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Use These Links to Easily Find Your Way Around This Wiki

 

Home Page (Front Page)

 

Wiki Etiquette  

 

How to Videos about Wiki

 

Sandbox (A page to play around and try out your wiki skills)

 

 

READING SECTION 

 

I. Expectations for Reading

 

II. Getting to Know Ourselves as Readers

 a. Reading Survey 

 b. Characters that Speak to Us

 c.Top Ten Favorite Books

 

III. Celebrating Books and Authors

 a. Book Trailers

     1. Link to a fifth grade blog with book trailers

 b. Voice Threads about Books we Love

 c. Kids Choice Book Awards

 d. Must Read Books

 

 

IV. Learning about Genre

  

V.  Quidditch: Books Come to Life

 

VI. Library News

          a. New Books (updated 11/16/09)

          b. Library Announcements

          c. 5th Grade Book Club

 

WRITING SECTION

 

 I. Our Process as Writers

 

a. Writing Survey

 

b. Where Do You Get Your Writing Ideas?

 

c. Revision Help Desk

 

d. Playing with Punctuation

 

e. Proofreading Tips

 

 

II. Toolbox for Writers 

 

a.Character Questionnaire

 

b. Crafting our Words

 

c. Tips from Authors

 

c. Writer's Notebook

 

d.Point of View

 

III. Exploring Genres

 

a. Poetry

     1. Poems that Speak to Us Voice Thread

     2. Poets Tool Box

     3. Doorways to Poetry

     4. Poetry Using Photostory3

     5. Poetry Using Voice Thread

     6. On-line Rhyming Dictionary 

 

b. Novels 

  (be part of National Novel Writing Month)

 

c. Plays

     1. Finding Ideas for Your Plays

 

d. Newspaper

 

e. Editorials

 

 

IV. Spelling   

 

V. Writing Contests

 

VI. Sharing Our Writing

 

 

 

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