Every year the 5th graders of Scarsdale participate in Capstone. Capstone is the last two months of school, post-standardized testing. Students choose a topic, research it, and create a final product. It is designed to be a self-directed, passion/interest based assignment. And it ends with a tri-fold board… For the second year in a row…
Every year the 5th graders of Scarsdale participate in Capstone. Capstone is the last two months of school, post-standardized testing. Students choose a topic, research it, and create a final product. It is designed to be a self-directed, passion/interest based assignment. And it ends with a tri-fold board… This year our school decided to turn…
Once again the 5th graders were amazing and rocked the CapCon! Capstone event. The students documented the process on their own blogs. The blogs can be accessed via the classroom teacher’s blogs (look for the “My class” menu on the sidebar). Ms. Boyer Ms. Cooper Ms. Edwards Ms. Robert Check out all of…
It’s Capstone season, and that means CapCon! is getting closer. CapCon! is the annual Capstone Learning Conference where students share the stories of their learning. The Capstone support section of the HeathcoteGateway is up. Use it to get inspiration from previous years, guide your thinking on final presentation format, reference the project guidelines, request support,…
Once again the 5th graders were amazing and rocked the CapCon! Capstone event. The students documented the process on their own blogs. The blogs can be accessed via the classroom teacher’s blogs (look for the “My class” menu on the sidebar). Ms. Edwards Ms. Robert Check out all of their speeches and movies…
5th graders, Now that you are done with your Capstone Projects, it is time to add them to your blogs and write your final reflection. Here are the steps for adding a YouTube video to your blog: Write your post. Go to YouTube and search for HeathcoteTech Find your playlist Find your video in the…
5th graders, This post has a breakdown of everything you’ll need to get started with your Capstone project. This is the Project Requirements poster that has already been shared with you. This image is not clickable, but the original PDF is in your Drive and is clickable. Script Templates when you click the links below…
Once again the 5th graders were amazing and rocked the CapCon! Capstone event. And CapCon! 2020 was like no other… at home, virtual school, fully remote due to the Covid-19 pandemic… and they still created amazing stories of their learning. Check out all of their speeches and movies here: CapCon! a capstone learning conference…
Superintendent’s Conference Day 11/5/19 Ditch the Tri-folds: Ignite and TED Talks for Student Presentations by Christine Boyer and Chris Casal Slides Related blog posts http://bit.ly/4vignites2019 http://bit.ly/4gignites2019 http://bit.ly/4vignites2018 http://bit.ly/4thgradeignites http://bit.ly/hecapstone2019blog http://bit.ly/hecapstone2018blog http://bit.ly/hecapstone2017blog http://bit.ly/hecapstone2016blog 4th Grade Ignites on YouTube 4G Ignites – 2019 Discuss a course of the American Revolution in the…
Once again the 5th graders were amazing and rocked the CapCon! Capstone event. The students documented the process on their own blogs. The blogs can be accessed via the classroom teacher’s blogs (look for the “My class” menu on the sidebar). Ms. Boyer Ms Cooper Ms. Edwards Ms. Robert Check out all of…