Last week I had four days of professional development meetings. The last two days of it were about reading and writing. I really enjoyed it and got some great ideas. One idea was THOUGHT BOOKS!
You give each student their own composition notebook. This notebook is a place where students can write their own thoughts and opinions about things. They can write about whatever they want. They can add pictures, quotes, movie stubs, magazine clippings, recipes, poems, etc.
I think my students will really like them. They actually gave us teachers each a notebook to use while we were at our meetings. They would give us time to write our thoughts in them. I feel like I was able to get more out of my meetings because I had time to ponder and think about the things we were learning.
When I was at church on Sunday, I had the idea that I should create my own thought book for spiritual things. It could be a place where I could write down notes from church, my testimony, and how I feel about specific spiritual topics. I could add quotes and my favorite talks. I think I'm going to go buy a new notebook for church. I'm excited to start using THOUGHT BOOKS and to see what comes of them!
I loved the thought books too!!! I can't wait to use them next year. What a great idea to make a spiritual one. :)
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