Sunday, April 13, 2008

Book Groups Blog

~cross-posted at: http://mstaylorsthirdgradeclass.blogspot.com/~

My reading group created book reviews after reading a chapter book with a book group. The goal of the assignment was for them to enjoy reading fiction, discuss the book with others, and create a book review after reading so they could synthesize the experience and bring closure to the 10-week long project. In order to make it more meaningful and exciting, they published their book reviews online on a book group blog, and some also created podcasts which I posted on my classroom website. The students loved it! They put a lot of time and effort into their book reviews and enjoyed putting them online. They also enjoyed leaving comments for other students in the class on the blog. Please visit our book groups blog and read some book reviews. There is also a quiz to take. Also you can listen to some podcasts on my classroom website. We'd love for other students to leave us comments on the blog and take the poll also! Have you done anything like this with your students? Any suggestions for improvement? Thanks!

2 comments:

Wesley Robinson said...

Lovely work, Emily! I checked out the book reviews and left a comment or two, and I hope to go so far as show them to my students. Even though our year grows short, perhaps my class can create an online blog or wiki too. Thanks for the inspiration!

Dave Tarwater said...

Great stuff Ms. Taylor, I have enjoyed reading the student book reviews, reminds me that I should read more.