QUOTE
(1) Ralph Waldo Emerson
EDITOR’S
NOTE
(2) Kay Buckner-Seal
ELEMENTARY
TACTICS
(3) Elementary School Scenarios, Denise Meyer
(4) A Game of
Needs and Wants, Judy Holder
CONNECTIONS
(5) 4th International TOC for
Education Upgrade Conference
(1) "Guard
well your spare moments. They are like
uncut diamonds." —Ralph Waldo Emerson
From Kay Buckner-Seal
(2) The summer
season is a time that many of us are either teaching summer classes, designing
materials for use during the next school year and getting much needed rest and
relaxation with family and friends. This
week’s TACTics offers materials that you can use this summer. The scenarios from Denise Meyer can be used
immediately in summer classes. They are
relevant contexts that students can use to practice identifying conflicts,
surfacing needs, raising assumptions and creating injections. Scenarios are useful resources for setting
the climate for reflective discussions, which make learning meaningful in the
classroom.
The “Game of Wants and
Needs” by Judy Holder is an engaging activity for early elementary
students. The summer is an opportune
time to begin collecting the images needed for this activity. You can do it while sitting on the patio and
perusing your favorite magazine. It may
be a good idea to make a copy of this week’s TACTics to use at your
convenience.
If
you have an activity that we would like to share, send it hyperlink to <bucknek@resa.net> or <redwards@sault.com>. Or you may send it by mail to: Cheryl A. Edwards, 2253 S. Hill Island Road,
Cedarville, MI 49719 USA
Enjoy
the summer!
(3) Elementary School Scenarios
By
Denise Meyer, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Denise
shared several middle school student scenarios with TACTics readers in the
April 14 and 21, 2000 issues of the TACTics Journal. This week Denise shares some scenarios from elementary school. How would you define the problem in each of
these scenarios?
Scenario
1: Jaime
was playing soccer with his buddies.
Emily came by and wanted to play.
Jaime would not let her play. In
his family, girls don’t play soccer.
Emily is mad because she wants to play and feels she has as much right to
play as he does.
Scenario
2: A
fight breaks out when Juanita calls Mary a “loudmouth.” Juanita is angry because Mary told the
others that she liked Bill. Juanita
told Mary in confidence, which meant she didn’t want anyone else to know. Mary didn’t realize that it was a
secret. Now, Mary is talking about
getting her after school.
Scenario
3: Anita
let her friend, Suzanne, in line in front of her. That means others have to wait longer for their turn. It’s not fair!
(4) A Game of Needs and Wants
By Judy Holder , United Kingdom
- Images that depict
needs: hungry, bored, cold, thirsty,
sleepy, sick, lonely, sad, etc.
- Images that depict things or situations
that satisfy the needs (wants). These
images will be used to complete the following sentence forms: I am cold, so I
want (x). I am hungry so I want
(x). I am bored so I want (x). I need (x) because I am hungry (cold, bored,
etc.).
- A place for two piles
of pictures. One place should be
labeled: “I Need.” The other should be labeled: “I Don’t Need.”
Procedure:
- Begin with a need by
showing, for example, the “hungry” image.
- Hold up images of things that depict wants. Ask the students, “Do I need this if I am
hungry?”
- According to the students’ response, each
image would be placed in either the “I Need” pile or “I don’t need” pile.
Reinforcement:
- Repeat for other images
of sources of need.
Extension:
- Ask the
children to complete the sentence: “I feel cold, so I need (x) because (x).”
- Use several sources of need at the same
time, and ask the children to choose an image that satisfies those needs.
- The children may notice that one image that might fit more
than one need, allow time for students to discuss the situation. Take up any opportunity the children provide
to point out that there can be many ways to meet a need.
Support:
- Some children are
likely to find the activity more difficult than others. They can be given extra support if you
provide two copies of some images. Then ask them to take a turn just after
someone who has successfully placed that same image.
- Make sure those
students who need support get the most obvious images to meet the needs.
- Prompt students by
asking questions such as, “What do you do with (x)?”
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