Class 3-Jan. 27: Blogging and Writer’s Notebook

Using Children’s Literature and Writer’s Notebooks as a Springboard for Composition

• Discuss readings
• Mini-Lessons
  • Writing Fix
  • Mosaic Tools
• Classroom Blogs…a few favorites:
• http://davidwarlick.com/wordpress/?page_id=2 (David Warlick)
  • http://classblogmeister.com/
    • http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337
    • http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=265128&blog_id=&listclass=31153
    • http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=51141
    • http://michellesmelser.blogspot.com/
    • http://mrlund.edublogs.org/
    • http://gismrfletcher.edublogs.org/
    • http://kulikowski.edublogs.org/
    • http://learningspace.nisd.net/adventures/
    • http://www.stoneacademyroom241.blogspot.com/
    • http://grade3esl.blogspot.com/
    • http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=59644&assignmentid=391
    • http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=41233
      • Blogger’s Contract-Mark Ahlness bloggers_contract
• History of a Name-Notebooks

• Journal Invitations (See Teacher Examples from Class 2)
  
• Reading/Writing Workshop: Amelia’s 5th-Grade Notebook

ASSIGNMENTS

• Please read Chapter 10 from Janet Elliott’s Using the Writer’s Notebook in Grades 3-8.
• Complete journal assignment 3 & 5; bring draft of invitation to class.

• Please read and bring to class: Love That Dog and Brown Angels. Read a few poems from All the Small Poems.
• Read and Download Love That Poetry handout and bring to class.
• Take a picture of 2 ordinary items that are meaningful to you, and post both to your blog. We will use these as inspiration for our poetry writing.

• Please read the following article:
  • Cold Plums…Let Children Read and Write Great Poetry!
• Read This Is Just to Say… by Joyce Sidman; download handout.
• Blog about the readings…what do you think? Questions? Connections?