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Entries Tagged as 'Language arts'

Role playing in edmodo

May 24th, 2013 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts, Content - Social Studies, edmodo

  In today’s edmodo blog, there is a fascinating post from a fifth grade teacher.  She used edmodo groups to writing skills with historical fiction.  The post includes sample pages, rubrics, and other resources.  Click here to read.

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Inspiring Middle School Literacy

May 21st, 2013 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts

Here is a free newsletter from WBGH- it contains a featured lesson, webinars, and other suggestions from your classroom.  Click here to .join their mailing list.

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Smore in the newspaper

May 17th, 2013 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts

After reading Number the Stars, a class created smores as newspapers.  They were told the war had ended and to write an article describing the return of the Danish Jews.  Here are three samples- use the scroll bars to see the entire product.

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Shakespeare Uncovered

May 17th, 2013 · No Comments · Content - Language Arts

  As I pass classrooms, I often see copies of Shakespeare’s works.  From The Taming of the Shrew to Romeo and Juliet, seems as if everyone is reading.  Here is PBS site with a host of Shakespeare related videos and interactives at Shakespeare Uncovered.  (from Free Technology for Teachers).

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