tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708538586034027731.post3928323952008552547..comments2023-08-17T02:42:02.381-07:00Comments on Not Just Child's Play: Challenging Young Minds: Journal HelpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708538586034027731.post-78444198443942424922013-06-15T14:25:34.914-07:002013-06-15T14:25:34.914-07:00I do a show and tell math journal once a week. Th...I do a show and tell math journal once a week. The children have to bring in a specific type of item to share ie. a rock, something green, a magnet, a cylinder. It is based on science and math - and then we do a lot of sorting and graphing of items after we share what we brought, and then most weeks we write about what we saw or learned. I teach 4K so sometimes it becomes a labeling activity or a simple sentence. The leaf is green. or Mr frog is green etc. I have been doing this for about 3 years. I got the idea from here and have improvised on it. http://www.kindergarten-lessons.com/show_and_tell.html<br /><br />I also do writers workshop 3 days of weeks, and with the mini lessons the children start with drawing activities first, move to labeling, then narratives, opinion writing and finally all about stories. My kiddos love to write. Hope that helps.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773113646768488317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708538586034027731.post-70191066779853802062013-06-14T15:46:51.967-07:002013-06-14T15:46:51.967-07:00Well, I'm glad I asked! :) What wonderful idea...Well, I'm glad I asked! :) What wonderful ideas you guys have shared-I am definitely going to incorporate these! :)Miss Trayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994698870486768685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708538586034027731.post-17617978366663931302013-06-14T07:14:05.761-07:002013-06-14T07:14:05.761-07:00Have you thought of doing class journals? For exam...Have you thought of doing class journals? For example, set up a topic on the cover and let it rotate around the room and everyone can write on the same topics. Just a thought...my kiddos love it!<br />~Brandee<br /><a href="http://creatinglllearners.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Creating Lifelong Learners</a>Brandee Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465982073964265054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708538586034027731.post-84995669371210883602013-06-14T06:41:24.145-07:002013-06-14T06:41:24.145-07:00Just a thought, a colleague of mine has her kids d...Just a thought, a colleague of mine has her kids decorate their Writer's Source books (composition books) with any pictures that they like. They can be photos of them with family and/or friends, magazine pictures, etc... this might help with the initial excitement of journal writing (hopefully). Best of luck! Also, I looped from K to 1 several years ago and I L-O-V-E-D it!!! I hope your experience is as wonderful as mine was.<br /><br />:) Nicole<br />Tadpole Tidbits<br />www.mrscorbitt.blogspot.comMrs. Corbitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16959975705738507712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8708538586034027731.post-88809632326833157532013-06-14T05:48:32.341-07:002013-06-14T05:48:32.341-07:00I teach 2nd Grade -
For Math I used journals in ...I teach 2nd Grade - <br /><br />For Math I used journals in centers. Sometimes they used them simply to solve the problems. For those they would glue the problem in the journal. <br /><br />They would also write problems they made up in their journals. We started with a fill in the blank style, but they moved on to being able to write their own. I would pick problems from their journals to use in morning warm up.<br /><br />They would explain how to solve certain problems. For example they would solve a 2 digit by 2 digit problem writing each step with an explanation. kherberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03282935413300573346noreply@blogger.com