Fourth+Grade

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 * Writing a Narrative - Heather Heartz **

All students brainstormed and wrote a rough draft in class; then the kids typed their draft into Kidblog. Then I assigned each student to read and review 3 other pieces. The students used my Narrative Peer-Review Form to help each other with the step of revising. They posted their comments to the author's blog. The author read and reviewed the suggestions, edited their story, made their final draft, and reposted their final to the blog.

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 * Writing **


 * Writing a Narrative - Sally Florkiewicz**
 * Students planned their narratives on a visual planner.
 * Students typed their first draft into the blog.
 * Students gave eachother feedback in the comment boxes.
 * Students edited and revised their narratives based on comments.

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 * Reading **


 * Kipling's Just So Stories - Gary Dole **
 * Analyze Kipling's style and art work for stories
 * Write and illustrate their own story in the style of Kipling
 * Publish in bound book
 * Started in blog for peer editiing, but became too cumbersome and went to word documents
 * Books are in classroom

=Writing=


 * Writing a Paragraph using Read, Write, Gold - ****Stacey Behrens **
 * Students planned their paragraph on a graphic organizer
 * Students wrote their ideas into sentences.
 * Students typed a paragraph using Read, Write, Gold
 * The students used the word prediction component to help complete their sentences
 * The students listened to their parageraphs after they were done typing.

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