1/25 Great meeting today crew! Remember to continue to update the wiki. I think our "marketing campaign" is a great idea!
11/2 Edit your story. Do you have a catchy headline? Does your first paragraph explain the story? Does the last paragraph introduce some interesting quotes?
10/28 Continue to craft your stories. Here's a helpful link we will use next week to talk about story structure. http://www.timeforkids.com/search/site/reading%20news%20story
10/21 Now that our questions are finished and interviews complete, let's begin to craft those stories. Find your page to continue to work on your story. Remember to login!
10/13 Remember to finish those interview questions so that we can begin to interview our sources. Having trouble logging in? Here is the procedure...
- Remember to click the 'log in' button at top-right side of the screen.
- Find the story your working on in the folders to the right.
- Click the 'edit' tab at the top of the page.
- Avoid using Firefox. We've had difficulty saving our work in this browser.
9/28 Today was the first great meeting! Remember to begin writing questions for your story assignments. We will go over these questions at the next meeting. Don't have a story assignment? Please email Mrs. Ferrell or Mrs. Rayson.
9/8 Welcome Mustang News staff! This is our space in cyberspace reserved to edit and view stories. We can check deadlines and organize our editions.
Remember to place your stories on the page we have set up for you...not this page, the front page. The front page is reserved for notes and writing tips. Also... finding your story page is easy! Click on 'pages and files' on the tab at the top, and make sure you are in the 1st issue folder. Click on your story topic, then click edit at the top to begin typing. Last, remember to SAVE!
Check out the "Be a Reporter" game . You do have to register, so please ask a parent or caregiver's permission before you begin.
Any questions? Email Mrs. Ferrell, or Mrs. Rayson leave us a note here...any changes made to this site get emailed to us :)
Comments (15)
NoelleG said
at 9:24 pm on Oct 12, 2011
I made a change to OLHMS Babies, for Mrs. Ryan. Let me know when I can interview Mrs. Harrington and Mrs. Ryan, thanks I like News Paper club. :)
Laura Ferrell said
at 11:52 am on Oct 13, 2011
Hi Noelle... I'm happy to hear you like the club! Mrs. Rayson sent out emails to teachers yesterday. We should hear back soon!
NoelleG said
at 5:21 pm on Oct 13, 2011
Okay, thanks!
BellaM said
at 6:38 pm on Oct 13, 2011
when do we hear from the teachers. When can i interview Mrs.Foley?
jrayson said
at 8:05 am on Oct 18, 2011
Bella, she did agree to meet with you tomorrow morning. So, please come to the regular club meeting at 7:30, and we'll send you upstairs to meet with her at about 8:00.
Laura Ferrell said
at 9:12 pm on Oct 13, 2011
Hopefully we will be interviewing next Wednesday morning.
BellaM said
at 6:39 pm on Oct 13, 2011
i love news paper its so much fun
Laura Ferrell said
at 9:12 pm on Oct 13, 2011
Good to hear! Thanks for joining!
BellaM said
at 2:09 pm on Nov 10, 2011
So i got the camera do you want me to go to your room after i take the photo so you can put it on the website, Mrs.Ferrell let me know???
JannahO said
at 8:42 am on Nov 16, 2011
Hi Mrs. Ferrel i am trying to work on it in the classroom and i will try to work on it at home
-jannah
BellaM said
at 9:57 pm on Nov 29, 2011
Mrs. Ferrell is my interview on the news paper i could not find it. what section would it be in?
Laura Ferrell said
at 9:19 am on Nov 30, 2011
What story were you working on Bella?
BellaM said
at 8:37 pm on Dec 8, 2011
i was working on OLHMS babies with Mrs.Foley
JessieG said
at 7:48 pm on Jan 20, 2012
Mrs Rayson and Ferrell I thought of a article idea about the twins of olhms! I know 3 sets in 6th grade.
Laura Ferrell said
at 10:30 am on Jan 25, 2012
Jessie, let's talk about it more next week.
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