Each week I am going to add a challenge like this to my class blog, using different homonyms.
Okay techno kids, this week’s literacy challenge is to write 1 - 2 sentences using the words their, there and they’re. Use the cheat sheet on the homework page, to help you work out which word is the [...]
Word Puzzle
Taking inspiration from a fellow blogger - Bec McCartney, I added this word puzzle to our class blog and then gave the students a week to add their answers.
See if you can figure out what these words have in common. When you have done it, post your reply in the comments. Good [...]
In the comments section, write about your week using only one sentence.
My week in a sentence might be:
I had an exciting time watching clever children develop some great ideas for their projects.
Parents and friends are invited to write a sentence as well.
This is a long term challenge I have invited students to accept. As part of their ongoing homework, the students have their own personal writing journals, which they are encouraged to keep at home. These journals can contain postcards, photos from holidays, tickets to events they have attended, feathers, snippets from newspapers etc. and [...]
Thanks to Britt (fellow blogger at - www.brittgow.globalteacher.org.au) I have discovered Sudiyo, a very clever tool for creating online quizzes. I plan to introduce Studiyo to the students in year 6 and let them run with the technology. I can see enormous potential for this clever blogging tool. Students will have to [...]
I have instructed my students, that whenever they publish work on the net or anywhere else for that matter, they MUST include a virtual bibliography. This bibliography acknowledges their sources from the internet or books, so that the authors are credited with their work. I have instructed them that they must NEVER copy and paste [...]
So many of our young writers struggle when it comes to thinking of something to write about. They also try to write about things they haven’t experienced like wars, robberies, gang shoot outs etc. What tends to happen when they write about these sort of things, is that they get to a certain point and [...]
This slideshow contains a number of tips for planning to write a narrative. One of the toughtest things for students to do is to write a narrative. Try it yourself. Next time you set the task of “write a story about….” for your students, sit down and write one yourself. It’s something many of us [...]
My Cyberspace journey continues…..
Just sat down on Friday night, computer, glass of wine
Thought that I had better tweak these wizz bang, blogs of mine,
Incurred a snag so jumped on skype, to try and sort it out
I skyped a geeky friend of mine, who has some IT clout.
Before I knew it, conversation jumped from two to [...]
This is an editing checklist I give my students when we write narratives. It is made up of a number of prompts to help them accurately edit their stories.
