Using Show Me to demonstrate your learning

A discussion from the VLN forum about raising achievement for Maori boys

For those of you who are interested in this topic, have a read of some of the ideas that teachers are coming up with to address this issue. Has a link to the writing for boys inquiry that I have already included in a previous post.

http://www.vln.school.nz/discussion/view/860818

Tellagami

Tellagami is a great tool (iPad app - free) for motivating and engaging the students with oral language.

Raising writing achievement for Maori boys

Read this blog of a NZ teacher who is inqiuring into the use of e-learning to help raise the achievement of Maori boys in the conytext of writing. She has been using the iPad app Tellagami extensively for motivation and engagement.

http://writingboys.blogspot.co.nz/

Check out this blog post by Kent Somerville (a teacher at Point England School in Auckland). He is undertaking a year long inquiry into hooking kids into reading. It might be interesting to follow his progress. Leave him some comments if you feel inclined. You might also like to check out some of his professional readings and put a link to his blog on your e-portfolio under Inquiry.

A Year 8 view on writing

This young writer has written a response activity to her reading of Hatchet. Check out what she say about writing on the side of her blog.

How to use a semicolon - The Oatmeal

Found this web page today by accident. I thought, what a cool way to teach kids about the use of semicolons. Maybe some of you might find it helpful as well!

How to use a semicolon - The Oatmeal:



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