Blogging Challenge

This week we will begin our blogging challenge with Mr. Robinson's grade 5 class from St. Anne School. We will be writing our 100 word challenges every second week and commenting on our blog posts with Mr. Robinson's class in between. We are now ready to provide blog comments to the students of Mr. Robinson's class. Check out your posts, Mr. Robinson's class has already started to post comments on our blogs.  Blog teams are now found under the quick links tab on the right hand side. This past week we began our discussion on what an appropriate blog post looks like, and sounds like. Our two classes, will be following the success criteria listed below.

How to Comment on Posts

All comments should start with a greeting (e.g. “Hi Sally”) and a positive comment.

Then, students should extend the conversation by:

• providing positive, specific feedback
• asking a question
• adding a fact that the author may not know 
• making a connection to their own lives

Students can then also make a specific suggestion on how the writing could be improved (e.g. next step).

Check out the video below which outlines some great commenting criteria:

Example “Level 3” comment:

This comment starts with a greeting and includes positive feedback about things that he liked (e.g question at the start, quotes, providing a link). In order to bump this comment up to a “4”, he could have included one of the quotes from the text or added a next step on how the writing could have been improved.

Example “Level 4” comment:

In this first comment, there is a greeting and positive feedback (e.g. the inclusion of interesting facts). She then goes on to use specific details from the text to support her feedback. Finally, she included a next step (e.g. add a headline).

Example “Level 4” comment:

In this second comment, a greeting is included as well as positive feedback (e.g. love the question included in the opening). She also adds WHY including a question is a good addition (e.g. acts as a hook). Finally, she included a next step on how the writing can be improved (e.g. add more detail) and gave specific ways on how this next step could be implemented.

Big Thanks to Mr. Fisher and his class for sharing all of their ideas with our class.  Stay tuned this week to see what is happening at STB. Have a great week!
A. Porcari