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Real-World Learning Framework for Elementary Schools reproducibles
Bring about deeper, self-directed learning in elementary school students. This book outlines opportunities teachers and students have to exercise cognitive complexity, engagement, and technology integration through real-world project-based instruction. Part one details the Create Excellence Framework, and part two offers sample lesson plans from real-world learning projects so educators can help students take more responsibility for and find more enthusiasm in their own learning.
Benefits
- Learn each of the components of the research-based Create Excellence Framework for lesson planning and how each component connects to student content standards.
- Discover the five levels of real-world learning.
- Answer questions to consider in setting up the Create Excellence Framework for real-world learning.
- Consult real-world examples of Create Excellence Framework–applicable learning projects.
- Learn about many online tools and resources to promote online projects that engage students.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Chapter 1: Real-World Learning
Chapter 2: Cognitive Complexity
Chapter 3: Student Engagement
Chapter 4: Technology Integration
Chapter 5: Implementation of the Create Excellence Framework
PART II
Discover the Author in You!
Make Our School Playground Better!
Be the Change You Want to See in Your School!
Art Gallery
Become an International Ambassador
Comfort Books: Smiling Kids
Which Band Member Had the Most Successful Solo Career?
Website or Apps Critic
Art Show!
Yikes! Five Hundred People Are Coming to Dinner!
A Sticky Situation: Building a Sweet Bridge
Auction Your Items!
What Is Your Opinion?
Start Your Own Business!
Junior Archaeologists at Work
Three Minutes to Change the World
Why Would Anyone Want to Go There?
Musicians and Soldiers: Supporting Each Other
Plastic Bags, Bottles, and Straws, Oh My!
Pick That Pet!
A Penguin’s Life
“Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes” in Land Formations!
Pull-Toy Project
The Science of Making Music
Reproducibles
PART I
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
- Critical-Thinking Dispositions Evaluation Form for Teachers
- Critical-Thinking Dispositions Evaluation Form for Students
- Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Quiz
- Analyzing a Task or Project for Cognitive Complexity
- Grades K–2 Critical-Thinking Rubric for Problem-Based Learning
- Grades 3–5 Critical-Thinking Rubric for Problem-Based Learning
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
- Table 5.1: Create Task or Project Planning Chart
- Create a Lesson-Plan Template
- Create an Excellence Framework Task or Project Template
- Sample Parent or Guardian Letter
- Discussion Tool for Student Work
- Group Collaboration Feedback Instrument for Primary Grades
- Group Collaboration Feedback Instrument for Intermediate Grades
- Checklist for Preassessing a Task or Project
- Sample Student Clarification Questionnaire for an Engaging, Real-World Project
PART II
- Discover the Author in You!
- Make Our School Playground Better!
- Be the Change You Want to See in Your School!
- Art Gallery
- Become an International Ambassador
- Comfort Books: Smiling Kids
- Which Band Member Had the Most Successful Solo Career?
- Website or Apps Critic
- Art Show!
- Yikes! Five Hundred People Are Coming to Dinner!
- A Sticky Situation: Building a Sweet Bridge
- Auction Your Items!
- What Is Your Opinion?
- Start Your Own Business!
- Junior Archaeologists at Work
- Three Minutes to Change the World
- Why Would Anyone Want to Go There?
- Musicians and Soldiers: Supporting Each Other
- Plastic Bags, Bottles, and Straws, Oh My!
- Pick That Pet!
- A Penguin’s Life
- “Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes” in Land Formations!
- Pull-Toy Project
- The Science of Making Music
Suggested Resources
PART I
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
- ABC Splash
- ABC Splash, “Warning! Space Boulders! Which Way Can You Direct a Robot?”
- ABC Splash, “Where Do Frogs Lay Their Eggs?”
- Animoto
- DebateGraph
- Doodle Buddy
- draw.io
- Edmodo
- Explain Everything
- Gliffy
- Glogster
- Google Docs
- Lucidchart
- Lulu
- Marge Maxwell, Designing Instruction Using Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
- Mindomo
- Monster Physics
- Padlet
- Piktochart
- Polldaddy
- Poll Everywhere
- Popplet
- Prezi
- ReadWriteThink
- Quizlet
- Quizlet, “5 Written Questions”
- Screencast
- Screencast-O-Matic
- ScreenFlow
- ShowMe Interactive Whiteboard
- Skype
- Sock Puppets
- Soundation
- Storybird
- Study Stack
- Think Tree
- Tiki-Toki
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
- appoLearning
- Create Excellence, “Resources”
- EdTechTeacher
- LearnZillion
- Open Tapestry
- Piktochart
- PowerMyLearning
- Projeqt
- Share My Lesson
- Storybird
- University of South Florida
- Wix
Chapter 5
PART II
Discover the Author in You!
