Work+on+Writing

=Work on Writing Ideas and Resources=

Focus Questions for the 6th August Chat Session

 * What do students write in/on?
 * What do students write about?
 * When do you do WoW? Do you have a separate time for Writer's Workshop?
 * How do you organise WoW?
 * Which websites, resources, apps for writing have been successful for you?

Examples of Work on Writing in action in different classrooms
@qldteacher's Pictures of her organisational charts for Work on Writing [] Delightful Daily 5 Cafe blog by Laura Komos: Getting the teacher started with work on writing []

Blog writing during Work on Writing
Kidblog free blogging platform [] Cybrary Man's Student Blogs page [] Cybrary Man's Class Blogs page [] Integrating Technology in the Primary Classroom by Kathleen Morris: Integrating Blogging into the Curriculum [] 4K@Richards - kids blogs used during Work on Writing time [] Using Blogging with The Daily 5 []

Poetry
Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry for Kids [] Nellie Edge: How to Organize Poetry []

Online Writing Projects, Collaboration between classes
Oracle Think Quest [] ReadWriteThink [] Story Jumper [] Voki for creating speaking characters [] Audioboo to voice record for publishing [] Primary Pad as a kid-friendlier version of google docs [] Little Bird Tales []

Other resources
Free Technology for Teachers: 10 ways to make comics online [] Plasq for creating comics from photos [] Scholastic Story Starters [] Writing Fun by Jenny Eather with Text Type examplars and writing frames [] Cybrary Man's Free Supplies for Teachers [|http://cybraryman.com/teachertools.html#FreeSupplies] Fastfinga iPhone and iPad app [] Teaching Literacy in the Early Years blog by Kelly Jordan:Using Technology in the Literacy Block [] Talking, Drawing, Writing: Lessons for our youngest writers by Martha Horn and Mary Ellen Giacobbe [] [|Getting Started With Work on Writing]