Student journal entries include notes on materials read, summaries of hands - on experiments, and propositional concept maps.
Consider writing responses to
student journal entries in order to carry on a conversation with students about their work.
Not exact matches
Indeed, if we walk
students through every step of creating the
journal (what kind of notebook, what sort of margins, how many words per
entry, double - spaced, type - written or inked) we send a strong message about journaling and about learning in general: namely that it is a direction - following game, that the answers reside with the teacher, who will walk you through the steps to the puzzle until you arrive at the right answer.
Students took pre-tests and post-tests and completed
journal entries on their experience.
The ability to distill a rigorous distinction between the experiences came not only from randomly assigning meditating
students to two groups — one focused on the nose and one focused on the belly — but also by employing two independent coders to perform standardized analyses of the
journal entries the
students made immediately after meditating.
Ask
students to keep
journals in which they make
entries each day about things big or small that they appreciate.
In small groups, have
students discuss their personal reactions to the
journal entry for several moments.
Show
students how to construct
journal entries about how they empathize with characters or situations in books.
Key assessments for learning, like exit cards, revision work, and
journal entries, are mile markers that we use to let
students know their progress and distance left to travel.
Evaluate
students by observing the activities and discussions, reading their
journal entries, and getting feedback from parents.
Templates Include: ABC Brainstorming Anecdotal Notes Anticipation Guides Carousel Brainstorming Choice Boards
Entry / Exit Cards Examples / Non-Examples Four Corners Give One, Get One Hot Seat Questions Key Word Connections KWL Chart Learning Log List Ten Things One Minute Essay One Sentence Summary One Word Web Personal Connection
Journal Quick Write and Draw Reading Log Reflection
Journal Response Cards Square of Knowledge
Student - Composed Questions Ten Minute Writing Samples Three Facts and a Fib 3 -2-1 Exit Card Two Starts and a Wish Venn Diagram What Am I?
Brief Description
Students turn diary and
journal entries and the recorded testimony of people who witnessed the Holocaust into eloquent poetry.
Journals provide good handwriting practice too; since teachers will be reading and responding to
journal entries,
students know they must write legibly!
Then the teacher responds to each
student's
journal entry.
I was teaching a class of struggling seniors in summer school a decade ago when Michael — a good - natured C -
student and chronic loafer — read his
journal entry aloud.
This is accompanied by a
journal entry that describes how the
student sees himself versus how he thinks others see him.
Students will use this to structure their observations, as I have asked them to include specific vocabulary into many of the
journal entries.
The
Journal As a journal entry each student might write a poem, describe a dream, or share something he is pleased about or unhappy
Journal As a
journal entry each student might write a poem, describe a dream, or share something he is pleased about or unhappy
journal entry each
student might write a poem, describe a dream, or share something he is pleased about or unhappy about.
With private
student work such as
journal entries, this is often a good idea.
In her Harvard Educational Review article «Talking about Race, Learning about Racism: The Application of Racial Identity Development Theory in the Classroom,» she collected the
journal entries of her
students, highlighting the various emotional reactions that her
students, especially white
students, had to conversations about racial identity.
to create their own timelines: timelines of family history or your town's history; a timeline showing when important inventions were first introduced; timelines that document
students» personal
journal entries; timelines that serve as a record of important events in history from the past (the Civil War) or that record events of history in the making.
Students will write in their
journals what they learned from this activity;
journal entries should include what they might do differently next time to improve on this first effort.
Evaluation / Assessment:
Students will be evaluated based on written
journal entries, participation in class discussions and debate on segregation, and persuasive essay.
After completing their double -
entry journal,
students disperse to an expert group, a group where everyone else has read the same source text.
Students can finish their
journal entries for homework.
Students submit
journal entries to demonstrate regular writing practice.
With
journal writing prompts,
students are provided a variety of questions and sentence starters to start their
journal entry.
You may or may not choose to review
journal entries for correct grammar and spelling, but lifting the pressure of producing a polished piece often frees
students to just enjoy the process.
You can let your
students write stream - of - consciousness style with few restrictions or provide more structure for a
journal entry with length recommendations and suggestions for details to include.
One way to do this is to have
students look through their
journal entries and the other work they have produced over the course of these 10 lessons.
Provide each
student with a notebook or require each
student to bring a notebook to be used specifically for
journal entries.
According to their
journal entries and responses to a survey, teachers have seen positive effects on
students» learning; on
students» feelings of competence (self - efficacy); and on
students» perceptions that they have the necessary tools to help advance their own learning (self - regulation).
Decide when
students will write daily
entries into their
journal.
Students could write a
journal entry where they respond to the
student who made that remark.
Let
students know that at times they will be required to use an
entry from their
journal to work on editing, revising, and rewriting.
Once a week or once per month, have
students choose one
journal entry and work on editing, revising, and rewriting it to hand in as a graded assignment.
Peggy Coyne, a Black Hawk Middle School reading specialist and president - elect of Madison Teachers Inc., said she plans to ask
students to write
journal entries Tuesday about what they did while classes were canceled the last four days.
The notes
students take on handout 2, as well as their
journal entries, will provide evidence about their understanding of the steps leading up to mass murder.
For example,
students would benefit from short
journal entries or discussions on theme, character, and point - of - view.
Some
students chose to take a documentary approach by creating
journal entries on a series of events or a web page that reflected their own interpretations as well as linking to the wealth of sites on the civil rights era.
Yedlin (2003, 2004) described how a teacher used ELLs» drawings as a basis for conversation with
students and for eliciting written elaboration of
journal entries and stories.
Dialogue
journals, in which teachers reply in writing to
student entries, and learning logs, in which
students write about their content learning, have been found effective in encouraging ELLs to write daily, interact with the teacher, and reflect upon their learning and their comprehension (Kreeft - Peyton & Reed, 1990; Dolly, 1990).
Show your
students how far they've come by asking them to select an old
journal entry or other writing assignment to revisit, either by rewriting it or responding to it with more elaboration or describing whether their answer has changed and why.
In
journal entries at the end of the semester they indicated that, contrary to their prior expectations, the teacher implemented «a rigorous curriculum,» held «high expectations,» taught «in an integrated style,» and built «on the
students» prior experiences.»
Once a week or every other week,
students choose a
journal entry to edit and revise.
While MariAnne met with the guided reading groups,
students worked at their desks on a variety of tasks: (a) handwriting practice sheet, (b) spelling, (c)
journal entries, (d) dictionary skill — using guide words, (e) writers» workshop and family story preparation, and (f) Internet searches related to authors and illustrators
At Prieto Math and Science Academy, one of our partner schools in Chicago, teachers seek to improve their
students» ability to give a viable argument and to critique the reasoning of others; their
entry point is teaching
students to use
journals to record their own ideas and the ideas of others, and using the whiteboard strategically to support
student journal writing and classroom discussion.
All of our
students do something during the school week that is «worth smiling about» whether it is writing a touching
journal entry, being the teacher's helper, or stepping in when they see a classmate being bullied.
Mr. Wilkerson also varies
journal prompts and blog
entries; sometimes he assigns different prompts or
entries to different
students, and sometimes he encourages
students to select a prompt that interests them.
Ask
students to share ideas from their
journal entries and add them to the map.