Comments are the heart of a blog – for so many reasons . . .
Comments:
- involve reading and writing.
- start conversations. They get people thinking and communicating.
- inspire and energize the blogger.
- extend learning for all involved.
- validate students’ learning experience.
- are a powerful way for parents and extended family to get involved with a child’s school literacy journey.
Comment Expectations for our Blog
“How to Write Quality Blog Comments” by Ms Boychuk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at https://boychukt.edublogs.org
Do “The Big 5”
- Use letter format: Greeting, body, closing and signature
- Write 2 or more sentences.
- Use first names only – don’t be YAPPY.
- Use standard English.
- Proofread
Pick 2 and Do
- compliment the writer
- add new information
- give a wish or a hope
- give and support your opinion
- make a connection with your life
- end with a question to cause more people to continue the conversation
Watch “How to Write a Quality Comment” by Mrs. Yollis’ grade 3 students:
Outstanding Comments . . .
- show that you read and thought about the whole post
- show best spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar (no “textese” please)
- use strong, specific words and stay on topic
- are well-organized and follow letter form with a greeting, body and closing
- are always positive, respectful and encouraging
- do NOT include students’ last names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, specific plans, dates of birth and other personal information (no YAPPY)
- has been proofread by the author and at least one other person before he/she submits it
“Conversations begin with high quality comments.” – Kathleen Morris
Inspiration!
Thank you to all the fantastic blogs that gave me ideas about commenting guidelines!
Check them out here:
- Kreb’s Class Blogs commenting guidelines
- commenting guidelines from Huzzah!
- Mrs. Yollis’ Classroom Blog and “How to Write a Quality Comment” video
- Edublogs teacher challenge -“Teach Quality Commenting Skills”
Now it’s your chance to continue the conversation . . .
- What do you think are the most important commenting guidelines we should remember and why?
- What is your biggest commenting challenge?
Dear Ms B.
I love customizing my themes and making virtual pets! You can learn so much new thing about the blog! It was kind of complicated when I first started, like where I can customize my theme. Now I almost know everything about the blog!
Your student,
Allen
Dear Allen,
I’m glad you are enjoying customizing your theme and adopting virtual pets. I’m glad you feel confident about blogging and I look forward to having more blog conversations with you.
Keep up the good work!
Ms B.
Dear Ms b.
My biggest commenting challenge is starting with a capital letter and ending a period . When i start
a sentence first start with a capital letter and then you got a sentence oh i just forgot always end with a period
From.
siara
Dear Ms B.,
My biggest commenting challenge is organizing and spelling. To remember my spelling mistakes I can use spell check or search the word up in google.
From,
Liam
Dear ms B.,
My biggest problem with commenting is when I forget what I want to say.
When I forget what I want to say I can not remember.
from
Nina