Build children’s proficiency with oral and written communication, promote social and emotional learning (SEL), and allow students to work toward standards while developing critical skills they’ll need in later grades. This practical and unique resource presents classroom-tested projects, called “openings,” in core curricular areas. Students research topics and present what they have learned to their peers with this kids-teaching-kids approach to differentiated, project-based learning. Includes a CD-ROM with the book’s reproducible forms and bonus material.
Synopsis
Build children’s proficiency with oral and written communication, promote social and emotional learning (SEL), and allow students to work toward standards while developing critical skills they’ll need in later grades. This practical and unique resource presents classroom-tested projects, called “openings,” in core curricular areas. Students research topics and present what they have learned to their peers with this kids-teaching-kids approach to differentiated, project-based learning. Includes a CD-ROM with the book’s reproducible forms and bonus material.
About the Author, Phil Schlemmer
Phil Schlemmer, M.Ed., has been a teacher, administrator, consultant, and curriculum designer since 1973. He has written extensively on creative learning and focused his career on helping students become independent, lifelong learners.
Dori Schlemmer designs and develops specialized resource materials for students and school staff. She has coauthored several books on education with her husband, Phil.
Phil and Dori are the authors of Free Spirit’s Teaching Beyond the Test: Differentiated Project-Based Learning in a Standards-Based Age.
