Leia Zimmerman's Capstone
EDGE seniors went to Ridgeview Elementary on Monday, April 15th to begin this project. Ridgeview students will continue to work on the project throughout the week. Then, the Ridgeview students will be visiting EDGE on Friday morning to wrap up the project.
"For my senior capstone, I decided to do a field trip with the EDGE seniors as well as the students I’m currently student teaching, Mrs. Callahan's 3rd grade class at Ridgeview Elementary. What I do for my students is help them during their writing and reading time by encouraging their creativity. Currently, they’re in a non-fiction unit, so I decided to take advantage of this unit to combine the kind of work we do within EDGE with their learning as well. EDGE is often based in research, and producing something that will be educational to outsiders, so I had my students collaborate with the seniors on learning about sustainability and the importance of the environment. I chose to do this because Earth Day is a great holiday for research, and in the past EDGE has done Earth day related projects, and introducing kids to the concept of helping the environment can never be negative. They read books with their seniors and came up with a topic to make a poster about, as well as write a poem about, they will research this topic throughout the week. On Friday they will return to make their project, and when complete, they will print and plaster their final projects on the EDGE welcome wall to celebrate Earth Day. Not only are they learning, but anyone who enters and sees the wall might learn or be reminded about how important helping our environment really is!"
-Leia Zimmerman - Senior-