Meeting
4 Plan
OVERVIEW:
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The
meeting will take place on the premises of the retirement
community or senior facility. If circumstances do not
permit this, substitute another activity for the facility
tour. Planned activities consist of completing pages
in Memory Book, sharing of completed Memory Book, facility
tour, taking a group photo, and a song and dance activity.
Appropriate
for Grade Level: K-3 (May be adapted for older students.)
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MATERIALS:
- Tape/CD
player with music to song/dance activity of teacher's
choice
- Previously
bound Memory Books - Student Version
- Previously
bound Memory Books - Older Adult Version
- Clipboard
and pencil for each student
- Meeting
4 Checklist (provided in .PDF format)
- Little
Buddy Portrait Page (provided in .PDF format)
NOTE: This page should be included in the student
copy of the Memory Book prior to meeting and will be
completed during the meeting.
- Venn
Diagram - "My Grandbuddy and I"
(provided in .PDF format) NOTE:
This page should be included in the Student version
of the Memory Book prior to meeting and will
be completed during the meeting.
- Grandbuddies
Project Evaluation Forms (sample provided in
.PDF format)
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PRE-MEETING
PREPARATION:
- Memory
Books should be assembled and bound prior to the meeting.
See the Publish a Memory Book
section of this guide for additional information.
Students will have completed their stories about his/her
Grandbuddy and illustrated the Grandbuddy Portrait Page
before the books are bound. The "My Grandbuddy and
I" Venn Diagrams will be completed by the student and
older adult during the meeting.
- Prior
to traveling to the senior facility, review the Checklist
of Activities with students. Instruct students to make a
check mark next to each item on the list when they have
completed the task.
- Provide
each student with a clipboard containing the Meeting
4 Checklist along with a pencil for note-taking.
ACTIVITY
1 - Memory Books
- Students
will present the Memory Books to their Grandbuddies and
take a few moments to share the contents with their friend.
- Teacher
will announce to the group that there are two additional
activities necessary to complete the books and explain
how to complete the Little Buddy Portrait page and
the "Ways We Are Alike" Venn diagram.
ACTIVITY
2- Little Buddy Portrait
- Students
will pose while their Grandbuddies draw a sketch of them
in the student's Memory Book.
ACTIVITY
3- Venn Diagram
- Grandbuddies
and students will brainstorm a list of ways they are alike,
different, and the same.
- Grandbuddy
will fill out the diagram in the student's Memory Book while
the student fills out the diagram in his/her Grandbuddy's
Memory Book.
ACTIVITY
4- Tour of Senior Facility
- Grandbuddies
will take students on a tour of spots of interest, returning
to the meeting room at a pre-determined time.
ACTIVITY
5- Pose for Group Photograph
ACTIVITY
6- Song/Dance Activity
- Teacher
will play the music to the chosen song . Students will teach
their Grandbuddies the words and motions to the song. Teacher
will play the music again and ask the Grandbuddies to join
in.
FINALE
- At
this time the older adults will be given copies of evaluation
forms with directions for completion and return. Teachers
thank the older adults for their participation in the project
and give any announcements that may need to be made regarding
follow-up visits, etc.
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