With the help of our high school science teacher, we now have a preserved brown bat to observe. We read, research and write about bats. We draw, color and hang full-scale bats from our classroom ceiling. The excitement grows daily as we read our reports and suspend our detailed bats. Computers have become a mainstay during our writing time.
Technology provides a totally new avenue for learning how to write.
Each classroom has a page dedicated to its own use. This year I would like to publish our stories on our school web site. It will be a popular item to check on a daily basis and the children will have their stories out on the web for all to read. Our third grade students are still thrilled to have their parents as helpers in the classroom. Thankfully, we have been blessed with parents that want to be involved.