DOCUMBN?ARSUM8 ED 032 139 RC 000 138 By-Sherman. Neil W.. Ed.; Potts, Alfred M., 2nd.Ed. Learn:pi% on the Move; AGuide for Migrant Education. Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. Pub Date 60 Note-230p.; Guide produced by Members of theAdams State College Workshop on Curriculumfor Migratory Children Available from-Colorado State Departmentof Education, State Office Bolding.Denver, Colorado 80203 (S1.50) EDRS Price MF-S1.00 HC -S11.60 Descriptors-*Administrative Problems. Art Activities.Attendance. *Curriculum Development.Educational Programs. Methods. *Educational Needs, HealthPrograms, Language Arts. Learning Readiness. Lunch Mathematical Concepts, Mexican Americans,*Migrant Child Education. Physical Education,Placement, Skill Development, Spanish Americans. SpanishSpeaking. Student Records. *TeachingGuides. Worksheets. Workshops Identifiers -Southwest materials to aid teachers in theeducation of . Ideas. methods. techniques. and migrant children are presented.This guide is the result of 4 weeksof intensive workshop planning and investigation intomigrant education by a groupof teachers. principals, and agency workersfrom Colorado. New Mexico,Arizona. Oregon. Texas, and California. Backgroundinformation lends insight into administrativeproblems. Problems discussed are attendance, transportation,placement, student records, and health and lunch programs.The curriculum development presented encompasses educational needs. learning readiness,language arts, mathematical concepts,skill development and enrichment, reading. artsand crafts. science. physicaleducation, and geography which utilizestravel experiences. Worksheetsand exercises are outlined which aid in writing andskill development. Samplesof forms and tests are included which are used in evaluatingplacement. reading ability. writingand language skills, and mathematical skill. Abibliography is included. 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LEAANING ON -JMOVE A Guide for Migrant Education Produced by the Members of The Adams State College Workshop on Curriculum for Migratory Children Neil W. Sherman, Director July-August, 1959 Co-sponsored by Adams State College Alamosa, Colorado and The Migrant Education ResearchProject of the Colorado State Department ofEducation in cooperation with the U. S. Office of Education Edited by Neil W. Sherman and Alfred M. Potts, Zd Illustrations by Elizabeth Martin Office of Instructional Services Colorado State Department of Education Leo P. Black, Assistant Commissioner Denver 1960 iii No permission is required for duplication of materials from this publication, however,it is requested that credit be given to thesource. Comments about use and suitability of thecontents are solicited. Address your remarks to: Migrant Education Research Project, State Department of Education, State Office Bldg., Denver 2, Colorado. The Migrant Education Series Works hops ADAMS STATE COLLEGE Alamos a, Colorado 1957 Migrant Education 1959 Curriculum for Migratory Children 1960 Principles and Practices for Migrant Education 1961 Language Arts in Migrant Education 1962 The Remedial Curriculum for Migratory Children 1963 The Form and Organization for Migrant Education Initial distribution free Colorado schools free Out-of-state $1.50 per copy CONTENTS Page FORE WORD ix MIGRANT EDUCATION WORKSHOP MEMBERS MIGRANT EDUCATION WORKSHOP CONSULTANTS xii DEFINITION OF TERMS xiv A ROAD MAP 1 PREFACE 2 WHY? 9 A PHILOSOPHY 10 WHO AM I? 11 OUR CONCERN 12 A NECESSARY SERVICE STATION 17 Special Administrative Problems in the Education of Migrants 18 IMPROVING ATTENDANCE OF MIGRANT CHILDREN 18 TRANSPORTING MIGRANT CHILDREN TO SCHOOL 21 PLACEMENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF MIGRANT CHILDREN 21 SCHOOL RECORDS FOR MIGRANTS 27 THE HEALTH PROGRAM FOR MIGRANT CHILDREN 31 LUNCH PROGRAM 33 NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR MIGRANTS 35 THE ROAD UNFOLDS 37 Common Curriculum Needs of the Children