Getting Started
The Assignment
One of the best things about Google Classroom is the ease of integrating multiple links to keep your kids organized. It takes time to set it up, but once you’ve planned out your lesson, it’s just a matter of letting it loose to your students.
The Writing Fix is a great site to to integrate, and [THIS LINK] leads to the mentor texts for grades 3 and up. The lesson I chose features the book, Dog Breath by Dav Pilkey. Kids love this book since it’s so funny, and the prompt focuses on silly animal problems. I chose the Silly Animal Problem prompt for my students, and they are very excited.
Lesson Introduction
Dav Pilkey really is hilarious, and I knew my fifth grade group would get a kick out of the book and be instantly hooked on the project. The first thing I did was upload this video from Youtube for my student to read/listen to after they got my morning announcement on Classroom. I had them comment on the book after reading.
Integrating The Writing Fix

Assessment

Here’s a sample story from a fifth grade student that can be used as an anchor paper. The Writing Fix includes sample papers that you can use with your students to help them understand what is expected with a grading rubric.
Thanks for linking up with me today! The Writing Fix sounds wonderful. I can't wait to check it out!
Cheryl
Techie Turtle Teacher
Carla,
I am SO excited you are using Google Classroom! LOVE IT!!!
Julie
The Techie Teacher
It is AWESOME, Julie! My kids start on our board everyday, and it sets the schedule for the period. I am so, so glad I went to the training. Thanks for dropping in.
Fantastic post, Julie! I was fortunate enough to have obtained a Donor's Choose funded program for chrome books for my classroom ( I now have 11) so we are now able to use Google docs, Google drive, and gmail for the students. We are also using Edmodo and Haiku as well, so lots of new technology happening, which is very, very exciting for me:) The first eighteen years of my career ( my first degree was a b.a. in business) was in business so I sold electronic components) so when I did my master's in education my thesis was integrating technology into the elementary school classroom, so finding your blog is super exciting for me:) Thanks for all that you do:) Carol of The Teacher Team
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