Amelia+Bedelia's+First+Vote+Reinforcing+Activity

__Objective: __ Students will create, vote on, and apply one rule or idea that they want to add to the classroom demonstrating the idea of campaigning and elections. __Materials: __ //Amelia Bedelia’s First Vote // by Herman Parish Paper Buttons – One for Each Child Poster Board Markers, Crayons, Colored Pencils Paper Ballots – One for Each Child
 * Reinforcing Activity: **

__Procedures: __ i. If there is no clear winner teacher will eliminate the lowest scoring rule/idea and the vote will continue to happen until there is one clear winner. 5. On Friday afternoon, the results will be announced, and the class will discuss further how they will implement that into their classroom the following week. 6. Implement rule or idea the following week.
 * 1) Read aloud //Amelia Bedelia’s First Vote//
 * 2) Students will be grouped together to come up with one rule/idea they would like to vote on in the election. In groups students will:
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Come up with their rule/idea. (Examples include: No Homework Wednesday, Extra Recess Friday, Lunch With The Teacher Monday, etc.)
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Create buttons to wear during Week 1: Ballot Week/ Election Week.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Create a poster as a group to hang up in the classroom to persuade the other peers to vote for their rule/idea.
 * 6) After buttons and posters are created students will campaign with their classmates as to why they should vote to go along with their rule or idea.
 * 7) Students can write a persuasive essay, create “advertisements” to share with the class (one group shares ever morning), and so on. They will be able to research ways to campaign and then implement them on Tuesday through Thursday.
 * 8) On Friday morning, the class election will be held.
 * 9) Week one will be used as ballot and election week. Monday will be used to create buttons and posters. They will campaign Tuesday through Thursday. Friday morning the election will be held and the results will be shared at the end of the day.
 * 10) During this day discuss how you register to vote and how you may only vote once during the election.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Week two will be the rule week. Whichever rule or idea is chosen it will be placed into action for that week only (or longer depending on teachers’ discretion). The class will summarize what an election is, how people vote, and so on.

__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Other Ohio Standards For This Book: __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rules and Laws <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">First Grade: Rules exist in different settings. The principles of fairness should guide rules and the consequences for breaking rules. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Second Grade: There are different rules that govern behavior in different settings.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Tags: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Elections, Campaign, Ballot

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Button Outline: Students will each decorate one button to wear Tuesday through Thursday as a way of campaigning.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Materials **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> – Outlines for buttons and ballot.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ballot: Teacher will type or write in the students’ rules or ideas on the lines. Students will then check which rule/idea they want. If there is no clear winner keep eliminating the rule with the least votes until you have a clear winner.