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--- journaling [2022/03/31 15:06] – [English/Language Arts] 149.152.191.2
+++ journaling [2022/04/04 12:59] (current) – [English/Language Arts] jgmac1106
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 Journaling within a subject allows readers and writers to  essentially become members of the disciplinary community. They  take on the role of disciplinary experts within the pages of the journal  and interact with the text in  such (Brozoet al., 2013) ways as those who work in the discipline.
+“[[https://notes.andymatuschak.org/zUMFE66dxeweppDvgbNAb5hukXzXQu8ErVNv#annotations:Dq9V9LGZEeynLl_83jThEg|Better note-taking” misses the point; what matters is “better thinking]].” Journaling provides the tool for better thinking
 ====== Research on Journals ======
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 In Language arts you end up with two journals, or bifurcate them from the "free-write" or "writing journal" and the journal for textual analysis and critique where you explore the common threads of human condition that exists in all words and texts.
-The writing journal helps us to understand what a child knows, how they know it, and why they value it. Students can respond to daily writing prompts and then pick pieces to develop during writing instruction
+The writing journal helps us to understand what a child knows, how they know it, and why they value it. Students can respond to daily writing prompts and then pick pieces to develop during writing instruction.
+Make the writing journal special. You do not assign it for homework and you keep the grading, if any, minimal. You do have to make it a regular part of the class and students need to see you the teacher journaling. You need to share responses from your journal.
+Use a variety of prompts and free-writes. Some students may want to explore the deep questions of the human conditions. Others may due their best writing about aliens with bad flatulence.
+The writing journal is one of the major tools in establishing your classroom as a community of readers and writers.
 **Literary Analysis Journal**
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   * Classifications-key learning organized by categories relevant to content.
-==== Mathematics ===-=
+==== Mathematics ====
 In mathematics we must see the notebook as more than  a procedural tool. So many teachers collect the math notebook and make sure notes, homework, and quizzes appear in the correct chronological order. This assesses organization and not mathematical thinking.