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Fifth grade and sixth grade still focus on elaboration in writing. However, we will dabble in applying our elaboration skills on election issues. I hope to introduce them to working together on wiki...
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“Our Blog: a place to enhance written discourse and media citizenship among students.” What does that mean? How do we explain this to our students? In our writing classroom, we review lessons from...
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A blog comment is your footprint...a path back to you...prepare your path wisely.
View ArticleWelcome New Bloggers
Please take time to welcome our new teacher bloggers from our school.
View ArticleQuality Blogging & Commenting Audit Meme
Our students were thrilled this year with an award nomination, and many chose to write thank you comments to our nominator. Most were thoughtful responses that conveyed their appreciation; they wrote...
View Article#napowrimo14 is what?
April is National Poetry Month sponsored by the Academy of American Poets What is poetry? What is a poem? #napowrimo is National Poetry Writing Month! started by poet Maureen Thorson a challenge to...
View ArticleWhose image is it?
I love poster images and inspirational quotes. Sometimes they just make my day or encourage me to keep going. Images create emotional responses and so are a powerful addition to our communications. But...
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