PBL? Why not!

Tales of a Fourth Grade Something!!

This summer, I went to PBL training. I have to say that I'm so glad I gave up three precious summer vacation days to attend this training. My district is implementing RTII this year and we have NO science or S.S. time built into our schedule. We have to integrate science and S.S. into our reading block (90 minutes!). So, a friend and I wrote a PBL centered around community building using the book Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

The students had fun using the questionnaire they completed on the first day of school to make graphs while learning about their friends. We even began the process of solving word problems using R.I.C.E. (restate, illustrate, compute, explain). They had lots of fun making pie graphs using Skittles. We even measured a few angles using a protractor - hello, CCSS math standards!  :)

We also used the info on their questionnaires to review adding, standard form, word form, expanded form, rounding, comparing and ordering numbers. Whew!  That's a lot!!

Click here for a copy of my lesson plans from the first two days of school!