of Migratory Workers 38 OPEN LETTER TO TEACHERS OF MIGRANT CHILDREN 38 Page PAVING THE WAY 41 Needs of Migrant Children 42 COMMON NEEDS OFBEGINNING MIGRANT CHILDREN 42 School Needs of BeginningMigrant Children 43 Early Language Needs of MigrantChildren 45 Word Patterns 45 Frequency of Word Use 49 Know ledges, Characteristics,and Common Resources of Spanish-speaking MigrantChildren (5 years old) 50 A Program for Six Weeks (FirstLevel) 51 Some Instructional Aids 51 Suggested Centers of Interest 51 Common Classroom Materials 52 . Useful Scrap Materials 52 READINESS FOR BEGINNINGMIGRANT CHILDREN 53 Hearing 54 Seeing, Doing, and Saying Readiness 57 Readiness Maturity Level I 57 Readiness Maturity Level II 59 Readiness Maturity Level III 60 Beginning Number Concepts 62 OFF TO A GOOD START IN LANGUAGEARTS. 64 vi Page UP THE ROAD 67 Extending the Skills of Migrant Children 67 READING SKILLS 68 NUMBER SKILLS 72 Addition 72 Subtraction 78 Addition and Subtraction 82 LANGUAGE BUILDING 84 ON WE ROLL 97 Putting the Skills of MigrantChildren to Use 98 SKILLS TO BUILD ON 99 SKILLS TO EXTEND 102 CORRECTING SKILLS 105 BROADER HIGHWAYS 109 Broadening and Enriching the Curriculumfor the Migrant Child 109 SCIENCE - An Avenue for Curiosity 110 CAPITALIZING ON THE TRAVEL EXPERIENCESOF MIGRANTS 136 A NEED FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS 139 For Primary Children 139 For Older Children 141 CONTRIBUTION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION 152 HOME ARTS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS 162 vii Page SMOOTHING THE BUMPYROAD 173 Self Helps forTeachers and Pupils 173 TEACHER-DIRECTED SELF-HELPS TN READING 174 EVALUATION OF EDUCATIONALNEEDS 201 Rapid Survey of Educational Needs,Grades 1-3 202 Rapid Survey of Educational Needs,Grades 4-8 204 Assaying Arithmetic Skills 206 A Reading Evaluation Kit 209 CARGO 211 BIBLIOGRAPHY 212 Approval to associate the Workshop lesson planning with the new basic reading series extended by Scott, For esman and Company. viii Foreword In "Learning on theMove" will be found manyideas, methods, tech- niques, and materials toaid teachers in theeducation of children whose parents find theirprimary source oflivelihood in some type ofwork connected with the harvesting ofseasonal agriculturalproducts. Throughout theUnited States these people, who harvestand process seasonalfarm crops, are re- ferred to as migrant laborers. The education of thechildren of migrants is amajor problem in this country. During the pastdecade, efforts to improvethe education of migrants have produced some guidelines for curriculumplanning. LEARNING ONTHE MOVE is the result of four weeksof intensive workshopplanning and investi- gation into migranteducation by a group ofteachers, principals, and agency workers from Colorado, NewMexico, Arizona, Oregon,Texas, and Cali- fornia.In this workshop onMigrant Education held atAdams State College, Alamosa, Colorado, theseleaders met with the express purposesof developing the philosophiesbest suited to educationof the children of migra- tory workers, and oftransforming these philosophiesinto suitable examples of curriculum materials. This study is by no meanscomplete, but ±3 yet another stepin our continual search to improveeducation for migrantchildren. LEARNING ON THE MOVE has beenspecifically tailored to theSouthwest and its problems. The workshop membersbelieve that many of theirideas can be adapted for use throughoutthe major migratory streamsof the United States.They urge each area, state, and eachlocal school to study, planand modify as their situation demands for the improvementof the education of thechildren of migratory workers. Other materials publishedwhich will aid in the solutionof local problems are: "TeachingChildren Who Move With theCrops", Fresno County Superin- tendent of Schools, Fresno,California, 1955; "Nomadsof the Classroom", special helps for migrant childrenin Arizona classroo-as,School of Education, Arizona