Creating Interesting Leads using Voice Thread
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- Meghan Charles
- I am currently a 4th grade teacher in a Maryland Public School. I have been teaching for 7 years. I recieved my Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education with a Minor in Early Childhood Education from Shippensburg University (located in central Pennsylvania). I am currently working towards earning my Master's Degree in Technology from Walden University. My husband and I have been married for 5 1/2 years and I am a mother of a 2 year old daughter named Maya and an 8 month old son named Avante'. I look forward to sharing my ideas with you and learning from all of you as well.
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My suggestion for helping students revise and edit papers is peer editing. Let them look at another (anonymous) student's paper and edit it to the best of their abilities. Let them know that their editing will help the other person improve their paper. I am a math teacher, so this area is out of my expertise, but I know that I was horrible at editing until I had to edit another person's paper. I felt more responsible, so I paid more attention.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestions. I actually do this already and unfortunately, it is not quite effective. I usually provide a checklist for the students to complete while peer editing, thinking that this would be helpful in keeping them focused. Instead of the students looking intently at another child's writing, they read through it quickly and provide few suggestions for how their buddy's writing piece can improve. It is frustrating and this is what I would like to change in my classroom. I am struggling with how to help the students understand the importance of carefully revising their work.
Thank you for your thoughts!
Meghan