COMBINING ELAR AND AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH PROJECT BASED LEARNING JESSICA DRUMMOND LATONYA BATTLES Humanities in Action

Take 5 mins at your table to discuss your thoughts on group work: What works? What doesn’t work? Benefits of group work? Problems/concerns with group work? GROUP WORK… We have all had good AND bad experiences with group work, both as group participants and as teachers!

DISCUSS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FACILITATING AND TEACHING? Facilitating vs. Teaching

LAUNCH/TEAM PLAN RESEARCH/WORK CREATE/CRITIQUE SHARE/EVALUATE The PBL Protocols

LAUNCH and TEAM TEAM: Team Contracts Intervention LAUNCH: Hook Challenge Brief Rubric

PLAN Analyze the Challenge Brief Analyze the Rubric Know/Need-to-Know List (group and individual) Write Research Questions Groups plan HOW they are going to solve the challenge.

History Standards ELAR Standards

RESEARCH/WORK Answer the Research Questions DIYs/Workshops Evaluate Their Understanding Progress Checks Most of the PBL time is spent in this protocol.

Important points…What I will relay to my group… CALL UP NOTES: I accomplished… I learned… I wish… Tomorrow I will… DAILY REFLECTIONS:

TEKS Research Question Resources “Thick” Question “Thin” Questions

CREATE/CRITIQUE Project Plan Group Critique Peer Critique Teacher Desk Crit Final Check List Evaluate Understanding (based on verbs from rubric) Requires CONSTANT refinement from students and facilitators.

SHARE/EVALUATE Present Product Self Evaluation Group Evaluation Reflection Move directly into “TEAM” for next PBL in order to make adjustments based on reflection.

GRADING

We did…now YOU DO!

CHAT TREES COMMUNICATION CARDS CLASS DOJO INTERVENTION DOCUMENTS Classroom Management Tools

Aligning Across Curriculum

History Standards ELAR Standards

Developing? Accomplished? Distinguished?

Applying Reading Strategies to Social Studies Content

Point out: Vocabulary Main Idea Purpose Primary Sources Summary Skills Paraphrasing NOTE: Sticky Note Annotation to create Research Summaries

DIYs and Workshops Small Group Teaching

Student Results ELAR – 98% passing rate for STAAR Reading History – 78% passing rate for STAAR Social Studies Able to: think critically analyze and evaluate problem solve socially: within their groups academically: whole picture learning rather than memorizing facts connect content areas take responsibility for their own learning WORK HARD!