ProjectGals
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McKinney, Texas, United States
About the store
ProjectGals offers school, district and region wide make-and-take workshop opportunities in and around the Dallas/Ft Worth area. The following are workshops we have done in the past: Project Based Learning (How to utilize long term project based learning to engage students), Versatile Make-n-Takes for any classroom (A six- hour workshop that introduces teachers to a wide range of projects from all subject areas), A Make-n-Take a Day Keeps the Boredom Away (Keep your students excited about learning by introducing them to project based learning), Math Make-n-Takes (Unique projects that help reinforce mathematical concepts), Holiday Make-n-Takes (Favorite holiday stories are featured with making make-n-take projects), Putting Students in the Driver's Seat (A Bloom's based Make-and-Take Workshop), Quick-n-Easy Make-n-Takes to organize content. We would love to lead a make-and-take workshop for your school/district/or region. Please email if you are interested in booking one of the workshops above or another hands-on, higher order thinking based training.
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The Trojan Horse: A Reader's Theater/STEM Activity
Do you know the real story of the Trojan Horse and who is really to blame for the 10 year war? Allow your students a chance to travel up the levels of BLOOMS as they pick a side, rank those involved, justify why a specific character is responsible for the cause of the war and defend a character they think was not to blame. Next, challenge each group with a Trojan Horse STEM activity. Finally, build the Trojan Horse foldable using the given directions to display the work they have completed in
2nd - 5th
English Language Arts
You Make the Game
Your classroom will have a blast creating their very own game with our "You Make The Game project". Students design their very own game board, make up the rules and most importantly, research and write all of the question / answer cards. Once the games are finished you can have a big game day and let the students play each other’s games! What a great way to challenge students to apply and synthesize what they have learned. To create a game you must work high on the Bloom's levels as you use
2nd - 6th
Math
Around The World: A Country Study
Send your students around the world as they research a country highlighting the cultural dress and native animals, as well as comparing nationally celebrated holidays to our own celebrations. Students will explore another country and build a flag out of a paper grocery bag to store their research information. Templates include worksheets for students to research the following; Quick Facts, Landforms, Famous People, Food, Tourist Attractions, Hot Topics, and Compare / Contrast of customs or hol
3rd - 6th
Social Studies
Invent a Sport
This project is a great way to stimulate creative thinking and problem solving! Students must use their imagination to invent a brand new sport including rules, scoring, field and equipment
design and more! What a great way to spend those indoor recess days inventing new games and sports while challenging students to think at high levels in a fun way! This also makes for a great project for parents to see at Open House as students showcase their creativity and imagination.
2nd - 6th
Physical Education
Storefront Math
Students use their math and organizational skills to
plan, create and manage a budget for their own store front. Students research and set their own product prices, hire their own employees, create a work schedule, map out their store front layout, create an advertisement and write their own word problems for others to solve. New and improved version includes more in-depth student directions and a few extras.
3rd - 6th
Math
Invention Portfolio
This Invention Portfolio is a great place to store work, whether it is in the draft copy stage or already published. With four accessible pockets you can store all of their planning guides for their invention project as well as use the surfaces to display additional work. No more project display boards, this project serves as both an organizer and a display board. Adapt to any project in any content area.
2nd - 6th
For All Subjects
Party Bag Planner
This project definitely has the “wow” factor
for your students! They will absolutely love to plan a birthday
party for a relative or classmate. Along the way they will
strengthen their research skills and problem solving as well as reasoning and math skills.
3rd - 6th
Math
STEM Journal Foldable
Want a way to organize and store your students STEM projects throughout the year? Check out our STEM Journal Foldable which provides templates for students to reflect on their personal strengths and weaknesses, the design process, the SCAMPER strategy, and brainstorming questions about the world around them. This product provides reproducible pages that can be used along side any STEM project that include areas for brainstorming, planning, drafting, testing, revising, and reflecting on each as
1st - 6th
Engineering
Characterization using apps, selfies, voicemail, profiles, and posts
In this foldable project, students will use text messaging, voicemail, selfie photos, Facebook status updates, photos to reveal what they have learned about the characters in the book.
Challenge students thinking and depth of knowledge by providing the opportunity for them to develop a facebooklet and phone profile from the perspective of a character in the book.
