Activities+to+Support+Student+Learning

__Directions:__ Find an old story, journal entry, poem, or any form of writing, that was written by your student but never edited and published into a final draft. Take this piece of writing and help your student with the editing and publishing process. Type up or neatly write a hand-written final draft. Help the student bring back this “Lost Story” and give it new life. __Purpose:__ To give the student practice with publishing their own written work. This will reinforce the unit’s literacy skill of publishing written work. __Timeline:__ Spend one session (30 minutes or more) finding and editing the written piece. Spend a second session (30 minutes or more) publishing the written piece in typed or hand-written form. __Bonus:__  Parents! Guardians! Siblings! Relatives! Tutors! Find a lost story of your own and lead the student by example. Publish your own lost story right along side them. :)
 * Activity #1: The Lost Story **

__Directions:__ Find a short non-fiction article about a subject that your student is interested in. Read the article with your student. When you’re finished, have your student write out any questions they still have about the subject from the article. Then, do some research using other articles, books, a dictionary, encyclopedia, or the internet, to find answers to their questions. __Purpose:__ To practice asking questions and looking for answers while reading. This is an important skill for your student to learn so that they can become an independent reader. __Timeline:__  30 minutes or more
 *  Activity #2: Questions! Answers! **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__Directions:__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Have a discussion with your student about your own personal knowledge on the subject of peace. You don’t have to be a peace activist or anything like that. Try to share any unique anecdotes you may have involving someone choosing peace during a time of conflict and explain why that was a good choice. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__Purpose:__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">To provide context for the units theme of choosing peace when faced with conflict. The more personal connections your student has with this topic, the better they will understand and be motivated to learn about it. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline;">__Timeline:__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 10 minutes or more
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Activity #3: Personal Stories of Peace **