Making a Difference Ms. Ramos’ 3 rd Grade Class Students Who Care

This Week… You will be bringing an idea of a community service project to our school. You want to prove to the school that your community service project is an important project and that you will need to implement the project at our school.

The Plan In groups of two, you will create a multi-step action plan for implementing a community service project here at school. You need 5 steps. You will implement your community service plan. You will be evaluated by your classmates and the teacher, based on your findings and effectiveness. You will report your project to the class and possibly other teachers.

Day 1 You and your partner will go to the computer lab and search for a community service organization that attracts you. Go to ◦ Search for the following keywords:  Volunteer  Community Service  Non-Profit Organizations

Day 1 Continued… After you have found your organization write down the name of the organization on a sheet of paper and bring it to your teacher to make sure that the organization is not taken.

Day 2 Today you will collect the information about the organization you chose. Your search is not over. Go to www. Google.com and type your organization in the search box. Fill out the information in the form given. You must find at least 3 different websites but 6 different facts. WebsiteFactsOther Important Information

Day 3 You are getting closer! Today you be writing all the information that you found from yesterday in a journal. This is not your typical journal. The journal will be a rough draft for your poster. ◦ Draw a poster in your journal and plan out how you would want the poster to look like.

Day 3 Continued… The poster must have the following (This can also be known as your “To-Do List”) Organization Name ◦ Names of the people in your group ◦ Date ◦ The 6 (or more) facts and information that you found. ◦ 3 (or more) sources ◦ Pictures that are related to the organization ◦ Statement as to why we need to implement this organization at our school. (At least 1 paragraph)

Day 4 Today you will make your poster. Use the rough draft that you made yesterday as a guidance. The poster will be completed by you and your partner. Make sure that you have all the items. Remember your checklist?

Project Rubric Category4321 List of Sources Lists 3 or more relevant sources. Lists 3 or more sources that are somewhat relevant. Lists 3 sources or less that are somewhat relevant Lists less than three sources or none at all. Facts and Information Provides 6 different facts and information that are relevant to the organization Provides 6 different facts that are somewhat relevant to the organization. Needs a more clarification. Provides less than 6 facts/information that are somewhat relevant to the organization. Provides less than 6 different facts/information or none at all that are relevant to the organization. Implementation Implemented the reasons of bringing idea of getting the school involved into the organization effectively. Implemented the reasons of bringing ideas of getting the school involved into the organization well. Implemented the reasons of bringing ideas of getting the school involved with some effort. Was unable to implement the reasons for getting the school involved with the organization., Overall Project is easy to follow, had all the items from the checklist and very impressive. Project was is easy to follow, had most of the items from the checklist. Project was somewhat easy to follow, missing some items from the checklist. Project was not easy to follow, missing many or all items from the checklist.

Presentation and Team Work Rubric Category4321 Contributions Actively involved in the group. Shares ideas and shows leadership. Provides useful ideas. Shows hard work. Provides some useful ideas. Does work that is required. Rarely provides any ideas. Refuses to participate in the group. Problem- Solving Looks for solutions to the problem. Shares information with the class. Open to others ideas and goes with their ideas. Chooses to stay in the back. Does not give or take solutions but willing to try. Does not solve problems or solutions. Lets others do the work. Task Stays focused on the project and gives their best. Does the work when told. Others can rely on this person. Does the work when pushed and reminded consistently. Rarely stays focused. Lets others do the work. Effectiveness Team leader by making suggestions to make the project better. Works hard to make sure that the project follows the checklist. Makes some effort but only to an extent. Rarely works with the group to help the project to be more effective. Time- Management Does everything to make sure the project will be done in due time. Uses time well but may have procrastinated a few times. Procrastinates but gets the job done before the project is due. Procrastinated the whole time and causes the group to re-adjust their time management.

Day 5 You did it! Today you will present your poster to the class.