Fifth Grade Voices
Those who had a little extra time in my Wrinkles group yesterday posted their thoughts about weblogs. These students are fifth graders. I thought you might enjoy hearing some student voices.
Derrick says weblogs are the newspaper of the Internet…..
Once I heard about this assignment, I knew what to say about it. Weblogs are fun to write about things in the news and you also get to have fun with IDIOMS. We do assignments and when we come back we write down our homework on our weblogs. Weblogs are a great experience for people to learn and get better at writing. Do you like to write LOOONNNGGG stories? Weblogs are good for sharing information you learn about in the news or in schools and libraries.When we come to Mrs. Davis’s class, we have discussion going on in the room and we think of things that are really important in the news or whats happening in schools. You can learn from other people if they have weblogs. “It’s the newspaper of the internet.”
Now what do you think about weblogs?
Yoceline shares her weblog with her uncle…..
What do you think about weblogs? I think they are great. You can just have your own web where you can write your own ideas. I love weblogs. I have my own weblog and I really enjoy it. I hope I can have a weblog next year. Do you have a weblog?
Weblogs helps people with their vocabulary. It also helps you express yourself. I share my writing with my uncle. He thought it was great.
Emily is “all ears”…..
Once I heard this assignment, my response was on the double! I absolutely LOVE WEBLOGS!!! The webloging experience for everyone is so great for education subjects, or of course to share your feelings. Ms. Davis’ group allows me to really express my feelings about the subjects on the news and my side of the story. You might think that you can just write it down on paper and have the same effect. If you have a weblog though, you can write AND get a response from other viewers.
What do we do in weblogs? In the weblog group, we start off the day by meeting together and taking up our homework. Our homework is usually writing a story off a report from a news site and making a really thought-provoking question at the end. Next we talk about what our day plan is, and go off to the computer lab to go weblogging!!! YAY!!!
We usually start of by typing our homework, and then responding to our responses of our posts. Many people out in the world just can not even imagine what it feels like to get an uplifting response to our stories!!! After our cheers from our responses, we find a new report that we enjoy reading about on some interesting news sites for our homework.
After all of this, at 10:30 (sometimes longer), our time is up and we pack up our stuff, and go back to our classrooms. I really wish our day was longer, so our class can keep on learning!
Remember Ms. Davis, I am all ears!!!
Jennifer tells me she is “tickled pink about weblogs”…..
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I was on the ball the first time Mrs. Davis gave an assignment to the class. I am glad I get to have this experience again. This will help me learn new skills in writing good descriptive paragraphs and techniques to narrate stories better. I am very delighted that I get comments from friends, family, and from other people as well. What do we do in our weblog group you ask? Well first off, Mrs. Davis gives an assignment the week before. Then we come in and discuss what is on the agenda that day. Next we go to the computer lab and find an article. These are a few steps WE do to start writing: 1 Read your article. 2 Take a high-lighter and mark the important parts. 3 Think about the article. 4 Tell someone what you are reading about. 5 Think about descriptive words to make you writing interesting. 6 Be sure the who, what, when, where, and, why are included. 7 Make sure the lead of the article is catchy. 8 Write your article. 9 Think of a catchy title. 10. Read article outloud to yourself. 11 Proof article yourself. 12 Ask someone else to proof it. 13 Make corrections to make it better. 14 Reread it one more time! We do this for about an two hours.(8:30-10:30) I really hope students and teachers will get inspired and follow our footsteps from the beginning to the end! |
February 6th, 2004 at 8:24 pm
What do I think about your students’ weblogs? WOW!!! They’re stupendous! That’s what I think!!! I am just amazed at the level of self-reflection about their work–in 5th grade!!! And, they’re using their idioms–”on the double” and “on the ball.” You must be thrilled! It’s all coming together for them. They are lucky to have had you–you’ve really moved them along (and their 6th grade teachers will LOVE you for it!)