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How to Keep Students Accountable During Project Based Learning

by BrainNinjasWP

Does project based learning fall apart in your upper elementary classroom because you don't know how to keep kids accountable? Do they get to the end with nothing to show for it? These classroom management strategies will help you get the most out of project based learning in your classroom without the stress and strife. Come take a look and get some practical tools you can use right away.

We love using project based learning as one teaching strategy to engage students. The challenge with this type of learning is keeping students on track. Nothing is worse than getting to a deadline and discovering none of the students are done. So, how do we keep our students accountable during project based learning?

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Filed Under: Teaching Strategies Tagged With: Alberta science, Classroom Management, Classroom Management Strategies, group work, PBL, Project Based Learning, science, Social Emotional Learning, Social Studies

The Secrets of Social Emotional Learning for Kids

by BrainNinjasWP

Do your students have difficulty regulating their emotions? Do you need strategies to help teach students about feelings and how to calm down? This is the post for you. Come read the whole post and get practical strategies you can implement today.

We believe firmly in social-emotional learning (or SEL), self-regulation and teaching students about feelings. Students today struggle with identifying feelings, managing their emotions and staying focused.

Let’s not get into all the causes of why some students are unable to describe and manage their feelings, but more and more instructional time becomes wasted unless we intentionally teach students about to self-regulate.

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Filed Under: Classroom Tips, Engaging Lessons, Teaching Strategies Tagged With: Emotions, Feelings, Health, Managing Feelings, Mental Health, SEL, Self-Regulation, Social Emotional Learning, Teachers Pay Teachers

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