Grade Level: 3rd Type Of Project: Literacy/Biography/SS Context: This project is a cross-curricular project that was created to get students excited about reading biographies and writing informational text. This project has students reading, researching, writing informational texts, and presenting their research… Continue Reading
Grade Level: 3rdGrade Type Of Project: Service Project Context: Students will create a Public Service Announcement to inform their audience on ways to stay healthy. Inspiration: Answer For Cancer is a project that was inspired by the 3rd-grade teacher who has… Continue Reading
Grade Level: 6th-8th Type Of Project: Social Skills, Civic Literacy Context: This was based on the book Best Self, Be You Only Better by life coach Mike Bayer. It is a social skills, self-awareness, and leadership PBL for middle schoolers.… Continue Reading
Grade Level: 9-12 Type Of Project: Work-Based Learning Context: The high school Life Skills special needs classroom runs a real-life student-run coffee shop that serves all staff in the district and high school students. Inspiration: The high school special needs… Continue Reading
Have you ever wanted to bring your pet to work? Well…. it might just be possible. And it may just improve the overall physical and mental health of staff and students. It has at our school! Therapy dogs are taking… Continue Reading
Secret Acts Of Kindness PBL The Secret Service Acts of Kindness PBL is a super fun and super rewarding kindness project. As a 3rd grade teacher, one of my very favorite projects that I have ever had my students participate… Continue Reading
What Is Flexible Seating? The Starbucks Classroom PBL is a flexible seating project-based learning opportunity. What is flexible seating? As a teacher, you know that flexible seating is EVERYWHERE!!!! It is usually designed and implemented by the classroom teacher, without… Continue Reading
Have you been looking for a fun and engaging way to teach multiple standards? Are you looking for a project-based learning idea that incorporates reading, writing, social studies, science, and math along with multiple 21st Century Skills? The student-run news… Continue Reading
This is a learning lab about how to use proficiency scales and data binders in a high school math class. I am lucky enough to work with some pretty AMAZING teachers, including Mrs. Tapper, who teaches math in our high… Continue Reading
Learning Labs are guided classroom visits with look fors and focus questions. They are led by classroom teachers and facilitated by an instructional coach. Learning Labs consist of a pre-brief, a classroom visit and a post-brief. Learning Labs are a… Continue Reading