A Visit with Mrs. Claus

Length

30 minutes for grades K-2 with 10 minute connection time before program

Target Audience

Education: Grade(s) Pre-K Students, Kindergarten, 1, 2

Minimum participants:

5

Maximum participants:

50. NOTE: with more than 20 students, PLEASE have questions determined ahead of time and pre-select students to ask them.

Primary Disciplines

Language Arts/English, Social Studies/History

Program Delivery Mode

Booking Information

You will be contacted by the program provider directly to confirm your time slot. YOUR TIME IS NOT CONFIRMED UNTIL YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL CONFIRMATION,! The first customer to request a time/date slot will get that slot. We update the time slot full/open list as often as possible during regular business hours. However, some requests come in very close to the same time or on evenings or weekends and may conflict with other requests already in for those times. Our policy is first come, first served.

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Provider's Cancellation Policy

We will not charge for programs canceled due to nature or technical difficulties and will do all we can to reschedule if there are open time slots. The full fee will be charged to sites that cancel with less than 72 hours written or phone notice.

About This Provider

Green Bay, WI
United States

Program Details

Format

1. Intro to the technology and listening/questioning skills (3 min)
2. Q & A/Student intro (12 min)
3. Holiday Story (10 min)
4. Song & Dance (5 min)

Objectives

Participants will:

• be introduced to the idea of distance learning.
  
• learn how to use basic distance learning technology effectively.
  
• experience storytelling via distance learning modeled by a professional storyteller.
  
• develop an appreciation of distance learning.
  
• develop an appreciation of storytelling.
  
• observe how to add expression to a story by using variety in voices, facial gestures, body language, eye contact, pauses, and volume.
  
• develop an appreciation for different cultures
  
• be able to ask appropriate questions related to the program topic.

Standards Alignment

National Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.1.RL.2 -- Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.1.SL.1a -- Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.1.SL.1c -- Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.1.SL.3 -- Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.2.SL.1b -- Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.K.RI.2 -- With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
ESS2D K-2 -- Weather and climateNational Language Arts Standards for K-2
Listening and Speaking:
K. 1.0 Students listen and respond to oral communications
Gr. 1 1.1 Listen Attentively
Gr. 1 2.2 Retell stories
Gr. 2 1.1 Determine the purposes for listening

State Standards

Wisconsin
English/Language Arts
C.4.2 Listen to and comprehend oral communications.

• Follow basic directions
  
• Identify and summarize key points of a story or discussion
  C.4.3 Participate effectively in discussion.
  
  
  • Volunteer relevant information, ask relevant questions, and answer questions directly
    
  • Ask for clarification and explanation of unfamiliar words and ideas
    
  • Summarize information conveyed through discussion
  
  

  
  Social Studies Standard E Behavioral Sciences
  
  E.4.11 Give examples and explain how language, stories, folk tales, music, and other artistic creations are expressions of culture and how they convey knowledge of other peoples and cultures
  

  
  Information and Technology Literacy Standards (ITLS)
  A. MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
  Content Standard
  Students in Wisconsin will select and use media and technology to access, organize, create, and communicate information for solving problems and constructing new knowledge, products, and systems.
  
  B. INFORMATION AND INQUIRY
  Students in Wisconsin will access, evaluate, and apply information efficiently and effectively from a variety of sources in print, nonprint, and electronic formats to meet personal and academic needs.