Thoughts

The students are getting more and more comfortable using the blog. It is becoming routine for the students to come in and access the blog to post comments. Some of the students have said they prefer to type their comments rather than hand write them. I think they enjoy reading what other students have written. It will be interesting to see if their writing scores improve.

C: Are angels real and meant to help us in situations or do events occur because they are destined to happen?

C: Are angels real and meant to help us in situations or do events occur because they are destined to happen? Expectations; 7-9 sentences and text-to-self or text to text connections.

C: Which is preferable, taking a long essay test, or giving an oral report?

C: Which is preferable, taking a long essay test, or giving an oral report? Expectations: 7-9 sentences with at least one text-to-self connection

More Observations

I think the students are getting more and more comfortable blogging. It is becoming routine for them the more they blog. Mrs. Green, Mrs. Davis, and I have to catch ourselves because we want to help the students and end up telling them to capitalize the first letter of the sentence, etc. We need to let the students write exactly as they would with no reminders about grammar and capitalization. I have been reminding the students to edit and read over their comment before they send it to be published. It's embarrasing to have a mistake posted where all of your peers can see your mistake. And hey, it happened to me yesterday. I posted the writing prompt and mispelled amicable (amiable).

C: Is Mrs. Watson amiable or quarrelsome? (Write a character sketch of Mrs. Watson)

C: Is Mrs. Watson amicable or quarrelsome? (Write a character sketch of Mrs. Watson)Expectation: 6-8 sentences

C: In The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, is the conflict more internal or external?

C: In The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, is the conflict more internal or external? Teacher expectations: 6-8 sentences and use at least two test-to-text or text-to-self connections.

We're learning...

Today went much smoother than Tuesday. I went to the computer lab early and logged all of the computers in so the students didn't have to waste time waiting for the computers to load up. Everyone had plenty of time to post a comment and read what other classmates wrote as well. Most of the students have said they enjoy typing their response to the writing prompt as opposed to hand writing it. One thing I will revise for next Tuesday is to have the students sign in to blogger first and then go to the class blog. Today, I had the students go straight to the blog and try and post a comment and then blogger was asking them to choose a profile. Then we had to copy their comment, go to blogger, sign in and then access the class blog and paste thei comment..it got very confusing.