W6–

Grade 6

What in the world… #teachtheweb Week 4

by Ms. Edwards • May 27, 2013 • 0 Comments

For week four, I wrote learning goals using the provided template for a project I have started with my sixth grade students which we will continue next fall, hopefully in grades 6, 7, and 8. I will share this “Share…

by Ms. Edwards • December 28, 2010 • 0 Comments

During this time, the room is silent. Not because I ask for it, but because the students are enthralled and so engaged in their peer review.

by Ms. Edwards • October 6, 2010 • 0 Comments

“How do writers move from what we know to what we share?”

by Ms. Edwards • October 25, 2008 • 0 Comments

So what does this “cloud” of social networking within which our students continuously engage demand for my lessons? Lessons must Fire It Up! Fun Instant Relevant Engaging Integrated Tasks Ubiquitous Pathways Students live in a world of instant gratification, engaged…

Wandering Wordsmiths; Emerging Experts; Living Learning

Wowser! It's another day! What else could we do today?

What Else? That's the question to ask, to be curious, to engage more fully in whatever you are doing.

And, "What Else?" is the question to ask when writing or creating -- the thinking behind doing.

What Else? What detail, event, verb, description, structure, feature, etc. could I add to engage my reader in a mind movie, to inspire my reader to question, reflect, argue, and read on?

Which is why it is the question I ask daily, and is the question, when I was teaching for 31 years, that my students asked daily. Even our wiki and blogs were entitled: