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Topics Lessons Training ServicesThe Glorious, Wonderful, Empty Page Blank books are symbols of what each of us is capable of creating. Latest Additions Pop-up Plaza Proposal Lesson Plan Five steps to student-centered learning How connecting SEL and PBL ensure success for both Purposeful play in elementary math Tangram Tales Lesson Plan PBL Design: From essential questions to authentic tasks Doing and voicing leadership with podcasting School Rules! Lesson Plan Project-based Learning Eight elements of great project design Students making things is better than being passive, but making good things is better still! What is PBL and why do it? Helping students question, think, and work together to apply learning Make it matter! Move from projects to Project-based Learning by focusing on ideas, work, and effort Assessing student project work Techniques to evaluate progress and ensure success Creativity Learning in the creativity age Fostering attitudes and constructing environments where creativity thrives Informational text projects that build thinking and creativity Ideas for helping you move student work from ordinary knowledge to extraordinary thinking 5 hallmarks of a creative project Structure student projects to demand creativity 7 ways to cultivate creativity in your learning culture Develop a learning environment that nurtures creativity Digital Storytelling Get started with digital storytelling Implement this exciting process in your classroom. Digital storytelling in the primary classroom Use this powerful form of communication to build literacy for emerging readers and writers Six ways to implement digital storytelling Go beyond the personal narrative to help students make deep connections to content Digital storytelling through interviews Build questioning, thinking, and communication skills as students share ideas and information in story form More topics Creativity Literacy STEM/STEAM English Language Acquisition Teaching and Learning Lessons: Kindergarten It’s ABC, As Easy As 1-2-3! Students will explore initial sounds through the creation of a classroom ABC book. Seeing Shapes Students learn about 2-dimensional shapes and create a class book identifying these shapes around their school. Hibernation Hotel Students learn details about a specific animal’s hibernation and design a hotel room with everything the animal needs for a successful hibernation. Adapt a Pattern Story Students practice writing and illustrating as they create a page in your class’s adaptation of their favorite pattern story. Lessons: First Grade US Symbol Stories Students tell the story of a US symbol from its perspective. My Favorite Relative Students create a video that names their favorite relative and supports their opinion with reasons and examples. Writing Information Texts: How-To’s Students write how-to stories about getting ready for school and publish them to share with their families and to use at home. Amazing Animal Alliterations Students learn to write using alliteration and create illustrations that support and reflect their writing. Lessons: Second Grade Persuade for a Pet Students write a persuasive letter, supporting their opinion with reasons and examples Animal Riddles Students research an animal and create a riddle to showcase their knowledge and engage other students in the natural world Everyday Heroes Students choose a real world hero and create media resources that celebrate and promote their actions Adapt a Story Students practice narrative writing as they work together to write, illustrate, and narrate a new version of the story More lessons Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Middle School More sites to help you find success in your classroom Wixie Share your ideas, imagination, and understanding through writing, art, voice, and video. Rubric Maker Create custom rubrics for your classroom. Pics4Learning A curated, copyright-friendly image library that is safe and free for education. Wriddle Write, record, and illustrate a sentence. EDU ToDo Interactive digital worksheets for grades K-8 to use in Brightspace or Canvas. Professional LearningFollow us Get the Creative Educator Newsletter Topics Creativity Digital Storytelling 21st Century Classrooms Project-based Learning Teaching and Learning Curriculum Literacy Literature Informational Text English Language Aquisition STEM Lessons Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Visual Arts © 2024 Tech4Learning, Inc | All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy © 2024 Tech4Learning, Inc | All Rights Reserved |...