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4th graders, This blog post is the kickoff to the social studies unit project: Manhatta to Manhattan. Use the resources below to explore, research, take notes, reference, and so forth. Begin with OASIS map: NYC OASIS This map allows you to turn on and off layers. The biggest benefit is you can turn on a…
5th graders, As we talked about today, your Adobe Creative Cloud project on Immigration does not start with Adobe, it starts with gathering resources. What we did in class: In your Social Studies folder, we made a new folder called Immigration your interview questions, resources, and script will live eventually in this folder In the Immigration folder…
Just before December vacation the 4th graders presented their Ignite Talks about Reading the Weather to parents. Live! Here are the playlists of the 2 4th grade classes. Enjoy 4-Rickard 4-Volpi
On Friday November 18, 2022 Heathcote hosted the second Parent Coffee of the 2022-20223 school year. The November event was entitled “What to Do When Your Child Asks You For Help With Homework” and was presented by Heathcote’s Learning Resource Center (LRC) teachers Megan Matthews and Francesca Ross. You can find their presentation below. There…
On October 28, 2022 we had the first Parent Coffee of the 2022-20223 school year, it was also the first such event back in-person since the start of Covid. The event was an overview of “Technology @HeathcoteSchool” which essential means I covered the Scarsdale School’s technology vision and then how it manifests itself here at…
October 24-28 is Digital Citizenship Week. At Heathcote we talk about digital citizenship, and digital leadership, across all lessons and projects. We discuss such things as keeping passwords private, limiting identifiable information, making thoughtful decisions online, being purposeful about looking for the good (and not the garbage) and much more. We weave all these concepts…
October 24-28 is Digital Citizenship Week. At Heathcote we talk about digital citizenship, and digital leadership, across all lessons and projects. We discuss such things as keeping passwords private, limiting identifiable information, making thoughtful decisions online, being purposeful about looking for the good (and not the garbage) and much more. We weave all these concepts…
I often get asked about headphones for students. It’s a difficult question to answer on many fronts. Price is one concern, but so is durability. A microphone is an important consideration since students use apps like Seesaw to record their learning and record voice overs for movies using apps like WeVideo and Adobe Creative cloud.…
Students and Parents, We have begun to roll out devices to students. As of 9/9/2022 all 3rd, 4th and 5th graders have had the Responsible Use Policy lesson. All of 4th, 5th, and half of 3rd grade have also had an initial Chromebook login lesson. During the week of 9/12 the rest of 3rd grade…
Toy Theater is over! It was a wild ride. This was a brand new project based on an existing unit of study, but done differently. Students looked at various events from the American Revolution; Boston Massacre, Declaration of Independence, from various perspectives. The research and project wasn’t just a straight rehash of data but rather…