Mondays 6:30-9:00 pm
North Seattle Community College, IB 1409
Candice Hoyt, Instructor
Course online: http://northseattle.angellearning.com/
CCE 285: The Project Approach
Session 2a
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Phase 1: Teacher webs
In-class Project, Phase 1
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In-class Project, Phase 2
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Web: What We Know
Web: What We Want to Know
Begin information gathering:
Go to library or computer lab
Overview of readings
Manuscript Printing links
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Webs as in Curriculum
Plan in CCE 125
Program Planning.
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Anticipatory webs
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p. 10, fig. 1.5
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Possible questions
Curriculum opportunities
Explore resources, field
sites available
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List focusing-activities
and common
experiences
Topic appropriate and
practical? Yes = project.
Teacher-child webs
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Current concepts &
understanding
What do we want to find
out?
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In-class project – web:
“What we know…”
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In-class project – web:
“What we want to
know…”
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Usually done before
Child-Teacher web, but
because you are the
“children,” too, it is
redundant for you to do
a teacher anticipatoryweb if you are the ones
completing the ChildTeacher web (essentially
the same, with
additional players).
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Anticipatory webs
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Possible questions
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You did this already as
“children” in last slide –
usually comes before
Children-Teacher webs
Curriculum opportunities
(15 min.)
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What curriculum
opportunities would your
project provide for children
ages 3-6?
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Prepare for field work
and visitors
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Wednesday = field trip to
wetlands
Bring camera / video
camera
Plan any other field work
you want to do between
now and Monday 4/19
(5 min.)
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Begin “Investigation”:
Go to library or
computer lab (30 min.)
Revisit … (15 min.)
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Phase 1 webs “what we
know” and “what we
want to know”
Re-plan any other field
work you want to do
between now and
Monday 4/19
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Get in groups with
people not in your
investigation-group.
Your reflections on being
the “child”…
How this helps you
understand what you
will be doing as a
facilitator.
Your questions about
doing this….
Children should be “verbal,” and
preferably ages 3+.
If you work with younger children;
team with someone who has older
children, or use family/friend
children.
In group: ideas so far of something
you can do with children
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In groups (10 min.)
On board
Pair/team up?
Bugs
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Eric
Butterflies
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Katie & Marianne
Cars
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Becky
Legos
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Emily
Nature trails
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Teresa
Planting a Vegetable Garden
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Stephanie & Angelica
Recycling
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Michelle
South Lake Union
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Celeste, Pam & Renee
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In mixed groups of 3
(30 min. – 10 each):
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How can you “mess
around” with this topic?
Get ideas from each
other.
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By Monday:
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“Mess around” with
various topics in your
classroom
Keep in contact with your
pair/team if applicable
Come prepared with 1-3
ideas about possible
projects to do with your
children
Required for Mon. 4/19:
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“Dot Schuler’s Water Project”
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Schuler_Dot-schulers-water-project.pdf
“Dot Schuler Phase 2”
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Optional for Mon. 4/19:
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“Mathematical Representation”
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Schuler_Phase-2.pdf
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Schuler_Visitors-View.pdf
“Cycles of Project Work”
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Kathy’s letter with Sydney Clemens’
comments
“Kathy wrote this letter to…”
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“A Visitor’s View of Dot Schuler’s
Second Grade Project Work”
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Cycles-of-Project-Work.pdf
Mathematical-Representation.pdf
Clemens_Kathy-trying-to-listen-tochildren.pdf
Shirley’s ‘Trees’ Phase 1
(list-serve Mon 25 Mar 1996)
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Chard_Shirley-Trees.pdf
King_Why-our-children-arentlearning.pdf
1st page of “Nine – Teaching: The
Discipline Sylvia Chose” (complete
document online)
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Clemens_Teaching--The-disciplinesylvia-chose.pdf
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http://shop.zaner-bloser.com/c-148prekindergarten.aspx
http://www.drawyourworld.com/i_styles/simpleman
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http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/denelian1/make-d.htm
http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/
http://homeschooling.about.com/od/langearlyread/
ss/letterawrite.htm
http://word.tips.net/Pages/T000369_Dotted_Letter_
Fonts.html
http://kidsfonts.mivox.com/
http://guindo.pntic.mec.es/jmag0042/kidfonts.html
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/kplus_writing.
htm
http://www.tooter4kids.com/Preschool/teaching_yo
ur_child_to_write.htm#Fonts1
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Wed. 4/14 In-class project: Wetlands walk
Sun. 4/18 Interval Paper #2
Mon. 4/19 Read: pp. 27-50
Read articles as indicated in PPT
Project to do with your children
 “Mess around” w/various topics w/kids
 Keep in contact with your pair/team
 Come with 1-3 ideas about possible projects
to do with your children
Sun. 4/25 Interval Paper #3
Mon. 4/26 Read: pp. 51-97