Service Learning

1. Mr. Khaln 5th Grade Class

2. Madie Ives Elementary
Address of School: 20770 NE 14th Avenue
North Miami Beach, FL 33179
School Type: Elementary School (PK-5)
Demographics: 72% African American 21%
Hispanic 7% White
Students/ Staff: 721 Students and 47
Teachers
Free/ Reduced lunch: 89%

4. Madie Ives Elementary is a
small school. This school is a
one story building, and the
buildings are connected
together. Everything from the
bathroom to the library is
not to far away from each
other. This school is also old
looking, including the fact
that this school was built in
1957. The classrooms are
updated with technology, but
there are no whiteboards.
Instead, there are chalk
boards. Overall, this school

6. An Activity I got to participate in
was Vocabulary Actors. The
teacher gave each group three
vocabulary words and its
definition. Each group had to act
out their vocabulary words in
order for the other students can
understand what the vocabulary
words mean. I loved this exercise
because it made the students think
outside of the box. The students
were all enjoying the assignment
and we were all learning. This
assignment influenced me to make
learning fun from time to time
for the interest of the students.
FEAPS:
- Maintains a climate of
Activity #1

7. Another activity I participated in
was a simple cause and effect
lesson. The teacher had the
students read a short story and
each group had to come up with
five cause and effect scenarios
that are found in the story. Not
only that, but the students had
to find evidence in the text that
the scenario is actually a cause
and effect. This assignment is
simple but influential. It’s the
assignment like these that the
students can really learn
important test taking skills. Not
only tests, but broaden the
students eyes.
FEAPS
- Designs instruction for
Activity #2

8. This activity was more of a nature activity for
Earth Day. The students were instructed to buy
flowers to plant all over the school. This
activity was a very nice and relaxing day for
the students. The students learned about
different types of plants while planting it
with their class.
Activity #3

10. My overall experience
My overall experience was great! I
really enjoyed the service-learning
project. As a future teacher, it helped
me realize that I want to spend some
years in this field. My experience with
the kids were great. It was good to
know how the teachers work and what
strategies they use to teach the
students. I also learned about the
downfalls of teaching which was a
surprise to me. I’ve seen the amount of
work the teachers have to put outside
of the classrooms. I’ve seen the teacher
re-teaching the same lesson twice
because of the amount of students that
do not understand. My experience
pushed me even harder to finish school
and become as great as a teacher I can
be. This was a great taste of what I