Showing posts with label summer_learning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer_learning. Show all posts

Friday, June 13, 2014

Super Ultimate Cursed Computer! (Summer Writing)

Summer story written by Evan
My third graders are choosing to write stories in their Google Drives! Next, they share the Google Doc with me and leave a Google Doc comment asking to be published. I love having a connected learning community!  



The Super Ultimate Cursed Computer! 
By Evan





It was the last day of school at the end of the day for Mrs. Yollis’ class and she was showing the class on twitter about Mr. JR, but suddenly the computer went crazy.


“What is going on with the computer? I must call Mr. JR.” said Mrs. Yollis. Then the Panda started to say,


“Hello class, I’m your animal Panda,” said Panda. The class began to scream!


“Ahhhhh, Panda spoke!” said the class.


“Ok everybody, we must go outside and run to the library. Run!” said Mrs. Yollis. Mrs. Yollis’ class started to run out of the room and headed to the library, but as Mrs. Yollis was about to exit the classroom, she saw twenty-eight desks floating in the air and they
were on top of each other.





Illustration by Mrs. Yollis


“Oh my, I need to get out of here. The computer has taken over the class!” said Mrs. Yollis. Mrs. Yollis slammed the door and came outside.


“Students, I saw the desks floating in the air!” shouted Mrs. Yollis. Inside of the classroom the other desks started to float in the air too.


“Class you should look behind you,” said Evan


“And why?” asked Mrs. Yollis.


“The computer has grown larger,” said Evan. Mrs. Yollis turned around and saw the massive computer.


“It’s huge, like three giants!” said Mrs. Yollis. Samantha saw three dogs named Buck, Rocky, and Tanner. They were wearing ninja suits.


“Mrs. Yollis, there is Buck, Rocky, and some other dog,” said Samantha.

“That is my mom’s old dog, Tanner,” answered Evan. The three dogs came into a group and faced the evil curse computer. Buck did a huge kick and broke the body. Then Rockey did a big paw punch to the desktops. Finally Tanner broke the screen. Mrs. Yollis’ class was saved by these three dogs.  

Friday, July 13, 2012

Summer Blogging Ideas!


Although school ended on June 12, there are still lots of ways to contribute posts and maintain your quality writing skills during the summer. 

Here are a few ideas:

 1. Contribute to Yollis' 366 Project. 

Email me a small photo (around 200 kb is good) to be considered for our class photo of the day blog. Be sure to include a little text to explain the photo. End with a question or two that will get readers commenting. If you don't want to contribute a photo, think about composing a comment or making up a story about the photo. Why even dogs leave comments sometimes! Teacher, parent, student, and animal contributions are welcome!
UPDATE: We have already received photos from Texas, England, Iowa, California, Washington,  Germany, and Australia! Join in!




 2. Leave a comment for a student blogger!

Many students are continuing to write posts over the summer! Why not leave your blogging buddies a comment or offer to write a guest post! Here are some recently published posts on some student blogs! Click on the icon (picture) to take you to a student blog.

















 
































 3. Leave a quality comment for one of our blogging buddies in the southern hemisphere. 

They are about halfway through their school year, and it is winter where they live. What are they learning in their classrooms?  Learn along with them! Research using World Book Online and add relevant information to their blogs. They would love to hear from you!








Enjoy your summer learning!

Remember, regular practice with reading and writing makes your brain grow!