Preview Curriculum: Final Mile
The following lesson plan preview will allow you to better determine if the Operation Smile Final Mile educational curriculum may benefit the students in your school. To satisfy the learning needs of all children, lessons are differentiated for kindergarten-3rd grade and 4th grade-6th grade.
Each lesson includes a section for objectives, materials and new vocabulary, national and state standards, introduction, procedure, extension activity and formative assessment. Currently only the Virginia Standards of Learning are included, as Operation Smile sponsors the Final Mile during the Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach, Va. Relevant standards will be updated as the Final Mile extends to marathons in other locations.
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Lesson 1: Racing for Dreams
Objectives:
- Understand the mission of Operation Smile
- Develop an affective connection with a child who needs cleft lip and cleft palate surgery
- Discover how to help children with facial deformities by participating in a marathon with a Final Mile
Standards of Learning:
- Language Arts
Lesson Outline:
- Visualize a difficult time in own lives
- Watch and discuss a video of an Operation Smile patient
- Watch a Final Mile video
- Engage in a SCAMPER, a critical thinking activity
- Complete a formative assessment called a Blue Ribbon Brain Buster
Lesson 2: Marathon Mania
Objectives:
- Discover the history of marathons
- Analyze students’ running distances
- Locate sites of marathons using technology
Standards of Learning:
- Health
- Language Arts
- Mathematics
- Physical Education
- History and Social Science
- Technology
Lesson Outline:
- Take distance measurements and run a race on the playground
- Research the history of the marathon
- Create and analyze a weekly graph to track the class’ running mileage
- Discover marathon sites on Google Earth
- Complete the Blue Ribbon Brain Buster
Lesson 3: Healthy Habits
Objectives:
- Learn about the problems that children with cleft lips and cleft palates face
- Discover solutions to health problems
- Understand the importance of living healthy lifestyles
Standards of Learning:
- Health
- Language Arts
- Science
Lesson Outline:
- Simulate and discuss ear infections, malnutrition and speech difficulty
- Participate in centers (K-3)
- Solve research-based problem scenarios (4-6)
- Set personal health goals
- Complete the Blue Ribbon Brain Buster
Lesson 4: Miles of Smiles
Objectives:
- Discover the importance of a smile
- Develop a philanthropic project to increase smiles around the world
- Impact children in our society
Standards of Learning:
- Language Arts
Lesson Outline:
- Participate in an interactive read aloud of "The Smile That Went around the World" by Patrice Karst
- Create a philanthropic project and depict it in original artwork (K-3) or for the community (4-6)
- Present projects
- Complete the Blue Ribbon Brain Buster
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Contact:
Suzanne Unger
Director of Curriculum Development
Operation Smile
757-321-7787
Copyright © 2009 by Operation Smile, Inc, Norfolk, Virginia 23509. All rights reserved. The materials in this curriculum may be reproduced for classroom use by individual teachers. Other than classroom use, no part of this curriculum may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted by any means without written permission from Operation Smile.
