These Websites of the Week are all about writing.
Share with your grade-level reading/writing teachers as a simple way to get kids writing with easy-to-use, interactive websites.
Theme Poem
Description:
Students can write a short poem or story (175 characters or so) in the picture they choose. I used this with Kindergarten
kids last year, and although they didn’t exactly write poetry, they did get a
brief little story written. Worked pretty well and the
kids loved it. Good for K-2nd grade.
Interactive Site:
- Disadvantage – students can’t save it. Must complete the product in one sitting.
- Advantage - very easy (even for Kinder level). Student can only write 175 or so characters, so it keeps their writing brief and concise.
Stapleless Book
Description:
Use the Stapleless Book for
taking notes while reading, making picture books, collecting facts, or creating
vocabulary booklets. Students can choose from seven different layouts for the
pages of their books. Good for K-6th grade.
Interactive Site:
- Disadvantage – students can’t save it.
- Advantage – students could type their text and then draw their pictures in the blank spaces that are provided after they print.
Doodle Splash
Description:
Doodle Splash interactive combines the process
of drawing with analytical thinking about a text by pairing an online drawing
space with writing prompts that encourage students to make connections between
their visual designs and the text.
Interactive Site:
Plot Diagram – Beginning, Middle, End
Description:
Map the events in a story. This mapping of plot structure
allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories.
The basic triangle-shaped plot structure, representing the
beginning, middle, and end of a story,
Interactive Site:
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