Vanessa Brown’s activity of speaking to a student allowed me to realize just how much journaling could allow me to become a better teacher. In our pre-institute reading Journals for Collaboration, Curriculum, and Assessment I understood the importance of the journal, but held on to the belief of when will I really find the time for this and how much can it really help me. Although the reflection on a student was not an official journal the reflection of my teaching experiences and discussion of it with Bernadette has allowed me understand the situation differently and think of how else I can make this situation become a positive experience for myself and the child. I hope that as I deal with other students with similar behaviors I go into the situation better equipped to help this student. I hope that in the future I do take the time to reflect and journal about all of the unique experiences that I encounter as a teacher.
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Dear Kelly: I've experienced a lack of success with journals in my room, but now that I've seen the value in using them for expression and self-reflection, I'm going to give them a try again. Since I pretty much had to be forced to journal, I see where my kids were coming from. Maybe if we give them prompts in the a.m. to write in the p.m. such as what was the best activity and why? What did you learn from it? What else would help you understand the concept? My students are 6th graders,but I'm hoping to start with questions like these and move into more personal aspects so I get to learn more about them. Do you think this is a practice that would work in your grade?
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