10 Performance-Based Projects for the Language Arts Classroom: Grades 3-5
Each book in the 10 Performance-Based Projects series provides 10 ready-made projects designed to help students achieve higher levels of thinking and develop 21st-century skills. Projects are aligned to the Common Core State Standards, allowing students to explore and be creative as well as gain enduring understanding. Each project represents a type of performance assessment, including portfolios, oral presentations, research papers, and exhibitions. Included for each project is a suggested calendar to allow teacher scheduling, mini-lessons that allow students to build capacity and gain understanding, as well as multiple rubrics to objectively assess student performance. The lessons are presented in an easy-to-follow format, enabling teachers to implement projects immediately.

Grades 3-5

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10 Performance-Based Projects for the Language Arts Classroom: Grades 3-5
Each book in the 10 Performance-Based Projects series provides 10 ready-made projects designed to help students achieve higher levels of thinking and develop 21st-century skills. Projects are aligned to the Common Core State Standards, allowing students to explore and be creative as well as gain enduring understanding. Each project represents a type of performance assessment, including portfolios, oral presentations, research papers, and exhibitions. Included for each project is a suggested calendar to allow teacher scheduling, mini-lessons that allow students to build capacity and gain understanding, as well as multiple rubrics to objectively assess student performance. The lessons are presented in an easy-to-follow format, enabling teachers to implement projects immediately.

Grades 3-5

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10 Performance-Based Projects for the Language Arts Classroom: Grades 3-5

10 Performance-Based Projects for the Language Arts Classroom: Grades 3-5

by Todd Stanley
10 Performance-Based Projects for the Language Arts Classroom: Grades 3-5
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10 Performance-Based Projects for the Language Arts Classroom: Grades 3-5

10 Performance-Based Projects for the Language Arts Classroom: Grades 3-5

by Todd Stanley

Overview

Each book in the 10 Performance-Based Projects series provides 10 ready-made projects designed to help students achieve higher levels of thinking and develop 21st-century skills. Projects are aligned to the Common Core State Standards, allowing students to explore and be creative as well as gain enduring understanding. Each project represents a type of performance assessment, including portfolios, oral presentations, research papers, and exhibitions. Included for each project is a suggested calendar to allow teacher scheduling, mini-lessons that allow students to build capacity and gain understanding, as well as multiple rubrics to objectively assess student performance. The lessons are presented in an easy-to-follow format, enabling teachers to implement projects immediately.

Grades 3-5

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781618215789
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/01/2016
Series: 10 Performance-Based Projects
Pages: 158
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range: 8 - 10 Years

About the Author

Todd Stanley is author of seven teacher education books including Project-Based Learning for Gifted Students: A Handbook for the 21st-Century Classroom and Performance-Based Assessment for 21st-Century Skills.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Why Project-Based Learning? 1

What Are the Advantages of Using PBL in a Language Arts Classroom? 3

What Sorts of Products Could Be Used in a Language Arts Classroom? 6

Project 1 Oral Presentation 9

Project Outline: Recommended Reading Talk 11

Suggested Timeline 12

Lesson: How to Give a Recommended Reading Talk 13

Lesson: What Makes a Good Presentation? 17

Handouts 18

Product Rubric 22

Project 2 Debate/Speech 23

Project Outline: Create Your Own Political Party 25

Suggested Timeline 26

Lesson: How to Write a Good Speech 27

Lesson: What Makes a Good Speech? 28

Handouts 29

Product Rubric 35

Project 3 Group Discussion 37

Project Outline: What If You Changed the Point of View? 40

Suggested Timeline 41

Lesson: When Point of View Changes 42

Lesson: How to Lead a Good Discussion 43

Handouts 44

Assessment Forms 47

Product Rubric 49

Project 4 Role-Playing 51

Project Outline: It's a Mystery 53

Suggested Timeline 54

Lesson: How to Conduct a Mystery 55

Handout 57

Product Rubric 60

Project 5 Interview 61

Project Outline: Message in a Bottle 63

Suggested Timeline 64

Lesson: How to Write an E-mail 65

Handout 66

Product Rubrics 67

Project 6 Exhibition 69

Project Outline: You Could Be the Next S. E. Hinton 72

Suggested Timeline 73

Lesson: Writing Workshop 74

Handouts 75

Product Rubric 82

Project 7 Essay 83

Project Outline: Greatest Historical Mysteries 86

Suggested Timeline 87

Lesson: Introduction to Historical Mysteries 88

Handouts 90

Product Rubric 94

Project 8 Research Paper 95

Project Outline: What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? 97

Suggested Timeline 98

Lesson: Conducting Research 99

Handouts 100

Product Rubric 104

Project 9 Journal/Student Log 107

Project Outline: Everybody Has One Good Book in Them, But Do Any Have Two? 109

Suggested Timeline 110

Handout 111

Product Rubric 112

Project 10 Portfolio 113

Project Outline: Funerary 116

Suggested Timeline 117

Lesson: Poetry Analysis 119

Handouts 123

Product Rubric 131

References 133

About the Author 137

Common Core State Standards Alignment 139

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