Patience Elliott Capstone

During Senior Capstone Project, I redesigned a geometry project assignment for sixth graders. To begin, I took a project that was originally made for tenth-grade geometry students and modified it so that it would be suitable for a sixth-grade classroom. The project was about designing their own homes and calculating the measurements for the structures. I then contacted Samuel Gompers School to determine if they would be interested in being my host school. When I contacted the principal, he put me in contact with the teacher that I would begin to work with, Mr. Neal. Mr. Neal chose the class that I would work with, and I began to introduce the project to the students. I worked with a class of about 30 students. In the beginning, I reviewed perimeter, area, and conversions with them. The students responded well, and they were excited about the project. I taught the class every Wednesday at 1:45 pm, and I stayed until the end of the school day. I made a list of dates that I would follow in order to get this project done on time. I did not take into account the times that they would be testing for PSSAs and when we would have spring break. Not taking this into account really set me back, and I had to go to the class Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in order to meet the deadlines. I finished the project and had the students present, and we had a party on the last day. Bibliography: Brown, Stan. "Why is Math so Hard?" Why is Math so Hard? BrownMath.com, 2 July 2013. Web. 03 Apr. 2017. Goodman, Amy. "Http://ljournal.ru/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/d-2016-154.pdf."; The Middle School High Five: Strategies Can Triumph 13.2 (2016): 12-19. Web. 3 Apr. 2017. Harmon, Amy. "Beyond ‘Hidden Figures’: Nurturing New Black and Latino Math Whizzes." The New York Times. The New York Times, 17 Feb. 2017. Web. 03 Apr. 2017. Hudson, Tim. "Modern Strategies for Teaching Middle School Math." DreamBox Learning. DreamBox Learning, n.d. Web. 03 Apr. 2017. Larmer, John. "Project-Based Learning vs. Problem-Based Learning vs. X-BL." Edutopia. Edu, 06 Jan. 2014. Web. 03 Apr. 2017. Mansaray, Hassan. "Nine Strategies for Reaching All Learners in English Language Arts." Edutopia. Edutopia, 22 May 2013. Web. 03 Apr. 2017. Posamentier, Alfred. "9 Strategies for Motivating Students in Mathematics." Edutopia. Edutopia, 01 Nov. 2013. Web. 03 Apr. 2017. Strauss, Valerie. "Why is math so hard for so many?" The Washington Post. WP Company, 27 Mar. 2013. Web. 03 Apr. 2017. Strauss, Valerie. "Think teachers aren’t paid enough? It’s worse than you think." The Washington Post. WP Company, 16 Aug. 2016. Web. 03 Apr. 2017. Team, Edutopia. "Why Teach with Project-Based Learning?: Providing Students With a Well-Rounded Classroom Experience." Edutopia. GEORGE LUCAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, 28 Feb. 2008. Web. 03 Apr. 2017. Wong, Alia. "What If America's Teachers Made More Money?" The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 18 Feb. 2016. Web. 03 Apr. 2017.