- 48 Hour Books
- Amazon
- Denton Church of England Primary School
- Harlaxton Church of England Primary School
- Launch Pad
- Lulu
- Mixbook
- Nanowrimo
- Scribble Press
- Storybird
- Studentreasures Publishing
Make Our School Playground Better!
Be the Change You Want to See in Your School!
- Animoto
- Canva
- Disney Channel, “Friends for Change”
- Glogster
- Beth Morrisey, “A Kids’ Guide to Composting”
- Robert Richter, “Composting for Kids!”
Art Gallery
Become an International Ambassador
Comfort Books: Smiling Kids
- Associated Press, “Students Gather Blankets for Syrians”
- Associated Press, “Teen Honored by CNN for Launching Literacy Program”
- Create Excellence, “Resources”
- Glogster
- Google Forms
- Google Forms, “Interest Survey”
- PhotoPeach
- Prezi
- Kelli Ralston, “My First Cruise”
- Slideroll
- StoryJumper
- StoryJumper, “Tutorial”
Which Band Member Had the Most Successful Solo Career?
- Joey DeGroot, “7 Bands That Spawned Multiple Prominent Solo Careers: Genesis, Wu-Tang Clan, and More”
- Mark Ginocchio, “10 Artists Who Left Amazing Bands to Create Something Better”
- HSTRY
- HSTRY, “Ringo Starr’s Solo Career”
- Nicole Kaffel, “Digital Storytelling: How to Create a Digital Story”
- Alan Levine, “StoryTools: The Fifty Tools”
- Meghan Rhoads, “George Harrison and Success”
- Rolling Stone, “Readers Poll: Ten Best Post-Band Solo Artists”
Yikes! Five Hundred People Are Coming to Dinner!
A Sticky Situation: Building a Sweet Bridge
Auction Your Items!
What Is Your Opinion?
Start Your Own Business!
Junior Archaeologists at Work
- Ancient Mayan Calendar
- Ancient Mayan Necklace
- Ancient Mayan Scepter
- Ancient Mayan Toy
- Cacao Pot
- Decorative Utensil
- Mano and Metate
- Pre-Columbian Terracotta Cyclindrical Vessel
- Stephanie Ross, “Kabil”
- Stephanie Ross, “Movie Maker Tutorial Revised”
- Stone Artifact With Incised Hieroglyphs
Three Minutes to Change the World
- Biz Kid$, “Three Minutes to Change the World Promo”
- Angela Gunter: “Three Minutes to Change the World: Kitty City”
- Intel, “Design and Discovery Implementation Examples”
- Spark!Lab
Why Would Anyone Want to Go There?
- Animoto
- AutoCAD
- Belton House
- Marge Maxwell, “Sustainable Development of Denton Reservoir”
- PhotoPeach
- Prezi
- Tinkercad
Musicians and Soldiers: Supporting Each Other
Plastic Bags, Bottles, and Straws, Oh My!
- Cindy Hundley, “Dianna Cohen: Tough Truths About Plastic Pollution”
- iThemes, “WordPress 101”
- Kidblog
- PBworks
- Weebly
- Wilkerson Traditional Elementary Ocean Plastic Pollution Project
- WordPress
Pick That Pet!
- Book Creator
- Glogster
- Google Docs, “Class Pet Brochure Example”
- Google Slides
- iMovie
- KidRex
- Prezi
- Smore
- ThingLink
A Penguin’s Life
- Carolyn Crowe, “Penguin Life”
- PlayPosit, “Penguin Behaviors”
- SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, “Penguin Behavior”
- SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, “Penguin Physical Characteristics”
- techn0teach, “A Day in the Life of a Penguin”
“Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes” in Land Formations!
- Animoto
- Cave of the Winds, “Cave Geology”
- Savannah Denning, “How Canyons Are Made”
- Piktochart
- Smore
- Rob Wood, “ES1405: Observe an Animation of Cave Formation
Pull-Toy Project
The Science of Making Music
