What is it about teachers and reading? Are we hard-wired to love read-alouds? Is it just me, or is there no better feeling than sitting on a comfy chair and reading a picture book to students? While this seems to be a common trait among teachers, many of us don’t
One of the keys to making project-based learning work in your classroom is to engage students with really fun, exciting project ideas. There’s nothing worst than realizing halfway through a month-long project that students are bored, uninterested and therefore unmotivated to even finish a project. Keep reading for 5 tips,
Task cards are a common and great way to have students engage in meaningful discussions and to learn. Except, afterwards, I would ask my students to share what they had learned/discussed when using task cards, and many would not be able to remember. It is not until I began using
As an IB PYP teacher, I have noticed that promoting curiosity has become a major part of teaching today. Students these days are expected to ask thought-provoking questions and then explore them to learn. But are we teaching students HOW to ask questions? We need to teach how to build
Have you made the leap to project-based learning yet? The PBL method of teaching has grown a lot of traction in the last few years. It is constantly evolving and growing with the needs of students. Now, there are different types of PBL. Each project-based learning model targets a different
It is a skill to know how to craft perfect driving questions for project-based learning. A skill, more often than not, that gets overlooked. When planning, teachers often skip over the nitty-gritty details such as defining the topic and driving question. Why is that? It’s because teachers know what they