Shared writing through collaborative blogs!

Collaborative blogs are a great way for young children to pool their research, raise questions, and share what they're finding. Check out this great second grade blog: http://allaboutbears.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html

The blog was cited in Knobel & Wilbur's (2009) Educational Leadership article, Whether it's Web 2.0 or Literacy 2.0, it's a whole new way of thinking.

How will you use ebooks in your classroom?

Here's an interesting discussion with an embedded YouTube video demonstrating how children's books might work on iPads.

Punctuation Saves Lives

'Let's eat Grandma!' or, 'Let's eat, Grandma!' Punctuation saves lives.

A great Facebook page! Become a fan and collect punctuation and grammar bloopers for your classroom or just for fun.

Digital Poetry Links

Highlights from Linda's great class presentation: Teaching poetry not just as a structure but as a feeling, a way of looking, a connection, a moment captured and shared...

Video Poem A Valentine to Ernest Mann

Straight Lines , a wonderful poem by Georgia Heard...

and children's poems on Poetry Fridays