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Capstone Project

Capstone Project

by Debbie Reid -
Number of replies: 4
In my capstone project, I use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the job of our principal and the President of the United States. I put the Venn Diagram on the visualizer for the class to see. The students provided the information and I recorded it on the diagram. I had the students "pair, think, and share" ideas of the jobs of these two people before we filled out the paper. After the diagram was filled out, we held a group discussion on what was similar and what was different about the jobs. For the further practice, we watched a video on presidents called President Day Facts and Fun which was on Discovery Streaming. Here is the link: http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=president+day#selItemsPerPage=60&intCurrentPage=0&No=0&N=18340&Ne=18339&Ntt=president%2Bday&Ns=&Nr=&browseFilter=&indexVersion=&Ntk=All&Ntx=mode%252Bmatchallpartial
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Re: Capstone Project

by Courtney Daunt -

Debbie,

I like the Venn Diagram idea.  Since this is kindergarten, did you put pictures for them to refer back to?  Or did you just fill out the words?  I also like the idea of watching a facts and fun video on Discovery Streaming.  I hear they have great resources there!

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Re: Capstone Project

by Amy Klopf -

When reading over your thoughts I also wonder if having visuals for the students to go back to. You could also try playing "president" online with sites like: PBS http://pbskids.org/democracy/be-president/ or Scholastic http://www.scholastic.com/kids/president/.

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Re: Capstone Project

by Kyle Carter -

Venn diagrams are always fun, and and a great way to visualize similiarities and differences.

Would the students benefit from, perhaps, inviting the principal into the class in order to get his/her take on what they came up with?

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Re: Capstone Project

by Amber Schlappi-Bloss -

I was going to watch the video, but I don't have a Discovery Account.  I think the children liked having the video to watch, it seems like so many relate when watching on TV!

I also like the idea a peer had of inviting in the principal to check out what your class came up with on the diagram.