Project Planning Part One - Please type your responses within this document.
Topic Selection
A project topic can be selected based on your students' interests, a learning event or experience, or on a required unit of instruction. What is the topic of this project and the age/grade level of your students?
What are your reasons for selecting this topic?
Brainstorming Content Ideas
Take time to reflect on your selection of this topic. What possible directions could it take? Make a list or a web of all of the possibilities, using your ideas and your classmates' suggestions from the Project Planning: Brainstorming Ideas discussion board post.
What content or skills could be addressed through this project?
Curriculum Goals
Think about the goals of this project. What do you want your students to learn about this topic? What standards will be addressed? List 4-5 project goals and align the goals with common curriculum standards. (Note: Rather than listing all of the standards that could be addressed through this project, focus on the standards you wish to target.)
Planning for Assessment and Documentation
What type of assessment and documentation will be used for this project? Please explain.
_____ Narratives: Telling the story
_____ Observations: Watching the children
_____ Checklists of knowledge and skills
_____ Anecdotal notes
_____ Individual portfolios
_____ Student journals
_____ Others:
What considerations make one type of assessment or documentation more effective than another? Explain.
Who can help you with the documentation?
Initial Resource List
What resources do you have or will you need to locate?
What research will you have to do to become more familiar with the topic?
List at least 20 books relating to the topic in APA format. (Include books that can be used as read-alouds, books that children can read independently, informational text, and reference books.)
List people or places that may be used as resources. (Include addresses, phone numbers, or websites.)
List pieces of realia that could be used (such as items from nature, collections, artifacts).
List and briefly describe 5 or more websites that can be used during the study.
Adapted from:
Bickart, T., Jablon, J., & Dodge, D. T. (1999). Building the primary classroom: A complete guide to teaching and learning. Washington, D.C.: Teaching Strategies, Inc.
Helm, J. H. & Katz, L. (2011). Young investigators: The project approach in the early years (2nd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Teachers College Press.
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