This project includes:
Directions for making the Characterization foldable along with the templates needed to complete the project
3rd - 7th
English Language Arts
Book Report Pouch: Store your mini reports
Complete seven reading activities within this wonderful Book Report Pouch including; a letter to the author, parts of the story, main character analysis, summary, sequence and word work. Keep
the activities connected and organized within this handy pouch.
3rd - 6th
English Language Arts
ABC Vocabulary Book
Spice up your daily vocabulary work by having your students create their own vocabulary book as a reference guide and reinforcement of new words. Each page has space for several words, definitions, examples and pictures. Organize the book by alphabet order for easy reference. This project is appropriate for every grade and is specifically helpful for math vocabulary.
1st - 6th
For All Subjects
Student Spotlight Presentations
This project is perfect for student presentations, plays, writing and research projects. Students gather the research for their play or T.V. show, write the script, create the background, characters and put on their presentation. This foldable contains a perfect place to store the puppets, and script for easy access as students present!
1st - 5th
For All Subjects
My Math Business
This 3D foldable provides for a yearlong math enrichment project that reinforces math skills taught in the classroom! Students open up their own math store to write and publish their own skill puzzles and problems for fellow classmates.
Project Download Includes:
Ideas for using this project all year long
Directions for 3D foldable
Step by Step student friendly directions for opening your own math store
Templates for math research, vocabulary, drafting and final products
Tags: math, centers,
2nd - 6th
Math
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About the store
Experience
ProjectGals offers school, district and region wide make-and-take workshop opportunities in and around the Dallas/Ft Worth area. The following are workshops we have done in the past: Project Based Learning (How to utilize long term project based learning to engage students), Versatile Make-n-Takes for any classroom (A six- hour workshop that introduces teachers to a wide range of projects from all subject areas), A Make-n-Take a Day Keeps the Boredom Away (Keep your students excited about learning by introducing them to project based learning), Math Make-n-Takes (Unique projects that help reinforce mathematical concepts), Holiday Make-n-Takes (Favorite holiday stories are featured with making make-n-take projects), Putting Students in the Driver's Seat (A Bloom's based Make-and-Take Workshop), Quick-n-Easy Make-n-Takes to organize content. We would love to lead a make-and-take workshop for your school/district/or region. Please email if you are interested in booking one of the workshops above or another hands-on, higher order thinking based training.
Teaching style
Our style of teaching is centered on students' talents and learning styles. Hands-on projects give students freedom to make connections between learning and real life experiences, practice valuable planning and analyzing skills as they synthesize information into a meaningful product. These proects also allow students to view work from an evaluative point of view and discover the varying perspectives in their peers as they see others' work. Ulitmately, our goal is to produce life-long learners through meaningful student-centered work and higher order thinking.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Teacher of the Month – April 97.5 KLAK
Allen ISD District Teacher of the Year (2009 – 2010)
North Texas Girls Coach of the Year (2009 – 2010) (U9G & U15G)
Norton Elementary Volunteer of the Year (2009)
Allen ISD Bright Idea Award (2008)
Allen ISD Strategic Planning Committee for Technology (2012)
Project-Based Learning Grant (2009)
My own education history
ProjectGals have a combined 18 years in the education field with a passion for hands-on projects that challenge students to dig deep into content, collaborate with peers in making connections, and produce products that showcase high levels of thinking. Student engagement and excitement for learning are top priority in these student-created projects. We lead workshop experiences to inspire and transform typical classroom projects into original masterpieces full of creativity and individuality while demonstrating learning at the highest level of Bloom's.
Additional biographical information
Project Gals is based on the theory that "Students whose teachers emphasize higher-order thinking skills and hands-on learning activities outperform their peers significantly. Students who ENGAGE IN HANDS-ON LEARNING on a weekly basis outperform those who engage in this manner of instruction on a monthly basis. Students WHOSE TEACHERS CONDUCT hands-on learning actvities outperform their peers by 72% of a grade level in math and 40% of a grade level in science. This study indicates that the MOST EFFECTIVE classroom practices involve conveying HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS and engaging in HANDS-ON LEARNING activities." (Educational Testing Service 2001) We value the idea that "Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learnt. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and where appropriate profits." (Edward De Bono)
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