WebQuests

Class 3 Reading Response

http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/jsampson/clarquest.html Volcano WebQuest
http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/lcastiglione/WQ/index.htm So You Want to Be a Writer WebQuest

I have explored a lot on WebQuests and have already had my 3rd graders complete two of them. I'd have to say that some of the WebQuests I explored were great, on the other hand, I thought some were put together poorly. There was one that had so many spelling errors it was embarrassing. Off of the WebQuest Matrix link by Dr. Christie for Elementary, Middle, and High, I found two webquests that were really pretty good. My students are learning about Volcanoes, so I found a webquest on volcanoes. I attached the link but you can get to it off of Dr. Christies Webquest matrix where I clicked on the elementary link and went to the Science link and clicked on the one about Volcanoes. It was full of resources and even a video clip of an eruption.

It is a great WebQuest for ELLs because the resource for vocabulary is linked to a picture and definition. The other WebQuest I really liked was off of the elementary link under language arts called So You Want to Be a Writer. It focuses on the character Junie B. Jones and children learning about who that character's author really is etc.... My kiddos really enjoyed this one.