St.+Anastasia



Saint Anastasia School Newtown Square, PA

Team Members Brad Kohlhepp - team leader  Carolyn Brown  @Judy Dunn  Diana Frosch  Ky Mc Nichol  Nicole Nolan  Terri Woodruff  



**PBL Unit Template**
__Rationale:__

As we designed our unit focusing on project based learning we developed a project around the core principles defined by edutopia.com. "Project based learning is a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges, simultaneously developing cross-curriculum skills while working in small collaborative groups. In addition, students develop confidence and self-direction as they move through both team-based and independent work. They quickly see how academic work can connect to real-life issues -- and may even be inspired to pursue a career or engage in activism that relates to the project they developed." []

As a team our goal was to incorporate these beliefs into our project. We felt that our project would allow students to develop important interpersonal skills they can use in the future.

__Grade Level:__

Cross-grade and cross-curriculum


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Math: 5th and 7th Grade **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Social Studies: 4th and 5th grade **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ILA: 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th Grade **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Art & Technology: 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th Grade **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">__Unit Goals:__

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Our broad goal was to create a newscast that meets the following criteria: cross-curriculum and cross-grade. Our final project is a cohesive newscast that uses the curriculum to investigate real world situations. The students incorporate the following skills: both written and oral communication with peers and adults, organization and research skills, integration of technology into the curriculum, development and understanding for project based learning, and artistic expression.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">__Evaluation:__

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: medium;">Each teacher created their own rubric based on their expectations and curriculum guidelines to assess their own students' performance. ** ﻿ ** __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Curriculum Objectives: __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**ILA /8th grade**-create news stories based on what happened after the fairy tales or from another character’s point of view (have fairytales take place in specific areas of the United States)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Social Studies/5th grade**- Students will use their knowledge of where natural disaster occur to present a weather forecast.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Math/7th grade & 5th grade**-Students will incorporate comparisons based on their knowledge of percents, money, and idea of the “better deal.” (Consumer Math)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Math/5th grade & 7th grade**-Students will incorporate consumer math, addition and subtraction, speed/ distance, make comparisons, to support the story line.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Social Studies/4th grade**-Students will incorporate the history of Pennsylvania and historical landmarks in travel/tourism stories.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">__Introducing The Activity:__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">We plan on introducing our project by showing a montage of students waving, to entice the viewer to "Come Take A Look" at our project.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">__Culminating Activity:__

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Our culminating activity is to upload our newscast on to Vimeo. Our school's website will then provide a link to our video for parents, students, and collegues to view.