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Group 3

Collaborative Storytelling: Every other month each class is required to work on a collaborative writing assignment using a story starter from the principal. The first one took a lot of class time. For the next one I plan to set up a wiki where the students can work in groups to add to the story. Then we will invite the principal to view our wiki.

Spelling practice: Each week I'll start a wiki page with a brief summary of the spelling rule. I'll write one word that matches the rule and students will add a word to the list. I'm thinking about having each new word start with the last letter of the previous word.

Summarize Chapters of our class Novel: Each student will be assigned a chapter to post a chapter summary. (We will have practiced how to summarize prior) At the end of our novel we will have summarized the story.

Answer open-ended weekly questions in math and/LA. Have students answer a posted question with step by step (bullets) directions for how and what needs to be answered. As the studnets get more practice start just posting the questions. Have them impliment what we have practiced.

Book Discussions: Rather than having face-to-face chats, students will post and respond to their daily reading on the wiki page. Each day will have a focused topic such as theme, characterization, conflict, etc. On the main page would be a definition and samples to get the students started.

United Streaming videos: Have students watch United Streaming video segments on various social studies topics to learn key information on a given topic with either discussion questions or paper/pencil questions.

Book Reviews: Create a class page in which students can write summaries of their monthly reading to create a "Hall of Fame" for student recommended books with ratings and suggestions.

Classroom Google Earth: Real world math using Google Earth in the math curriculum.