When a lesson is complete, what do you do from there? A week later if you ask a child what he or she learned last week Tuesday, there is a 90% chance they will have no recollection. This is when learning logs come into play. Learning logs can be used for each subject. Sort if like a journal, the learning log has the child reflect on what he or she has learned.
Examples of Learning Log entry questions for several subjects:
Math- Today, we learned about subtracting with borrowing. If you were to go home and teach a friend, what steps would you do to teach them?
Science- Today we learned about the life cycle of a butterfly. Can you draw and label these stages? Tell me a little bit about what happens in each stage.
Writing- Pronouns are? List some pronouns.
Social Studies- Todays lesson involved the civil war. How did the war begin? And how did it end?
The jest of the learning logs is for the student to reflect on what was learned, and is also useful to go back to to refresh memory on previous lessons.
For more info: http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/logs/index.html
