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April 23, 2015

Teach Us Something, Somehow

TUSS TreeI’ve really enjoyed reading the kids’ idea proposal forms for the Teach Us Something, Somehow project!  This is a project that is near and dear to my heart, and seeing the kids’ terrific, creative ideas is wonderful.  I developed the project back in 2011 as a way to motivate students to excel in research.  So often, we prescribe a topic or a method to students, and the outcome might be a lackluster interest in the project.  My logic was that if students have near autonomy to choose a topic and a method of presentation, they can’t help but have a substantial interest in their project.  Hopefully this is the case for your children!  As the project continues, please be in touch with me if you have questions or experience challenges.  I’m happy to help!  Thank you to the families that attended the TUSS parent session on Tuesday!  For more resources throughout the TUSS project, visit the TUSS webpage.

Most of the proposal forms have been approved and will be returned to students tomorrow or Monday.  Kids are welcome to begin working on the project as soon as I’ve approved their proposal, whether it’s been returned to students or not.  This is the fun part, and I hope you enjoy it! 🙂

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