Compose Sentences with a Word Bank
There are two advantages to “writing” on the computer.
- Editing is much easier
- Sharing to a wide audience is increased
The problem with “writing” on a computer is keyboarding. Students do not practice keyboarding frequently enough to improve their skills. I have been thinking a lot about this dilemma and have begun work on this dilemma.
I decided to use the blog feature, which I call Word Banks, of my classroom web site for the following reasons:
- I could add html to my post and thus add color and styles (bold, italic, etc.) which makes it easier to read.
- My word banks do not disappear when the kids move words to the comment section
- I can protect this section from inappropriate comments through moderation.
Visit this site and try to create sentences about a monster by highlighting words and click-hold-drag them to the comment section.
The Kid’s Poetry Page is a site that does a similar thing. It has a much nicer interface, but I can’t control what words to use.
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