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=5th Grade Communication - Quality of Writing=

**Websites**

 * [|Paragraph Punch] This site is a great tutorial for paragraph writing. It takes students through the process of wring a paragraph one step at a time.
 * Editing Activity: Paragraph Paramedics Search the paragraph or paragraphs for incorrect words, bad grammar, and words spelled incorrectly. In most passages, there will be 10 to 12 errors. When an error is discovered, click on it and replace it with the correct word in the field provided. When you are done click "check."

Lessons

 * [|Heritage Scrapbook] The students will use the information they have learned from multiple heritage day activities to create a scrapbook of what they learned about their heritage.
 * [|Timeliner Autobiography] This is a writing lesson that allows kids to write their own autobiography and illustrate it using TimeLiner . [|Sequence Graphic Organizer]
 * Create a Storybook using your own content (text and pictures) using Storyjumper. The pictures can be drawn digitally using a program like Media Blender or Kid Pix. The storybooks can be viewed digitally or printed.

//Click on the 'edit' link above to add content to this page. (you will need to log in)//
 * //__Add a link to a website__ by typing the name of the site, highlighting the words, then clicking on the 'insert link' icon on the editor bar. Click on 'external link' and type or paste in your URL. Click 'Ok', and type a description of your website.//
 * __//U//__//__pload a lesson plan__ to the site by putting the cursor where you want the lesson name to appear and clicking on the 'insert images and files' icon on the editor bar. Now click 'Browse' and navigate to your file on your desktop. Click 'Upload' to put your file on the Wikispace server. You will see your file appear in the 'Images and Files' window. Click the bullet that says 'links to a file' and then double click on your file. You can now highlight and rename the file. Add a description to the file.//
 * //Please note in your description if this is a SMARTBoard -friendly activity (works well with the SMARTBoard).//