[etni] Fw: re: elementary school teachers

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Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 08:39:14 +0200
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From: Mitzi Geffen - mitzi1002001@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: elementary school teachers


Hi Liron,
       I've  done e-mail projects a few times with 5th and 6th graders with 
classes in the US and once in Japan. The other teacher and I thought of 10 
topics which the kids had to include in their letters (1 in each letter) - 
things like their favorite sport, music, or book, how they celebrate their 
birthday, how they celebrate a certain holiday, what they thought they might 
like to be when they grow up and why, etc. The kids wrote a few lines on the 
topic and then could add anything they wanted. My students wrote once a 
month. I asked them to print out a copy of the letter they sent. I 
"collected" mistakes and related to them in the lessons ("Many of you have 
been forgetting about adding the "s" when you write about something someone 
does." or similar comments) Sometimes I planned a whole lesson around their 
common mistakes and sometimes I just spent a few minutes on one or two 
mistakes that I saw in many of their letters. I didn't correct all of the 
letters.
          It was a very popular project each time I did it. I think once a 
month is more realistic than once a week, since there is some lag time for 
the partner to write back - sometimes someone is absent, or doesn't manage 
to finish. Also, I think they might get tired of it if they had to write too 
often.
          Good luck with your project!
                       Mitzi


Liron wrote:
>A friend of mine and myself (both elementary school teachers) are trying
to organize a small ongoing writing project this year. We want our
fifth grade students from the two schools, to write letters or e-mails
to one another. Preferably e-mails because we'd like to use the computer.
Well we know how to start but we already have a few questions.
Is there anyone on the list who can give us some advice and relate to
the following questions:
>How often do pupils need to write an e-mail?
>What should the e-mails be about?
>It is obvious that the first e-mail should include a personal
introduction (their names, how many brothers and sisters they have,
which school they go to, their hobbies etc.) But how do you continue
from that point?
>Should students write whatever they want or should we decide on a topic
every week? (We do not use the same text book).
>Is it necessary to correct mistakes before an e-mail is being sent?
>How do you make sure students really write every week?
>I suppose we could ask them to send us the e-mails first but It seems
like a lot of extra work, having to read and correct 90 messages every
single week.
>These are just a few of the questions we have, now.
>We would appreciate any help, so please write back.

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