Friday, November 4, 2016

What Exactly is a Blog?

Dear students,

What exactly is a blog, and why are we using it in 4th grade? We will use the blog to communicate about different things we discuss in class. Our online posts will extend our conversations from class, and allow us to see what other classmates are thinking as well.

We will use the blog for many different things. Often I will write a post, and you will be asked to respond to it for homework. For example, we might post about different reading strategies, or use it to respond to poetry in the spring. However, this year I would also love to have students write a blog post, and classmates can respond to their post.

Today, I am interested in your thoughts about the blog. Please answer the following questions:

1. What excites you about the blog?

2. What questions do you have about the blog?

3. What ideas do you have for future blog posts or using the blog?


I look forward to reading your first blog response!

Your teacher,

Mrs. Eads

56 comments:

  1. I think it is exciting because you get to share your work with your friends.

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  2. 1 I am excited about blogging because it is a new thing for me to learn about. 2 Can you blog of a phone. 3 I might do a book club on this website.

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  3. What excites me about the blog is that I honestly think it is really fun to type in general. I do not have any questions. I have the idea to talk to Boston about our book club.

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  4. Will you be able to share any work you want? In the future I would like to post a book report.

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  5. I am excited about the blog because I can see my friends comments on my work and comment their work.

    I want to know if the blog lets you post pictures.

    I am planning to comment on my friends blogs a lot. I am excited to use the blog.

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  6. 1 I am excited because I have never done it before.2 What do you type about?3 I wonder when I get to do the blog?

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  7. I am excited because I have never been on a blog and I hope it will be fun. Can you talk about homework? I think I will get it more.:)

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  8. I have never been on a blog before so I'm excited to do it. A question I have is will we have to post something on the blog for homework. A suggestion I have is that we can put book recommendations on the blog for other people.

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  9. I am excited to use a blog. How do you post stuff? The idea I have is to write a story on the blog.

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  10. 1. I like having privileges on websites and it is fun.
    2. I do not have any questions.
    3.I do not have any ideas for future blog posts.

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  11. I just think it's cool to have something like this. What kind of schoolwork do you mean? I don't really know what to post though.

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  12. The blog excites me because I have never been apart of a blog before. My question is, are Ead's and Mcgee's class on the same blog? My idea for the blog is that you can talk about book clubs or books that you want to share.-Campbell

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  13. I am looking forward to reading and writing cool blogs. I am wondering, why do we have blogs? A idea is something cool like jumping off a cliff into water

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  14. 1. I have never had a blog 2.why do we have a blog 3. I do not have a blog.

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  15. 1.I think the blog excites me because I love to be able to get all of the new privileges in fourth grade.
    2.Do we have to open our blogs at home every week?
    3.I have no ideas right now ,but i'm looking forward to posting on this blog .

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    1. You could blog about tips for homework.

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  16. 1. The blog excites me because I've always wanted to have a blog, and know I do!
    2. I don't have any questions.
    3. I like Helen's idea of a book club.

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  17. 1 Seeing what others post. 2 Will we get to post? 3 We could share tips for work in class.

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  18. Let me know about the book club too!

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  19. 1. I'm excited about the blog because i've never done a blog before.
    2. Can you blog on other devices other than a computer.
    3.I don't know what i'm going to blog about.

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  20. 1.The blog excites me because it is a new thing for me. 2.I have a question about how much time are we going to be using this blog spot. 3.I think it would be fun to start a book club with someone.

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  21. 1. I am looking forward to doing fun stuff
    2. How many blogs can you post per year
    3. Having my own book club on this blog

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    1. Hayes if you are doing a book club, I am in!

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    2. Hayes, if you are doing a book club I would love to join. Let me know.

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  22. 1.I have never had a blog before.
    2.I wonder how often I should check my blog
    3.to give your opinion for work

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  23. I agree with Mary Claire, I think it would be really fun to do a book club. Also I think it would be fun if we did a separate blog over the summer.

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    1. I like the idea of a separate blog over the summer. I think that's a good idea!

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    2. Count me in for the separate blog this Summer.

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  24. 1. The blog excites me because I've always wanted to have a blog, and now I do!
    2. I don't have any questions.
    3. I like Helen's idea of a book club.

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  25. 1. The blog excites me at seeing another person's comment.
    2. Can you blog on a ipad?
    3. New games or fun activity.

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  26. I think the blog is going to be fun. Where does it show the followers? Putting pictures in the blog.

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  27. 1. We will get to hear what other people think.
    2. How often will we use the blog?
    3. An idea is that we will be able to hear about other books that people like and I can request other books to other people.

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  28. 1. I'm excited for sharing my ideas.2 N\A.3 sharing my thoughts on reading and writing.

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  29. Hayes can I join the book club????

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  30. If we are doing a book club count me in!

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  31. I am excited to post book reports and reading strategies. I don't have any question. It excites me because we can express our feelings on homework or other schoolwork.

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  32. 1: It excites me because I have never done a blog before. 2: Will we be doing this for the whole year or a period of time? 3: I thought it would be fun to show a cooking recipe.

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  33. 1. Iam excited to see all of the cool different types of school work we can do.
    2. I don´t really have any questions.;)
    3.Does anyone want to make a blog?

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  34. My excites about the blog are that i've never seen a blog in my life, and I am excited to see one.
    I am wondering about how to say hey in a couple of sentences, and how to crate one.
    To say "Would you like to come and play at recess?" And to figure out how to talk to you (Mrs. Eads).

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  35. It looks like our blog is on California time.It says I posted at 7:57 this morning.

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  37. Please disregard my last post at 7:19 PM. It was posted in error.

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  38. Books are part of my life. If it is a strong book like Harry Potter I feel like I'm right there. I made a connection with Brian when he thought he was going to die. I thought I was going to die my first time on a plane. (Obviously I wasn't going to die.) One more connection was with Harry Potter. He had done something without knowing. I was playing soccer when I ran over someone without knowing. I felt a little bump but I didn't know. Books are a huge part of my life.

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  39. If I made a new thanksgiving meal It would be a kurky. It would be glazed with ketchup and it would be great. A side dish for the kurky would be apple with marshmallows inside. This meal would be legendary. It would be the BEST THANKSGIVING MEAL EVER!!!

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  40. I think Mother To Son has a lot more meaning than Choosing Shoes. The whole entire poem is about how life isn't perfect. Anyways,it is a great poem.

    I can make a connection with Mother To Son. Sometimes I am having a crystal staircase day but sometimes I can have a broken staircase day. There are so many people that live on the streets or in the projects that have a broken down staircase life.

    I like Choosing Shoes writers craft. The rhyme scheme is AAABAAAB. It has a lot of dashes in between words that make it look like one word. 75% of the poem ends the line in shoes because they are describing new shoes every line. I get a modern feel when I read this poem.

    Suprisingly, I choose Mother To Son as the winner.

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