Learn how to add a widget so you can see who is visiting your blog

You may want to add a flag counter

You may also want to know how I have put 2 images next to each-other in my post?

I have added a table with 2 cells and put one photo in each cell. If you cant see the button in the tool bar that allows you to add a table, go to plugins in your dashboard and search for tables and add an easy table.

 

Hi Girls,

This is where you can share your thinking with everyone about what you have learnt about commenting.

Please leave a reply….

This is an activity to help you think about the quality of your comments as well as what makes a quality comment.

1. Follow each step below. Remember this is also an activity which requires you to use your reading comprehension skills.
2. Read the Commenting Guidelines under the red heading below.
3. Now watch a video by clicking on the green link below the commenting guidelines, made by Year 5 students.
4. Next, click on the link directly below in blue, to see a range of comments left on an imaginary blog.
   thumbs up or thumbs down sorting activity
5. Create a new post and rate these comments from the above link in order from the least helpful to most helpful.
   Which is the most helpful and WMYST?
   Which is the least helpful and WMYST?
6. Next make a comment about what you have learnt in this activity on our class blog, in the post called,
   “We have been learning about making comments on other people’s blogs”.

Commenting Guidelines

Commenting is what brings a blog to life. Comments are also a significant reason why people write blogs – they want to get people thinking and communicating.
Your comments should aim help to keep the learning going, to keep the conversation going.

Here are some important guidelines to follow when you are making comments. Thanks to ‘Guidelines’ written by the 2009-2010 bloggers of Huzzah! 

• Make your comment worth reading.
• Start a conversation.
• Be positive, interested, and encouraging.
• If you disagree, be polite about it.
• Connect with the post: be on topic.
• Re-read your comment before you hit submit–think before you send!
• Aim for correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
• Don’t use chat or texting language like lol, i, or u.
• No “Hi! Visit my blog! Bye!” comments. Be thoughtful.
• Keep your privacy: no personal or identifying information about you, your family, or your friends. Don’t give out last names, school name, phone numbers, user names, or places and dates you can be found.

Together we will practise commenting and create our own set of guidelines to help us write really appropriate and effective comments.

Watch this excellent Comments video shared by Andrea Hernandez made by a 5th Grade student.

You are going to create your own Avatar using suggestions from the blue link below.

Remember this is Reading Comprehension! Take the time to read the instructions step by step

Link- Avatar instructions

1. Click on the link and open it in a new tab, next select ‘Creating your avatar’  and follow the instructions to create an avatar using ‘Doppelme’.
2. Take a screenshot of your avatar so you can also insert it into your next post like we have done here.
3. Follow the instructions to upload your user avatar which will appear every time you leave comments and next to your posts.
4. You may also like to read the Avatar Tips which may help you to solve any problems you come across.
5. Extra Challenge- See what happens when you also upload your avatar as a Blog avatar.
6. Once you have successfully uploaded your avatar create a new post and tell us about your avatar and any challenges you may have had when creating it.
7. Insert the screen shot of your avatar into your post.

Your task is to produce a piece of creative writing using either of the two pictures below as a prompt.

You can write about anything you like – but please note:

Your writing MUST include:

•  3 causal connectives and 3 temporal connectives – Use the list glued into your literacy book.
• Please highlight your casual connectives in red and your temporal connectives in blue. 
• Be no more than 200 words.

Once you think you have completed your writing please:

Proof read and edit your writing carefully. Be sure all words are spelled correctly and you have included your 6 connectives.

Photo by Jae Park on Unsplash

Hi Girls,

Welcome to our blog!

The theme for your blog currently is called ‘Edublogs Default’ which you are not allowed to change until teacher instruction.

Here are some housekeeping instructions which you must go through and complete at your own pace:

Make some changes to the appearance of your blog:

1. Go to the dashboard
2. Click on ‘Appearance’
3. Click on Customise
4. Click on ‘Site Identity’

You may only change the following:

• Site Title
• Tag line – this is where you can write an inspirational quote of your choice.
• Make sure the box is ticked to display the site title and tag line.

Next, click on the arrow next to ‘customising site identity’ now you may change your header image* and colours.

*your header image must be one from edublogs or a photo or drawing created or taken yourself.

Now it is time to create your first post.

In this post, you can express what you are looking forward to in the year 6 Blog?

Can you work out how to add a photo to this post?

We would like you to get the photo from unsplash.com

Extra Challenge:

Can you work out how to reference your image?

 

Once you have finished all the steps above, please reply to this post saying that it is completed. 

Click here to access the Week 6 STUBC

Click here to access STUBC Week 5.

please click here to access the Iceberg of Culture Task Website for your HASS assignment.

 

 

 

 

Here are the instructions to embed your own video into your blog, kindly provided by Kathleen at Edublogs.

• Go to your Google Drive and click on ‘New’ then ‘File Upload’
• Upload your video
• When it uploads, open it and then look for the 3 dots in the top right hand corner
• Click on ‘open in new window’
• When it opens in a new window, click on the 3 dots again and you’ll see the option to embed is there
• Copy that code and embed it as you normally would (Add media > insert embed code)