Is empathy a soft skill? Empathy is one of the most important skills we can have as people. When talking about empathy, however, there seems to be a lot of mystery and confusion surrounding it. Is it a soft skill? What does it mean? If empathy is so important, why don’t we know and understand … Read more
Ask any adult, and I would bet money that they would tell you they did not learn enough career skills when they were in school. As teachers, we should be teaching students skills that they will use when they are older. I’m sharing 5 business project ideas for school that will teach students entrepreneurship, life … Read more
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 utilize picture books enough. We … Read more
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 want a project to look … Read more
One of the hardest, and most important parts of project-based learning is coming up with effective driving questions. Driving questions for PBL are like trailers for a movie; It piques interest and makes you want to see where it’s going to go. Keep reading if you want to know what driving questions for PBL are, … Read more
As teachers, we all have skills that we need to teach, but never have time for. Teaching dictionary skills is one of them. Today, I’m sharing how to teach dictionary skills to elementary students with one project. Using project-based learning, students will not only learn how to reference a dictionary but the history of how … Read more
