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5th graders, It is CapCon! time. Here are some resources for helping you get ready for the big event. CapCon! 2017 recap YourTube playlist CapCon! 2016 recap YouTube playlist Presentation styles Standalone presentations TED & Ignite style presentations Scott Berkun – “How and Why to Give an Ignite Talk“ 4th Grade Colonial America Ignites (only…
Students of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades… Now that you have blogs you can add not only new and original writng, but you can also add Google Drive files to your blog as well. The best part about adding a Google file is that you can add the file to a blog post, publish…
5th graders, You are working on creating infographics. Read these blog posts to help give you some background on why certain choices are made when creating infographics. These articles will also help you understand different design styles and methods of conveying information with images and text: Introduction to Infographics there is a brief tutorial you…
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…
One option for Capstone is to do a “stand-alone” presentation. By “stand-alone” we mean using a tool such as Google Slides to convey your information, without presenting it in person. “Stand-alone” means the presentation has to teach the viewer about your topic, convey your learning, without you there to verbalize the experience. Whereas an in-person…
Toward the end of every school year the 5th graders embark on their Capstone Projects. They choose an area of interest, develop a main inquiry question and related sub-questions, seek out experts in their field of interest, conduct interviews, go on site visits, and do a ton of traditional book and web-based research. It is…
5th graders, As you think about how you are going to tell your Capstone story, one tool you might use is video. The most common use of video is iMovie. But iMovie is just a tool to tell a story. It’s not that you use iMovie, but how you use iMovie that matters. One of…
by Ms. Boyer I introduced Padlet to my 5th graders this week. I really didn’t know much about Padlet but thought it had the “cool factor” and would prove to be a very interesting way for my students to share their new investigations of non-fiction. I set up our collaborative group in Padlet, made a…
5th graders, When using the internet to research information I think it is important to keep Abraham Lincoln in mind…. That being said, the internet is a valuable resource for learning and discovery. The key is to verify your information by checking the facts among multiple sources. Your assignment Read about the Pacific Northwest…