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Friendship Village teachers describe multi-week project-based learning units that boost engagement
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Teachers at Friendship Village described multi-week project-based learning units — from a fourth-grade pizza shop to kindergarten hot-chocolate sales — that they say improve engagement, formative assessment and real-world math and literacy practice.
At a district board meeting, Friendship Village School teachers described a range of multi-week project-based learning (PBL) units they say have raised student engagement and provided rich opportunities for formative assessment.
"Project-based learning is hands-on learning, engaging students through practical real-world activities," said Sarah Ovenan, kindergarten teacher, who described the school’s fourth-grade pizza-shop project that taught fractions, pricing and profit by having students design menus, logos and boxes and sell slices to third…
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