Wednesday, October 6, 2010

The Read/Write Web - Real Educational Wonders!



We've been working on newspaper skills in our reading class this week, and in our language arts class, we been working on writing the perfect sentence, the perfect paragraph, and the perfect story using the Simple 6 Method. We are also beginning our Veterans' Day project where students will interview a veteran and create a book about/for them.

The Read/Write Web offers excellent opportunities for the students to practice all the skills they are learning in reading and language arts. Creating blogs will give the students the power of a reporter plus the feedback for self-evaluation. Wow, what wonderful tools for our learning environments!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010









i Pad = educational bliss!






Friday, October 1, 2010

iPads are Coming!

Our class will have a wonderful opportunity to pilot iPads during semester II. The cart is being prepared to contain 30 new iPads and we will be looking for ways to incorporate this new tool into our Reading and Language Arts classes each day. During semester I, we had 1 iPad for the entire class. This iPad has been used to teach, to time progress monitoring, to practice spelling, to record notes, to enter student submissions to our class wiki, to take notes, to view class Prezis, to improve reading fluency and reading rate, to connect with poets and writers, to check the weather, to build sentences, to practice following directions, to read classics, and to create music.

Our list will surely grow with 30 more iPads! We welcome any suggestions you have for educational apps!