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FUTURE VOLUNTEERS!

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This web quest will tell you what you need to know you need to know about what a volunteer about what a volunteer

does and why it is does and why it is important!important!

You will get to go on a You will get to go on a journey and explore how to journey and explore how to

become a volunteer! become a volunteer!

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Table Of ContentsIntroductionLet’s Start Our JourneyBefore We Become an expertTable Of ContentsVocabulary WordsVocabulary DutiesWho Am I?What You Can Do!Some More IdeasVolunteer WorkRecyclingWhat I RecycleChartGreater Or Less Than?Class ActivityAnswerIn The Classroom…Experts!QuestionSharing What We Learn!Mission Accomplished!Teacher Page: OverviewTeacher Page Continued…Georgia Performance StandardsStandards Continued

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Let’s start our journey!

• First things first-let’s think about what being a volunteer means. What do you think a volunteer does? Does being a volunteer help make you a positive American citizen? Talk about this with your partner and then begin the journey to find the answers!

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Before We Become An Expert

• Now that you have an idea of what a volunteer is, lets learn some important vocabulary words….

Volunteer Community

Giving Recycle

Helper Respect

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Vocabulary WordsVolunteer- to offer to help someone because you care

Giving- to offer to another

Helper- a person that gives assistance to another

Community- a group of people who help and support each other

Recycle- when items can be used again

Respect- to show that you are being thoughtful

Now lets practice writing these six new vocabulary words in our journals!

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Volunteer Duties

Now let’s think-what does a volunteer do? We now know that a community volunteer is someone who helps in your community to make things better. Use the clues on the next page and try and guess the volunteers in your community! Come on, let’s go!

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Who Am I?

I deliver the mail to your house. Who am I?I help you find books. Who am I?I help people feel better. Who am I?I help put out fires. Who am I?I help protect your community. Who am I?I help you learn in school. Who am I?

After thinking about the answers, click here!!

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What You Can Do!

1.Clean up after you make a mess. 2.Help your family. 3.Help your friends-share and care!

4.Help your teacher and your school. 5.Be a volunteer! 6.You are now a positive American

citizen!! Click here for some more ideas!!

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Some more ideas…

Help set the tableClean your roomPick Up TrashRecycleHelp a friendShare

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Volunteer Work

One activity we can all do as a class project is recycle. Let’s say it together: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Have any of you ever recycled before?To learn more, watch this video! Here is a game about recycling. Click

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Recycling

• Things we recycle:

Aluminum cans

Plastic bottles

Cardboard

Glass

Newspapers

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What I recycle

These are all the things Ms. Orenstein tries to recycle every week:

Aluminum Cans

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Plastic Bottles

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Cardboard 2

Glass 0

Newspapers 3

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Chart

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Greater or Less Than?

Using the column chart and pie chart, answer these questions:

• Does Ms. Orenstein recycle more plastic bottles than aluminum cans?

• Does Ms. Orenstein recycle more glass than newspaper?

• What does Ms. Orenstein recycle the most of?

• What does Ms. Orenstein recycle the least of?

Column Chart Pie Chart

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Class Activity

• Each one of us should try and recycle a few items every day!

3 items on Monday

5 items on Tuesday

1 item on Wednesday

? items on Thursday

? items on Friday

We each recycle 3 items on Monday, 5 items on Tuesday, and 1 item on Wednesday. If we need to recycle the same amount on Thursday and Friday, then how much do we recycle in order to reach fifteen recycled objects by Friday? Think with your partner…. Write ideas in your math journal. Then click here for the answer!

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Answer!

• 3 5 1 3 3 15

15 ITEMS EVERY WEEK! THAT WOULD BE GREAT!!!!

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In The Classroom…

• There will be a bulletin board in the classroom to remind all of us to recycle each week! We will empty it out at the end of each week and see just how much we collected as a class!

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Experts!

Congratulations! You have now learned about volunteers and one thing you can do in your community; Recycle! Now I want you to sit with a partner and think of five other things you can do to volunteer in your family, school, and community! Be sure to write them down in your journals!

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Question

• Does being a volunteer help make you a positive American citizen?

YES!!!

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Sharing What We Learn!

• Using what we learned, lets create a poster explaining why it is important to be a volunteer in your community!

Be sure to make the sign colorful!!Use the vocabulary words!Be ready to share it with the other first

graders!

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Mission Accomplished!

• EXCELLENT WORK FIRST GRADE!!

• You are now prepared to become future volunteers!!!

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Remember….

REDUCE, REUSE RECYCLE!!!Help in your community and be a

volunteer!!

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GOODBYE AND THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

Go to the next page for your evaluation!

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Evaluation

• Now that you have become an expert on how to be a positive American citizen, share your knowledge with your group members.

• As a group create a public service announcement about how to be an active American with a positive influence.

• Get ready to share this announcement with your kindergarten buddies!

• Show them that YOU are a positive American citizen.