Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Project #13 Project Based Learning #1

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  1. No special needs students? Can't do that at all. You would be in big trouble. That may be the case in a few instances in a public school, but never often. And all lessons should be able to be used in any classroom.

    You need to involve those who finish early in an activity. perhaps they could teach the students who are behind. Or start (and maybe even complete) an advanced project.

    Are you really interested in teaching them about English coins? The link takes me to pages where you count pence. These have been replaced, even in England, with pennies (which are wourth aboy 1 and a half US pennies. I don't think you want to mix up the coins used in the example, even for 2nd graders.

    Why write down what they learned? Why not an activity which demonstrates whether they learned it or not? There are several SMART lessons on this subject. Even the website you use records whether they counted correctly.

    Your second link requires membership (although i was able to use it without joining). How will you handle that? And it involves a better way of evaluating the learning than any log would do.

    It you want a YouTube video (probably blocked for 2nd graders bur=t substitutes are available), why go through the log routine. Why not create a screenplay for a video?

    I know this assignment is difficult if you have never created a lesson plan before and you have never taught. You do have to start somewhere, however. The only way to learn is to practice.

    You have a start. It would need a lot of work tom put into practice.

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