http://blogs.ksbe.edu/caikeda Literacy and Technology for teachers and parents by Cathy Ikeda Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:55:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Share Tabs is a free site that allows you to put all your bookmarks in one place for a specific event or assignment. This works much better than handing out a paper of websites to students because they are notoriously sloppy typers that rely on shortcuts anyway, (OMG), so when ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/caikeda/2009/11/12/share-tabs/ The middle school reading club, Hui Heluhelu is a mostly online book club that offers students a way to talk about books and meet fellow readers. Here are some benefits: The club is mostly online, so it doesn't take away precious school time like study hall and recess The book club members ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/caikeda/2009/11/02/hui-heluhelu-reading-club/ If you want information on how to order online, go to the scholastic book order page on this blog, or see Mrs. Ikeda in 1103. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins - This is the fight-to-the-death sequel to The Hunger Games. Savvy by Ingrid Law (2009 Newberry Honor book). For generations, the Beaumont family ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/caikeda/2009/11/02/tab-october-recommendations/ If you want information on ordering online, go to the scholastic book page on this blog, or see Mrs. Ikeda in 1103. Truce by two-time Newberry Honor book author Jim Murphy is an amazing true story. On July 29th 1914, the world’s peace was shattered as the artillery of the Austria-Hungary Empire ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/caikeda/2009/11/02/tab-november-recommendations/ Want to know how to order these books online? Go to the scholastic page on this blog or see Mrs. Ikeda in 1103. Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater (*some mature content) "For years, Grace has been fascinated by the yellow-eyed wolf that saved her from its pack when she was a child. ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/caikeda/2009/11/02/trc-teen-readers-club-fall-recommendations/ Double entry journal is an old strategy, but it's still a good strategy. Double-Entry Journals - a while reading strategy Print a Graphic Organizer doubleentryjournal Background The Double-Entry Journal strategy enables students to record their responses to text as they read. Students write down phrases or sentences from their assigned reading and then write their ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/caikeda/2009/11/02/double-entry-journals/ Even with spell check on the computers, spelling is still an important skill for our students to master and celebrate. One way we celebrate our spellers is to send them to the district spelling bee in late January. However, even if your child is not "spelling bee" material, everyone can ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/caikeda/2009/10/28/spelling-bee-resources/ KWL (what I know, what I want to learn, what I learned) is an old technique (Ogle, 1986) that basically informs you, the teacher, about what students already know about your topic unit, and what they want to learn. After the unit, they go back to their chart and tell ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/caikeda/2009/10/26/an-alternate-to-kwl/ I realize that as teachers we are inundated with a plethora of musts: must do. . . must read. . . must learn.  . . must implement. . . must revise. . . must reflect. . . must report. . . Our own Liana Iaea Honda has a painless, fun way to increase our Hawaiian language learning (another ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/caikeda/2009/10/09/hawaiian-word-of-the-day/ Thanks to Darrell Kim for showing Liana who showed me, your fabulous voicethread creations can be put into your KS blogs. Yeah! :-) Here's the link to take you to Darrell's blog for directions: Embedding Voicethreads post He's just more eloquent. And while you're there, check out ... http://blogs.ksbe.edu/caikeda/2009/10/02/embedding-voicethreads/