Meeting
1 Plan
OVERVIEW:
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In
this initial meeting the student will meet his/her Grandbuddy.
This meeting will take place on school premises. Planned
activities consist of a classroom and school tour, conducting
an interview, "When You Were My Age" with
prepared questions, a photo session, and exchange of
e-mail addresses for between meeting correspondence.
Appropriate
for Grade Level: K-3 (May be adapted for older students.)
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MATERIALS:
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PRE-MEETING
PREPARATION:
- Prior
to the arrival of the older adult partners, review the Checklist
of Activities with students. Instruct students to make a
check mark next to each item on the list when they have
completed the task.
- Read
the questions on the Interview Sheet out loud to the class
and review the process for taking notes to record their
partner's answers.
- Remind
students that they should speak clearly when conducting
the interviews and use good listening skills when their
Grandbuddy is speaking.
- As
a group, brainstorm some ideas for introducing yourself
to your older adult partner. Do you have pets? What do you
like to do for fun? How many people are in your family?
What is your favorite subject in school? What are some of
your favorite toys?
- Provide
each student with a name-tag printed clearly with his/her
name.
- Provide
each student with a clipboard containing the Meeting
1 Checklist and "When You Were My Age"
Interview Sheet along with a pencil for note-taking.
ACTIVITY
1 - Meeting the Grandbuddies:
- The
teacher will meet each older adult partner at the door to
the classroom, providing each with a name tag printed clearly
with his/her name and make the introduction between the
student and Grandbuddy.
- Students
will lead the Grandbuddies to a pre-determined location
in the classroom and converse with their partners (using
some of the ideas for introducing themselves previously
brainstormed) while waiting for further instructions from
the teacher.
- When
the entire group has gathered the teacher will give a brief
talk about the planned activities before suggesting that
the partners begin touring the classroom and school.
ACTIVITY
2 - Touring the Classroom:
- Students
will show their Grandbuddies items of interest in the classroom.
These may include: the student's desk or table, classroom
computers, class pets, etc.
ACTIVITY
3 - Touring the School:
- Students
will conduct a tour of the school premises. Places they
may want to show their Grandbuddies are: Gym, Cafeteria,
Library, Playground, etc.
ACTIVITY
4- Interview Grandbuddy:
- Students
and Grandbuddies return to the student's desk or table and
complete the questions on the "When You Were My
Age" Interview Sheet.
ACTIVITY
5- Photo Session:
- Teachers
take a photograph of each Grandbuddy pair using either a
digital or film camera. These photos will be used in the
Memory Book to be presented at the end of the project.
ACTIVITY
6- Exchange E-Mail Addresses:
- Teachers
will pass out previously prepared slips of paper with both
partner's e-mail addresses printed clearly on them to the
participants and speak briefly about possible electronic
correspondence between meetings.
ACTIVITY
5- Thank You and Good-bye:
- Teachers
will make any announcements to the group regarding future
activities and take any questions participants may have
before departing. Students thank their Grandbuddies for
visiting.
Follow-Up:
- Teacher
will initiate whole group sharing of experiences with the
Grandbuddies.
- Student
will begin work on the book about his/her Grandbuddy using
the Story Starter: "When my Grandbuddy was my
age. . ." referring to the notes from
the "When You Were My Age" Interview Sheet
and illustrate the story.
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