tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738534444392348639.post4523575661700411299..comments2024-03-27T05:22:54.254-04:00Comments on Two Reflective Teachers: Teaching Color-Coded Elaboration Strategies to Students: Part 2Melanie Meehanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771712134098949362noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738534444392348639.post-8486017130875676092014-11-07T04:52:55.859-05:002014-11-07T04:52:55.859-05:00Thank you so much for your post. Your idea and pl...Thank you so much for your post. Your idea and plan was just what I needed at the exact time you posted. We are on the NH coast so I used your idea almost verbatim. It worked beautifully and left us with so many options to continue developing our writing. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas so generously. Brenda Eaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748086055624136688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738534444392348639.post-25142316999964940912014-10-29T22:33:58.254-04:002014-10-29T22:33:58.254-04:00Color coding is a GREAT way to make writing and re...Color coding is a GREAT way to make writing and revising visual. Another way I would consider doing this: Since we are a Google school and our students are 1:1 with iPads, I would write the skeleton story starter, then assign groups to get together and add their assigned parts in the assigned color on their group copy. Then, I'd bring everyone together, and with each group's story/work open in a different tab, I'd copy and paste their additions into a master copy to see how they all go together... Or let each group try to arrange it on their own.<br /><br />So many possibilities.<br /><br />BRILLIANT!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909411872466096679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738534444392348639.post-16010888461766562452014-10-29T22:25:57.231-04:002014-10-29T22:25:57.231-04:00Do you have a link to that post? Thanks.Do you have a link to that post? Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909411872466096679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738534444392348639.post-88746285173210258752014-10-21T23:01:23.808-04:002014-10-21T23:01:23.808-04:00This is great, Melanie! The visual impact created ...This is great, Melanie! The visual impact created by the different color strips will be really helpful to kids as they add different kinds of details to their writing. Thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738534444392348639.post-59738896984003776402014-10-21T18:49:01.959-04:002014-10-21T18:49:01.959-04:00The idea to color code strategies is just brillian...The idea to color code strategies is just brilliant - I think kids need to see how these elements can be played around with, this, after all, is part of the joy of writing.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626451110946889157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738534444392348639.post-9777960181824651322014-10-21T07:12:32.515-04:002014-10-21T07:12:32.515-04:00I loved that color coding post and this one as wel...I loved that color coding post and this one as well. I noticed that Ruth Ayres' son Sam wrote a post on his new blog doing the same thing. I told him I want to use it as a mentor text. I love this idea - it just makes the learning visible which is so important to many. Thanks for coaching from afar!Leigh Anne Eckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03558611848583070310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738534444392348639.post-24086243054569694822014-10-21T06:49:36.025-04:002014-10-21T06:49:36.025-04:00Melanie,
I love how using the color coded strips ...Melanie, <br />I love how using the color coded strips of paper meant the students were working hard and actually "making the mess" that is a part of elaboration. Thanks for sharing this second part of the story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738534444392348639.post-40725705724649195732014-10-21T06:46:33.140-04:002014-10-21T06:46:33.140-04:00Melanie, I love this! I will be using this with my...Melanie, I love this! I will be using this with my ELLs who so struggle with adding details! And, I will be going back to read your post from last week.Jaanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02027755562339582129noreply@blogger.com