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ELEM 3275Dr. Brian Housand

East Carolina University

Balanced StanleyFlat StanleyOnline ResourcesA Balanced CurriculumYour Assignment

Here is the book that started all of the fuss. First published in 1964.

It is the story of a young boy who is “flattened” by a bulletin board, but it otherwise unharmed.

Being “flat” allows him to be able to do new things. Such as being able to be sent places in the mail.

In 1995, Dale Hubert, a third grade teacher in Ontario, had the idea to create a Flat Stanley to teach letter writing to his students. Since that time, thousands and thousands of Stanleys have been sent around the world.

http://www.flatstanley.com/

Wikipedia on Flat Stanley

Flat Stanley Goes High Tech

Flat Stanley Goes “Virtually” to the Moon

Edutopia on Flat Stanley

Flat Stanley Online

By now, you have spent a great deal of time exploring the NCSCOS, and perhaps you have begun to wonder how a teacher manages to squeeze in all of the curriculum requirements in the 180 days of the school year.

What Is A Balanced Curriculum?

What is a Balanced Curriculum?

• Includes Entire Standard Course of Study (SCS)

• Educates the Whole Child (BEP)

• Includes a Challenging and Common Curriculum (CCSSO)

• Is Based on Best Knowledge of How Children Develop and Learn (NASBE)

What is a Balanced Curriculum?

•Prepares Students for Success in School and in Life (NCLB/NCDPI)

•Is Inclusive of All Subjects versus Only Those Subjects Tested (NCLRC)

•Promotes Brain Growth and Development through an Enriched Environment (Diamond & Hopson)

What is a Balanced Curriculum?

•Creates Active Participants Rather Than Passive Observers (Diamond &

Hopson)

•Allows Students to Use the Whole Brain (Zull)

GatheringGatheringInformationInformation

CreatingCreatingNew IdeasNew Ideas

Analyzing or Analyzing or Making Making

MeaningMeaning

ActingActingOn Those On Those

IdeasIdeas

What a Balanced Curriculum is NOT:

• An Individual Effort• Planning and Teaching in Isolation• Teaching to the Test• Teaching ONLY English Language

Arts and Mathematics• “One Size Fits All”

What a Balanced Curriculum is NOT:

• Teaching without Assessing Student Needs

• Teaching 15- Minute Classes to Hundreds of Students

• Teaching the Text• Teaching the Teacher’s Favorite or Most

Comfortable Topic(s)

What a Balanced Curriculum is NOT:

• Teaching Some Disciplines Sporadically (seasons or holidays)

• “Fake” Integration • A Program • Only for Some Children

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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

Why Teach a Balanced Curriculum?

• Standard Course of Study (As Required by NCGA/SBE)

• Fundamentally Complete Program of Education (BEP)

• Workforce Readiness

• Superior and Competitive Education – Beyond “Sound and Basic” (Governor’s Education First Task Force)

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Why Teach a Balanced Curriculum?

• Life Skills (CCSSO)

• Connections (Jensen)

• Multiple Intelligences (Gardner)

• Meets the Needs of All Children

From the standpoint of the child, the great waste in the school comes from his inability to utilize the experiences he gets outside the school in any complete and free way within the school itself; while on the other hand, he is unable to apply in daily life what he is learning in school. That is the isolation of the school - its isolation from life.

John Dewey, 1899

For the first time in history, our jobs as educators is to prepare our students for a future that we can not clearly describe.

The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read or write,

but those who cannot LEARN, UNLEARN AND

RELEARN.(Toffler, 1970)

Is it CUTE,

Or Does ItCOUNT?

Due June 16, 2009Your Assignment

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yUse Flat Stanley as a theme to Use Flat Stanley as a theme to create a Balanced Curriculum for a create a Balanced Curriculum for a grade level that you choose. grade level that you choose.

