Yesterday I presented my Capstone to the parents. It was such an exciting but nerve wracking experience. When I presented I messed with up a few times but it wasn’t such a big deal. Also, I learned so much from even talking in public. It taught me how to be loud and clear with my […]
Category: 5th Grade
Capstone #5 – Answering Inquiry Question
I started this project off with a different topic. That topic was Broadway Casting. Since we had to come up with a main question (inquiry question) I had a different question than I do now. My first inquiry question was (What is the process that a casting director goes through to find the best person […]
Graphic Novels
This year in class we studied Graphic Novels, and we also made some of our own Graphic Novels. A teacher named Mr. DeBerry came in every week and taught us all about Graphic Novels. We started off with reading Graphic Novels with our partners and acknowledging all of the details of a Graphic Novel. After […]
Capstone #3 – Site Visit
Part of the project is going to a place that is related to your topic. I went to a place called Ellen’s Stardust Diner. You may know this place because it is a very popular restaurant in New York City. This relates to my topic because the waiters there who aren’t having the greatest luck […]
Ellis Island Field Trip
Today my entire grade went to Ellis Island for a field trip. We went on a ferry to get to Ellis Island so I thought that that was very fun. When we got there we got to wander around the museum for a while and learn about the immigrants coming through Ellis Island. After that […]
Passion Project Final Presentaion
For about a month I worked on making a passion project with my friend. At the end we ended up making a slideshow about everything we researched. Here is my slideshow:
Capstone #2 – Having my Interview
Over the weekend I had my interview for Capstone. Like I had said before I interviewed my aunt’s mother. Her name is Jessica Walter. When I interviewed her I didn’t have many questions but while she was talking, she basically covered everything that I needed to know about how to be prepared for an audition. […]
Capstone #1 – Thinking About my Interview
Since I am researching Broadway Casting for my Capstone, I was thinking about who I should interview. I knew that it should definitely be someone who has experience with auditioning for Broadway and being on a Broadway show. I thought if I knew anyone that had that experience. I realized that my aunt’s mother has […]
Choosing a topic for Capstone
This week we started to talk about ideas for capstone. Capstone is a project related to what our interests and passions are. I started to think about what I love to do and what my interests are. I knew that I liked gymnastics, so that was an option, but then I started to think about […]
Nerdy Derby
Today in class we did an activity that was called Nerdy Derby. The activity was when we got to make our own little cars and race them. I did mine with my best friend Samantha and we made ours very pretty. We called it the Color Convertible because we covered it in rainbow order pom […]