About the Kids Marathon Program Guide
Welcome to the Oklahoma City Memorial Kids’ Marathon program guide. This guide is intended to help you, your school’s point of contact (POC), by giving you some help in organizing this event school-wide. If your school has a large number of participants, it is advised that the POC delegates duties to other faculty members, but still remains the main contact with the Kids’ Marathon Director (Kelly Burleson) and Coordinator (Shanda Bandi).
The suggestions presented will help to make this a memorable, meaningful, and fun experience for your students. However, they are simply suggestions based on what we have observed as being successful.
The guide consists of the following parts:
1. To Do Calendars: Each calendar tells you what you need to do to prepare for the marathon each month leading up to the run. Each calendar includes links to ready-made handouts and record keeping tools. These can and should be adapted to meet your school's needs. (Please note - make sure you change the names and dates on any attachments you download to the correct race date before using them.)
2. Research Rationale: This paper cites research that suggests evidence for incorporating this event and the curriculum option into your school.
3. Curriculum Suggestions: Includes two curriculum sets (Grades 1-2 & Grades 3-5) correlated to the PASS objectives, intended for use as a 1 week, 2 hour per day unit. The example unit emphasizes critical literacy, inquiry, empathy, understanding, and tolerance. Lesson extensions are included.