Reading on-line

  I did the reading on-line challenge. I especially enjoyed reading the research. I usually enjoy reading about research. Conversely, I know that I get easily frustrated with technology. And that happened while I was HOW to make the extensions work. Like all technology, sometimes they work and sometimes they don't and its all a little arcane., I began by exploring the extensions for my own use and research, But in the end I needed to show how I would use them with my students. Since I'm fairly sure that I will teach a sped. writing group next year and probably the third-graders I focused there. Since we've become a 1-1 chrome-book school at that level, I've observed that the students on IEPs are being asked to use their chrome-books to do research that they are not really able to complete successfully. So I created a common-core based unit for the third grade IEP writing group that focuses on research skills. It is useful unit for me because it also the starting point for 4th, 5th, or 6th graders, so I will be able to use it now matter what level writing group I end up teaching.