Mondays 6:30-9:00 pm
North Seattle Community College, IB 1409
Candice Hoyt, Instructor
Course online: http://northseattle.angellearning.com/
Wetland Projects Phase 3
Projects
Who cares & why?
Documentation
Project sharing and mutual
helping time
Goals for children
Essential Literature
Puppet work
 Directory:
http://facweb.northseattle.edu/choyt/CCE285/Documents/Cou
rse-Readings/
 PROJECTS
 “Thinking Big” notes by me - Word / PDF
 Organization and Presentation of Documentation: Opening the
Window – PDF – WILL BRING ON WEDNESDAY
 Audiences for Documentation and Assessment:
“Who Cares?” brainstorm from 5/2004 - Word / PDF
 VALUES & COMMUNITY
 Community Values list from 5/20/04 - Word / PDF
 Good Books for Large [and Small] Group Time - PDF – WILL
BRING ON WEDNESDAY
Community Values list from 5/20/04 - Word / PDF
Audiences for Documentation and Assessment:
“Who Cares?” brainstorm from 5/2004 - Word / PDF
“Thinking Big” notes by me - Word / PDF
I (teacher) care:
Communication tool
Children care:
Parents care:
Government/high-ups:
Friends & extended
family:
Director:
Visitors:
Facilitators (of the
work):
We (CCE 285) care:
 What you have done in your
projects?
 Legos (Emily): Lego store, building
structures – Star Wars ships &
photos, the Legos attacked my pond
 Butterflies (Marianne & Katie): web,
they know a lot, observing the
chrysalis – webbing followed into
frogs
 Vegetable garden (Stephanie):
planted beans & they measured
them but they died when I put them
outside
 Gardening (Angelica): plants
growing outside, seeds for snack,
going to pea patch & farm
 Bugs (Eric): lots of materials –
maybe dramatic play?
 S. Lake Union (Pam & Renee): initial
documentation for investigating
 Recycling (Michelle): 2 crafting
projects with recycled materials –
visit to the transfer station
 Buildings & Structures (Celeste): in
downtown – corner window views
in 2 classrooms; toddlers &
preschoolers already building
things that they see outside & they
already walk around downtown
 Nature trails (Teresa): Twin Falls
(flatish), webbing about what they
already know, want to know environmentally safe? – already
been, so “this time what do you
want to learn?”
Group of 3
Mixed
Different than before
10 minutes each
Questions in general?
 INDIVIDUAL
 Using the inside voice
 Being “nice”/respectful to
each other (while respecting
yourself)
 Sharing: (1) give something away,
(2) use together, (3) take turns
 Conflict resolution
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Talking about it
Finding solution – coming up with it
Accept the solution
Compromise
 Sensitive/respectful tone of voice
and words
 Recognizing when someone is
distressed
 Cooperation disposition
 COMMUNITY
 Cooperation
 Inclusion
 Communication
 Recognizing strengths and
challenges – certain children
are “experts” for other
children to use
 Understanding differences in
ability to participate
 Non-judgmental
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Empathy
Good-bye
Frustration
Sharing
Anger
Loss
Patience
Anxiety
Grief
Perfectionism
Fear
Aggression
Revenge – vengefulness
Pain – physical pain
Being bullied
Tattling
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Speech – being understood
Loneliness
Deprivation
Separation
Tiredness
Sickness
Inferiority
Shame / embarrassment
Sadness – depression
“down”
Jealousy
Time – understanding time
Excitement
Exclusion
“Difference”
Acceptance
Classroom Values
List created 5/20/04
Possibilities (individual)
Cooperative play
Community relationships
Courteous actions
Our list
Emotions
Our list of commonly
felt emotions or
situations children
have trouble with?
Books for Essential
Literature assignment
– due next week
We will explore examples of these kinds of books in class.
a) Conveying Commonly Felt Emotions Book = 4 pts
b) Embodying Democratic Community Values Book = 6 pts:
Represents through story at least one of these value
clusters which are antithetical to competition, conquest,
triumph of the individual, or deception.
 Bring to class on due date:
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1 book that conveys commonly felt emotions
3 books that embody democratic/community values
 Post online on due date:
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A3 drop box: List of your 4 books in Word document; identify
emotion or democratic value
A3 discussion forum: List of books in text (not Word)
Extra credit: replies in A3 discussion forum = 0.1 each up to 3 pts
a) Conveying Commonly Felt Emotions Book = 4 pts
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Direct emotional experience (1 pts)
ii. Experience shared by most children (1 pts)
iii. Child’s perspective (1 pts)
iv. No moralizing (1 pts)
b) Embodying Democratic Community Values Book = 6 pts
 Cooperation
 Courtesy
 Negotiation
 Inclusion
 Altruism
 Aesthetics
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b)
Conveying Commonly Felt Emotions Book = 4 pts
Embodying Democratic Community Values Book = 6 pts
Represents through story at least one of these value clusters which are
antithetical to competition, conquest, triumph of the individual, or
deception.
 Cooperation — characters aid or support each other in pursuit
of a common purpose
 Courtesy — voluntary, generous consideration of others which is
of a helpful nature
 Negotiation — problems are solved by characters coming to
terms through discussion
 Inclusion — acceptance of each person as a valued member of
the whole
 Altruism — selfless concern for the welfare of others
 Aesthetics — love of beauty
In class:
b) Embodying Democratic Community Values Book
 You & partner choose 4 books neither of you have
seen from those assembled in class
 Identify key element and aspects of the book that
qualify it for one of the categories
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Cooperation
Courtesy
Negotiation
Inclusion
Altruism
Aesthetics
 Absent: describe your books’ relevance in post (-20%)
 A Day’s Work
 Day laborers – grandfather no English, kid tries
to translate & help – grandfather does it wrong
but works out in the end – grandfather angry
with kid for lying, missed their day off, guy says
he can help gf learn
 Moral: no lying, being responsible
 Courtesy – they fixed their mistake
 Negotiation –
 Inclusion – hirer, willingness to include after
knowing no skills
 Altruism of hirer & says “I’ll hire you….” & go
out of his way
 Cooperation…
 Frederick
 Little mouse gathering things for winter that
seem unhelpful in terms of food, “traditional”
basic necessities – beautiful things; they run
out of food, but Frederick feeds them beauty
 Community – inclusion even though he’s doing
something different – but not “less”
 Aesthetics
 Acceptance – not blaming
 Cooperation
 One Morning in Maine
 Longest children’s book ever
 Sal helping sister – cooperation
 Dad helping her find things to wish on bc she
lost her tooth
 Negotiation: Coming to solutions through
discussion
 Emotion – upset then finding solution
 Yesterday, 5/9: Interval Paper A7b(5) – drop box
 Tonight, 5/10:
 (A4) Bring puppet to work on (due 5/24) – no post
 (A6) Bring project documentation to work on – no post
NEXT WEEK
 Sunday 5/16: A7b(6) Interval Paper
 Monday 5/17:
 Read tonight’s handouts
 A3. Essential Literature – due in class & post
 (A 4) Bring puppet to work on (due 5/24)
 (A 6) Bring project documentation to work on
 REMINDER – A2. Manuscript Printing due 6/14 (5 weeks)