Experiential Learning OpportunitiesBadger Elementary

All life experiences serve as a point of reference for:

Engaging conversations

Making reading connections

Writing descriptively

Having a command of a rich academic

vocabulary

Badger Elementary works to provide outside- the- classroom

experiences by providing Experential Learning

Opportunities (ELOs) for its students

Experiential Learning Opportunities (ELO’s) provide…

Hands-on life experiences in which students can participate

Contact with community members, local businesses, government and municipal organizations

Visits to local venues (post office, grocery store, outreach center, Veterans memorial)

Everyday objects for observation and experimentation (ant farm, pumpkin, cow bone, pigs)

Before and after each ELO, students complete the ELO Reflection form

Experiential Learning Opportunities (ELO’s) Experiential Learning Opportunity

Place / Event _______________________________________________

Name_________________________ Grade ______ Date ____________

5-Minute Quick PRE-Write:

Write as much as you know about ________________________________________.

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Post-ELO Reflection:

How did you like it?

List 5 new words you learned and include some information about each word.1.____________________________________________________________2.____________________________________________________________3.____________________________________________________________4.____________________________________________________________5.____________________________________________________________

Use 1 of your new words in a sentence.__________________________________________________________________Draw and color a picture of what you saw.

Write about what you learned.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Questions I still have:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What students say about ELOs

A the end of each academic year all students are surveyed. The following questions pertaining to ELOs were asked.

17. The ELO’s were an important part of my

learning experience this year.**********************************************************************************************

281 answered this question

yes 75.4%

no 6 %

maybe 18.6%

-- 32 skipped this question

Check the ELO’s that were the most meaningful

to you.------------------------------------------------------------

287 answered this question / 26 skipped the question

Pigs 23.3%

Wal-Mart 23.7%

Blanchard Springs 24.4%

Post Office and Christian Outreach Center 22%

Art Mobile 27.2%

Veteran’s Memorial 21.6%

High School Drama 46.3%

Snake Man 73.2%

Petting Zoo 59.6%

Other: family farm/ rock star day/ Australian Day/ high school band/ GT Hot Springs Museum/ Ron Cole/ track and field/ homecoming pep rally/ Lion, Witch & Wardrobe/ Old Washington GT/ auditorium plays/ AR Children’s Theater/ people reading to us/ guest speakers

19. My favorite events during the school

year have been…--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

284 answered this question / 29 skipped

Ron Cole Concert 57.4% Red Ribbon Week 62.3% Talent

Show 64.4% Badger Store 61.6% Destination Australia

62.3% Plays and Musicals 56.0% KC Club 9.2% Student

Advisory 9.9% Track & Field Day 83.1% FUN Days 83.8%

Snake Man 64.1% Petting Zoo 60.2% Career 62.7%

Benchmark Celebration 73.9%

Other: family farms/ GT/ GT and field trips/ Blanchard Springs/ movies/ book fair/ pizza parties/ concert/ last day of school celebration/ Christmas concert/ Benchmark/ Destination America/ holiday parties

ELOs – First Semester 2012

Ricky Pittman –Author Visit

Blanchard Springs Caverns (fourth-grade)

Senator Eddie Jo Williams

Author Visit: Dave Sargeant Jr.

Mobile Dairy

Charlotte’s Web Farm Animals

Veteran’s Day Assembly

Deer (Drop Everything Everybody Read) Day

“You're the same today as you'll be in five years except for the people you meet and the books you read.”

- Charlie "Tremendous" Jones