I'm linking up with The Teaching Trio for their weekly linky of Favorite Things! Here are some of my favorite things about Project Based Learning!
At the heart of Project Based Learning
are the Six A’s!
- Authenticity
- Academic Rigor
- Applied
Learning
- Active Exploration
- Adult Relationships
- Assessment
Three of my favorites are Authenticity,
Academic Rigor and Active Exploration. So to get started, I looked at the Rainforest study and
thought about it through the lense of
Project Based Learning.
Authenticity
PBL usually begins with a question! What is the essential question I want to pose
to the students…or hopefully have them develop after some discussion? There are so many ideas, but I want to focus
on conservation. This small part of PBL
helps to create authenticity for the students!
I love the buy in from the onset!
This is what I hope to come up with together:
How do rainforests impact the world?
Academic Rigor
My students get so wrapped up in our
projects that our day naturally becomes integrated! For example, measuring elements of the
rainforest will take the place of the measurement “chapter” in the curriculum and during our Daily 5 time the kids read and
write about the topic. It's amazing how it just happens!
Active Exploration
Students use a variety of media to learn
about the topic. We will read
non-fiction books, conduct research on the internet and create a presentation
on the iPad. I am using the app HaikuDeck! Try it out! It's free and EASY PEASY for little ones!
Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to hop over to The Teaching Trio and read about more Favorite Things!
