I am very excited about the opportunity to bring so many people together... literally on the same page. I have many questions. Missy what did you decide on as the next novel to dive into? How is it going? I am looking forward to hearing from the teachers in South Bend. The fact that they could hardly stop reading long enough to teach strategies because the students were so set on finishing the core novel, created a lot of excitement. I am also anxious to hear from the teachers in South Carolina as they begin their exciting adventure into Plugged- in To Reading. In the past week many have asked questions about the materials, schedules, and graphic organizers. I will post some of the feedback I have received as soon as I figure out how to accomplish this.
One particular question is about the Google graphic organizer. The particular group of students had difficulty with this. Any suggestions on how to make this easier?
Since I am no longer in the classroom, I am looking forward to hearing about your exciting moments.
Angie
Keywords: "plugged-in", Google, Graphic Organizers, schedules, strategies
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I started Slumming. So far, there have been mixed results. We are going to start expert groups next week, so hopefully that will help. This might have been better 2nd semester, we shall see. I am focusing on the writing, so I am excited to see how the kids do. They were actually pretty excited about the writing prompts. We are also getting started on the individual novels, I am very interested to see how that goes. I can't wait to see how other people are maintaining and organizing that. I got a few good ideas in South Bend! I will keep you posted.
I didn't do the google search due to time and computer access. I think modeling the process with an LCD projector might be a good place to start.