Thinking Journals

Please remember to "go over" / talk about and SIGN your child's Thinking Journal each night.  With the school's "No Homework" policy, we use this journal as a way to keep you connected with what is going on in class, and hopefully "spark" further discussions at home.

Thinking Journals are part of our 21^st century learning skills. Student’s reflections on learning and making connections to their lives are a very powerful tool. Journals are started in class and completed at home every night. Students record the daily word bank of key terms from the day and then reflect on their learning and connections through the sentence frame: “I notice”, “It reminds me of” and “I wonder.” Responses should be 2 or 3 sentences to each frame. Students should be reading these to someone at night and sharing their learning and thoughts. Friday’s reflection [Sticky Moments] is “What stuck with me this week?”  We complete these in class, so it is not homework. The idea is to make learning meaningful to the kids by connecting classroom learning to their own world. Thanks!