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Great Feedback Cool Cats

After sharing our Voice Thread with other teachers from the Global Read Aloud Project we have have received an awesome amount of responses and compliments for our work, including:

• A class from British Columbia added their thoughts to our VT -- check it out: Marty McGuire VT


• Teachers added us to their blog assignments or student blogs for others students to comment on like this one: Kidblog from a 3rd grade class


• Teachers in our own building want to learn more about using VT in the classroom.

Way to go Cool Cats! Your excitement and enthusiasm for our project has been rewarded. We should all be very proud of each other and our team work! I can't wait to see how Marty inspires us to share our learning in the next chapter!

Marty McGuire Chapter 2 Voice Thread

We completed chapter two in our Marty McGuire book this week. At the end of the chapter, Marty's teacher assigns her a role in the school play that Marty was not anticipating. The book has a few black and white pictures to support the text. This situation had a picture of Marty with an identifiable facial expression, but no words to support how she was feeling or what she was thinking. This was a perfect time for us to practice inferring what our character may have been feeling or thinking based on her expression and what we know about her.

The Cool Cats created their first Voicethread and would like to invite you to share in their learning. Please follow the link, listen in on our responses, and feel free to add your own. We would love to hear what you have to say about Marty!