence. Get ready to share this announcement with your kindergarten buddies! Show them that YOU are a positive American citizen.