Category Archives: writing

Working with ConferApp

Posted on August 25, 2013 by sharyn

In January of 2013, I attended my 3rd 21st Century Learning Hong Kong conference. I attended a session with Jeff Dungan (@jdungan) on the Confer App. It looked like an effective and efficient tool to use in the classroom. I … Continue reading →

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From edmodo to Google Groups

Posted on December 1, 2012 by sharyn

I have used and blogged about edmodo before as a learning space for literature discussions. Since our school has gone full speed ahead with Google Docs and Google Site Portfolios, I decided to try and use Google Groups this year instead of … Continue reading →

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A little help from friends

Posted on November 2, 2012 by sharyn

Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street  by Roni Schotter is a story about a young girl named Eva, who has trouble coming up with something to write about. After she receives some advice from her fellow neighbors she tries to … Continue reading →

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Graphing Sentence Fluency

Posted on September 30, 2012 by sharyn

I wanted to share another great idea from writingfix.com on sentence fluency as this is currently our writing trait focus the next few months. My grade three students drafted a paragraph on a special time they shared with an adult; … Continue reading →

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Literature Circles with edmodo

Posted on March 25, 2012 by sharyn

edmodo is an online tool that allows teachers and students to connect and collaborate. I have used edmodo before with grade 5 students, but this is the first year I’ve used it with grade 3. I started with setting up … Continue reading →

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Diary of a Puma

Posted on January 17, 2012 by sharyn

The book 6+1 Traits of Writing by Ruth Culham was one of the first books I bought as a resource for teaching writing. Since then I have found many more resources both print and online to support my teaching of … Continue reading →

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Can we put that on the blog?

Posted on August 30, 2011 by sharyn

This year my Grade 3 team and I have implemented a combined blog for all 3 classes. We had a few parents who were unsure about the school hosting an open blog (no password) with their children’s faces and work … Continue reading →

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Digital Storytelling-Green Screen in action

Posted on June 29, 2011 by sharyn

After our successful work with iMovie for our Book Talks (see my previous post here) my students and I decided to take on a new project using a green screen for our study of Taiwan. After 4 weeks of inquiry … Continue reading →

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Book reviews with iMovie

Posted on June 13, 2011 by sharyn

This year my students and I were inspired by Mr. McGuire’s Book Talks. We enjoyed watching the students share their book recommendations so much that we decided to try our hand at making our own. This was also the students … Continue reading →

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Last Wordles of the school year

Posted on June 8, 2011 by sharyn

After a year of promoting the use of Wordle in my classroom (see my previous post here) and numerous student produced “Guess the Wordles” for class every morning, my students have come together to thank me for being their teacher … Continue reading →

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