Journaling is a learning strategy in which students record what they have learned into a journal format. It provides a safe place for students to record what they do and do not understand about new material. Students with learning disabilities journaling provides an informal platform for students to express their thinking.
Journaling is a learning strategy in which students record what they have learned into a journal format. It provides a safe place for students to record what they do and do not understand about new material. Students with learning disabilities journaling provides an informal platform for students to express their thinking.
Journaling is a learning strategy in which students record what they have learned into a journal format. It provides a safe place for students to record what they do and do not understand about new material. Students with learning disabilities journaling provides an informal platform for students to express their thinking.
WHY? o Students with learning disabilities Journaling provides an informal platform for students to express their thinking. Teachers can scaffold as
Journal Writing
necessary and provide learning tools
What is Journaling/Journal Writing?
such as recorded texts to help
students organize what they have
Journaling is a learning strategy in which students record what they have
learned into a journal format.
o
learned, experienced, or analyzed in
order to reflect on their own interpretations.
Students with Emotional/Behavioral
Disorders
Journaling can be interactive. Students
can share what they have recorded with
Journaling is a tool for any subject area
groups or a partner. This creates a safe
or grade level.
place for students to share their ideas
Teachers can use the information in
and feelings openly without the pressure
student journals to assess in what
to get the answers right.
areas students require further
instruction.
Journals serve as a dialogue between the
Journaling can come at any time during
a lesson. Teachers can utilize this tool to activate prior knowledge, encourage creativity, and evaluate student learning.
All students
student and teacher. It provides a safe
place for students to record what they do and do not understand about new material.
FORMATS OF STUDENT JOURNALS
o Blogs o Google Docs o Evernote.com (notes/notebooks) o Video/Audio Blogs o Daily writing o Bell Work o Reflection assignments o Letters o Cards o Message to Family
HOW TO IMPLEMENT JOURNALING
References Brown, D. M. (2003). Fundamentals of literature:
Select a journal format.
Teaching high school students with special
Select the appropriate class time to use
journaling based upon student needs, classroom expectations, and teaching standards.
needs. The English Journal, 92(4), 42-26.
Use either independent journaling, in
which the teacher reads student work, or Buddy Journaling, in which students share with a peer or group of peers. Scaffold for students based upon writing strengths. For students who are struggling to write or recall information they would like to include, provide necessary anchors such as word walls. Allow students to include visuals in their journals to encourage comprehension.
Fahsl, A. J., & McAndrews, S. L. (2012). Journal
writing: Support for students with learning disabilities. Intervention in School and Clinic, 47(4), 234-244. Regan, K. S. (2003). Using dialogue journals in the classroom. Teaching Exceptional Children, 36(2), 36-41. Stan, C. (2012). The role of the reflection journal in making efficient the learning activity within formal frames. Acta Didactica Napocensia, 5(2), 67-76. Valerie, L. M., & Foss-Swanson, S. (2012). Hey! guess what I did in school today. Teaching Exceptional Children, 44(3), 40-48.
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