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Dialogue Journal Writing In Kindergarten And First Grade Classrooms, Eileen B. Lopez
Dialogue Journal Writing In Kindergarten And First Grade Classrooms, Eileen B. Lopez
Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive
The lack of daily journal writing opportunities for kindergarten and first grade students was addressed through a series of inservice sessions designed to encourage teachers to provide daily opportunities for journal writing as required by county guidelines. In order to make the activity more effective, teachers were asked to give students written feedback. A parent orientation session provided parents an overview of the goals and objectives of the daily journal writing project. Success of the project was measured through classroom observations, reviews of students’ journals, comparison of students’ pre and post samples and a parent survey. Results indicated that students …