Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Connecting Reading and Writing

CONNECTING READING AND WRITING VIDEO

Examples from a 3rd grade classroom. Good activity in getting children to use sound, taste, sight in their writing.


Monday, January 27, 2014

Language Learning

PBS Film on Language Development











SEMANTIC GRADIENTS:



Differentiating Writing Instruction

 Here are some videos from Reading Rocket that give great ideas for differentiating writing instruction, especially in using different formats and strategies to meet different students' needs:

DIGITAL TOOLS FOR YOUNG WRITERS:




A ROOM OF WRITERS (3rd Grade)




SPELLING CHECK (3rd Grade)



WRITING A COOPERATIVE PARAGRAPH