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Category Archives: Project Based Learning
Student-Made Books
Classroom publishing has always been dear to my heart. I first realized the power of publishing student’s work when I was working at a university lab school. I was studying ways to teach students with learning and emotional disabilities. One of the … Continue reading
Structuring for Choice—The Teacher’s Role
In the last post, I wrote about the steps I took as I gradually gave students a greater stake in their learning. In my experience, giving students more choice requires a great deal of structure. Today I want to talk … Continue reading
Christmas Stockings
Here’s a simple, fun, and educational activity for your kiddos. Students learn some of the common design elements of the Pennsylvania Dutch style, and use the information to create a cut-and-paste Christmas stocking. Directions, tracers, and background information are all … Continue reading
The Power of REAL
I learned about the power that REAL learning can have on motivating students during my Master’s Degree training and later experiences with my own students. I started my Master’s Degree in Special Education after I had been teaching elementary school … Continue reading
Land Regions of a State: Interest Groups
I am sharing some units and projects which I’ve used with groups of students of widely varying ability and achievement levels. Since I teach thematically (no matter what grade or type of class I may be working with), I tend to think … Continue reading
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Egypt: Lesson Accommodations
For the next few weeks I’m going to share some lessons which I’ve used with groups of students of widely varying ability and achievement levels. Since I teach thematically (no matter what grade or type of class I may be … Continue reading
All About Me–Writing Lesson Plans
For the next few weeks I’m going to share some lessons which I’ve used with groups of students of widely varying ability and achievement levels. Since I teach thematically (no matter what grade or type of class I may be … Continue reading
Inquiry, Project Based Learning
I have always found children learn better, faster, deeper, and stronger when they do stuff, real stuff. Curiosity, interest, desire, and control are the bedrock upon which true learning grows. Children who build, create, construct, and design in order to … Continue reading
13 Characteristics of Integrated Instruction
1. Reading: students read (and write) in order to find out new information which they share with their peers. 2. Writing: students learn a style of writing related to the theme and create and publish a final product in that … Continue reading
Child’s Play
I think it was Maria Montessori who said, “Play is the work of the child.” Another one of my defining teaching expressions is “Children learn what they play.” I don’t know who said that, but I believe these things and … Continue reading
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