Sweet!!!! 
2012-04-21 00:10:37
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Please do me a quick favor - it will make you smile promise.
So some 5th graders, in collaboration with the Saturday Light Brigade, made a really cute psa for bike pittsburgh in their "cool to care" program.
Please oh please oh please take 30 seconds and go to the site and leave a comment for the kids to let them know you listened!
http://neighborhoodvoices.org/propel-montour-fifth-grade-psas-its-cool-to-care
2012-04-20 20:43:38
thanks everyone!
2012-04-23 15:45:43
Did anybody else think it sounded a little complicated for 5th graders?
"pursue timely implementation of the city bike plan"
"as users of the transportation system"
2012-04-23 16:00:36
np, that is great
2012-04-23 16:03:47
@ pierce - yeah, we were laughing at that. i mean they coulda chose anything, but it also made us realize that we need to test anything that we want to publish against a 5th grader trying to read it.
2012-04-23 17:50:24
Don't feel too badly. A disquieting percentage of adults can't read smoothly from printed text, either.
2012-04-23 18:02:25
@Pierce IB kids could do it easily. For most out of school and IB tests/exams they have been told to "dumb their language" or some people who check results would not understand it.
2012-04-23 18:28:10
Commented, hope it helps.
2012-04-23 22:10:25
They may have had help with the script, but even the president gets that! Great job by the young gentlemen.
2012-05-12 17:09:19