Category Archives: Project Based Learning

Workshop Style Teaching–From Jenn’s Point of View

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Sandie

Jenn is a middle school language arts and social studies teacher.  By definition she is integrating instruction. She describes these twin focuses as content goals (social studies outcomes), and process goals (language arts skills).  Here is a little excerpt from … Continue reading →

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Workshop Style Teaching

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Sandie

Workshop style teaching is student driven, rooted in reality and the real world, and requires the teacher to LISTEN to her students in order to move them forward.  This does not mean standards, objectives, learning targets, or goals are ignored:  … Continue reading →

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Putting it All Together–Aligning Your Curricula

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Sandie

You know what language arts skills you’re going to teach. You know what genre studies you want to use to help teach these skills. You know what materials you already have to support teaching these skills. Now you may like … Continue reading →

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Project Based Learning in Thematic Instruction

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Sandie

Thematic teaching can be very time-consuming, messy, and active, but the rewards so far outstrip the demands IMO I don’t like to teach any other way.  It’s just so much fun! Because this teaching method gives you enough time to … Continue reading →

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