You will need to “create” 8 activities You will need to “create” 8 activities that incorporate Flat Stanley in that incorporate Flat Stanley in some way. Be sure that Stanley is some way. Be sure that Stanley is an integral part of your activity. an integral part of your activity.

These 8 activities should cover at These 8 activities should cover at least 5 content areas.least 5 content areas.

You must address at least 10 You must address at least 10 objectives from the NCSCOS.objectives from the NCSCOS.

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yPart of the “fun” of this activity is Part of the “fun” of this activity is creating your own Flat Stanley. creating your own Flat Stanley.

You can create a Stanley, some You can create a Stanley, some other character, or a “flat” version other character, or a “flat” version of yourself. The point is to be of yourself. The point is to be creative. creative.

You will need to include at least 3 You will need to include at least 3 photos of your “flat” creation in photos of your “flat” creation in action. You don’t have to mail it. You action. You don’t have to mail it. You could show your Flat Stanley in could show your Flat Stanley in action around the house. action around the house.

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yYou should create a Power Point for You should create a Power Point for your activities. your activities.

Be sure to make it visually Be sure to make it visually appealing and show some creativity appealing and show some creativity in your presentation. in your presentation.

Check your spelling and grammar! Check your spelling and grammar!

Save file in this format: Save file in this format:

Your Name – Flat Stanley.pptYour Name – Flat Stanley.ppt

I have included some examples from students last semester. Be sure to read my comments in the notes section.

Some Examples

Due to lack of healthy eating and regular exercise, Flat Stanley’s Grandmother experienced a heart attack. Flat Stanley now realizes the importance of exercise, and he wants to start an exercise program! For breakfast, he ate doughnuts and drank Coca-Cola. Instead of warming up or cooling down, Stanley just jumped right into running three miles. The rest of the day he felt very sick. Why? What did he do wrong?

Students will identify healthy foods and how to properly warm-up and cool-down. In groups of two or three, studentswill make scenarios of a proper work-out and what is found in a good diet. Studentswill also bring in a nutrition label from oneof their favorite snack foods, and will discusswhy it is good and/or bad for them to consume.

Stanley sliding at the park! (Click to play video)

or watch it here on YouTube!

Activity 1Locating Iceland

Social StudiesObjective 5.05: Interpret maps, charts, and pictures of locations

English Language ArtsObjective 2.08: Interpret information from diagrams, charts, and maps

-Students will mail Flat Stanley to Iceland! They will locate Iceland and its capital city of Reykjavik.

-Students will be asked to notice the map key and be able to identify various landscapes and points of interest on the map.

Using sunscreen so he want get sunburn in the Keys…..

Activity 3: Flat Stanley collects data in communities around the globe

Flat Stanley loves learning about the diversity in communities all over the world. His favorite hobby is to collect data in various communities and organize it on the computer in a spreadsheet. Let’s learn how he does that!

•In this activity the teacher will take a guided census of the students in the classroom (acting as the community). On the board they would make various categories such as: How many people in your family? How many pets? What area code do you live in? What year were you born? Have the students come up to the board and write in their answers in the correct column. Discuss with the students how this information is important in their economy.

•FLAT STANLEY HELPED ME GET READY FOR MY LACROSSE TEAM VS DUKE!

On the airplane…While on the airplane to

California, Stanley was looking out the window and saw a zoo of birds. He started to count them and got up to 99!!

Math Objective 1.01 Develop number sense for whole numbers through 99.

Make sure the students know their numbers up to 99. Be sure to students know how the number looks and how to write it.

SCIENCE OBJECTIVE 4.05- OBSERVE AND DESCRIBE HOW MUSCLES CAUSE THE BODY TO MOVE.

ACTIVITY 5-Miss Saver did a lot of hopping in New York (because she doesn’t have legs). When you hop, walk or run, what bones do you use? How do the muscles help the bones? Create a story board by coloring in the bones and muscles you use when you walk, run or hop.

THE END!THE END!

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