TITLE:  SKILL GROWTH

AUTHOR:  SHERMAYNE BOETHIN, MT. VERNON, OR

GRADE LEVEL/SUBJECT:      K-1    READINESS

OVERVIEW:  STUDENTS ARE NOT AS PREPARED FOR SCHOOL AS THEY OR
THEIR PARENTS THINK THEY ARE.  MANY ARE READY TO TACKLE SKILLS
MUCH TO HARD FOR THEM.  OTHERS ARE AFRAID TO ADMIT THAT THEY
DO NOT HAVE A SKILL MASTERED.

PURPOSE:  TO HELP STUDENTS REALIZE THAT EVERYONE DEVELOPS
SKILLS AT THEIR OWN SPEED.

OBJECTIVES:  
  1)  STUDENTS WILL IDENTIFY 10 SKILLS THEY HAVE MASTERED.
  2)  STUDENTS WILL IDENTIFY 2 SKILLS THAT THEY WISH TO WORK ON.
  3)  STUDENTS WILL STATE THAT NOT EVERYONE LEARNS AT THE SAME SPEED.

RESOURCES/MATERIALS: CHILDREN'S BOOK, LEO THE LATE BLOOMER, LARGE
SHEET OF PAPER FOR BRAINSTORMING, NAME TAGS OR PICTURES FOR EACH
STUDENT ON THE BULLETIN BOARD, PAPER FOR CHILDREN'S LISTS, AWARDS
FOR STUDENT'S ACHIEVEMENTS.

ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES: 
  1)  READ CHILDREN'S BOOK, LEO THE LATE BLOOMER
  2)  AS A CLASS, BRAINSTORM ALL THE SKILLS THEY CAN THINK OF
  3)  ASK CHILDREN, WITH ADULT HELP, TO LIST THOSE
SKILLS THAT THEY CAN DO.  PUT THESE LISTS ON A BULLETIN BOARD
NEXT TO EACH CHILD'S NAME OR PICTURE
  4)  ALSO HAVE STUDENTS DICTATE WHAT 2 SKILLS THEY WOULD LIKE
TO WORK ON.  PLACE THESE SOMEWHERE THE STUDENT AND TEACHER CAN
SEE THEM.  ATTACH AN AWARD TO THIS SO THAT WHEN THE SKILL IS
ACHIEVED THE STUDENT MAY TAKE THE AWARD HOME.

TYING IT ALL TOGETHER:  STUDENTS NEED TO FEEL THAT WHAT THEY CAN DO
IS OK.  THEY ALSO NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OUT THERE TO
LEARN AND THEY WILL LEARN IT AT THEIR OWN SPEED.