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STRATEGY OF THE MONTH

LEARNING LOG

Component: Reading and Writing

Objective: To develop competency in grade-level reading and writing skills

Rationale: Provides opportunities for students to individually process information learned through sketching and writing
  • Encourages metacognition
  • Use as formative assessments to check for understanding
  • Provides opportunity for students to share learning
  • Supports students personal connection to the content
KEY POINTS:

Strategic Design
  • Create Learning Log the first page is copied, the additional pages are left blank, stapled)
  • Learning Log is placed in the student portfolios
  • Develop intentional learning prompt for use throughout unit as formative assessments.


Delivery:
  • Establish and articulate comprehensible language objective and content objective
  • Provide clear and concise prompts for the Text and You sides:
    • Text side - sketch or write about new learning using factual information
    • You side - sketch or write personal thoughts or reactions to ideas and information learned
English Language Development Focus & Consideration

Provide writing frames

TEXT
Teacher prompt: Describe the _____________ .
Student response: The description of the ______ is ______ .
Teacher prompt: Write one new learning.
Student response: A new learning for me was ______________ .
Teacher prompt: Tell me about the _______ and the __________ .
Student response: The ______ and the _______ are __________ .

YOU
•    Teacher prompt: Describe how this learning applies to you.
•    Student response: This relates to me/my life because _____ .
•    Teacher prompt: Write a new learning that applies to you.
•    Student response: A new learning that applies to me is _____ .
•    Teacher prompt: Tell me how this connects to your life.
•    Student response: This connects to me because ______ and _____ .
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