Category Archives: Blogging

Speed Geeking

I feel overwhelming pride and joy for my 4th and 5th graders that chose to do the “Speed Geeking” at EdJEWcon.  They all did such a fabulous job, and I heard from so many people how impressive they were. Ariella T, Samantha Z, Eliana … Continue reading

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Terrific Trailers

Here are a few of the 5th graders’ book trailers.  The rest will be posted soon.  

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Wacky wacky words

Today, we were checking our Twitter feed in class.  We noticed that Mike Fisher had mentioned us in a blog post.         We opened up his link to read the blog post. As we began to read, … Continue reading

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We Skyped with Mike Fisher!

Written by: Benjamin C We had a skype call with Mike Fisher, a children’s poet. We had the skype call because Mr. Fisher is allowing us to illustrate one of his poems, chosen by our teacher. In the skype call, … Continue reading

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Fantastic Posts About Our Field Trip to Ft. Caroline

The students were asked to reflect about our recent trip to Ft. Caroline by making a quality post which was to include links and pictures. The following are excellent examples of a great post. Ben A. wrote: On Wednesday, my … Continue reading

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What an Adventure!

The fifth graders have been working on their own adventure stories.  Some students chose to write about a personal adventure, while others created their own adventure stories.  Here are a couple of the stories written by the fifth graders.  Please take a … Continue reading

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The Election Process

For the past few weeks, the fifth graders have been learning all about the election process.  They read through books,  researched on websites, watched videos, and took notes throughout the entire learning process.  As a culminating activity, they wrote expository … Continue reading

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Chatty Animals

For this week’s writing assignment, the students were to choose a picture of animals and create a story with a dialogue.  We were working on the use of proper quotation marks and punctuation marks.  Here are two students’ creative stories. … Continue reading

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Another great “how to” post

By: Rebecca B Adding images to your posts, stories, reports, and essays will bring you an excellent benefit. When you add images, it helps your reader to visualize what they’re reading. Plus, when you add images, it makes your creation more creative. If you add … Continue reading

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How to Write a Tweet

Do you ever wonder how to write a perfect tweet on twitter?  Well, these are some reasons why you should learn how to write a tweet. One reason would be so people can understand what you’re saying and so people … Continue reading

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