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This second lesson in my unit, will teach my students how to blog online. The students are still focused on the question posed in the first lesson, but know they are coming up with wants and needs that will later help them create a monthly budget. By blogging, the students will be sharing their ideas for solving their problem and also getting feedback from their peers and parents.

Jennifer, I enjoyed reading your blog lesson. I think that having the students write their thoughts down is great. Rather than just discussing, they are working on both language and writing skills as well. Since this is an area that we struggle in as a school, I think that it will be a beneficial activity. I like how you said you would give your students an instruction sheet for adding to the blog. I had the same idea for my students. I think that giving your students the option to work in pairs is good too. This way, students who are not as comfortable with the assignment can have some help. How are you going to grade these students responses? If they work in pairs, how will you tell what they each contribute? -Lindsay