What a difference a few months of working with the web 2.0 tools can make to students and teachers alike. Prior to being introduced to these amazing tools of trade by our two dynamos Anne and Jess, project presentations were somewhat tedious to say the least.
At the start of the term, when I proposed [...]
Well, after a discussion with my year 6 students today, it was decided that Ms M needed a voki. The real incentive presented itself after one cheeky student whose blogging name is Beatstar, (and whose report I am yet to write!)said “come on Grandma…” Well, for what it’s worth you cheeky children, here is [...]
In comprehension activities, it is far too easy to concentrate on questions which require the students to simply recall facts and not do any thinking on a deeper level. The following powerpoint explains the 3 levels of questions which promote a more comprehensive level of comprehension.
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This is my first photo in the “photo a week” project which I have set up for my students. Each week the students are to take a photo, paste it into their writing journals and write something about it. They will then be able to post these on their own blogs.
Autumn leaves; gold, lime green, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
