Friday, October 10, 2014

QAR!

Green, yellow and red codes can help students think about types of questions and how they. An use strategies to answer them!
Green-GO! Answer is right there.
Yellow-Slow down. Skim different places for answers.
Red-Stop and use your head! Answer is based on your opinion and background knowledge.
Hope this help kids answer different kinds of questions!

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

OUR PADLET for The Fourteenth Goldfish!


   The #GRA2015, Global Read Aloud is underway! We are all enjoying the book and the kids are full of ideas about what will happen next.  The book has done a good job of giving us descriptions of the characters, so the students have done a great job creating predictions.
   We decided to use a tool called Padlet to share out thoughts and predictions with other classrooms. I created a new Padlet and shared the link with the kids and away they went!  They even figured out how to add pictures.
   We connected via GHO with another classroom to share our predictions.  They students loved being on camera sharing their ideas with other 4th grade students. We are looking forward to connecting with them again at the end of the book to see if our predictions were accurate.  These creative kiddos were full of great ideas!


***Any time, any place, learn!*** ;)

Friday, October 3, 2014

Global Read Aloud starts Monday, Oct. 6th!

We will be reading The Fourteenth Goldfish as part of the Global Read Aloud

We have enjoyed participating in the Global Read Aloud the last few years.  No doubt this one will be great as well!

We will keep you posted on our thoughts, connections and collaborations with other classrooms! ***Any time, any place, learn!*** ;)