The Art of Commenting

Our Year 6 students have been investigating how to leave comments on blogs, first by looking at their own Year 6 Exhibition blog maintained by one of the Year 6 teachers, and then at Class 2i Reads and Writes! Many of those students had Mrs. D as a teacher when they were younger, so they were entranced at this window into their past.

We talked about what a comment can be - a compliment, a question, an elaboration - and how correct language is essential. Everyone must be able to read the comments. Re-read, edit, and spell checking become very important skills when one is writing for the whole world. SMS and chat shortcuts are not appropriate for these "mini-essays".

If you'll click over to the Class 2i site, you'll find approximately 40 new comments from admiring students!

photo credit: Hackintosh (Creative Commons License: Attribution, Non-Commercial)