More Wreckage
Do not fear! This is the good kind of wreckage! I promised you, way back in the olden days of yore, that I would share more from the Wreck this Journal. Here they is.
Blog Tag
Wear the Cape was blog-tagged! The rules are this: Go to the 8th folder in which you store your photos Select the 8th photo Post it to your blog and tell the story behind it. After following the above instructions, you are ‘supposed’ to tag 8 other blogger Now, I had to do some finagling…
Do Bagels Date?
Disclaimer: Lest you think I am this brilliant, I am not. I did not create the beagle assignment below. It is from DownWrite Funny: Using students’ love of the ridiculous to teach serious writing skills by Randy Larson. In fact, I took a perfectly good lesson about a beagle and messed it up entirely. Today…
It’s a good day when…
T’was the first day back from a two-week vay-cay. All the punkin’ heads were reading their books. Ms. M. notices A. leafing a little too quickly through his and questions his actions. A. replies, “I’m looking for a hyphenated modifier.” And he was! It’s a good day when one of your little turtle doves learns…
Reading Cards
Today’s story is not a silly one, it’s a method I use in class that is successful more often than it is not. A key to the success of any caped teacher is giving the students choices–enough choice to feel they are in control of their learning. I use these reading project cards to do…
The Littmus Lozenge
We are reading the book Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. In it, Miss Franny Block tells the story of Littmus W. Block, who created the Littmus Lozenge. The Littmus Lozenge has a secret ingredient–sorrow. Opal and Amanda share their great sadnesses with Miss Franny Block. I asked the class to write down their great…
Complete the Sentence
In the golden mist of sunset… “…I look at the sky.” “…I was looking at it and went completely blind.” “…was a rainbow.” “…we saw a big rainbow.” “…there was an army of knites (sic) waiting for them.” “…I found my dog.” “…we saw a little rainbow.” “…it started to rain.” “…there was a man…
Oh my, it’s a–
This week, we reviewed sentence fragments. In an attempt to energize a possibly dull topic (especially considering this has taken quite a bit more review than you might imagine), I first had them writing sentence fragments on their individual white boards. They were supposed to make the fragment interesting enough to entice their partner to…
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