Literacy NIght SUCCESS!!

Walnut Street would like to extend a BIG thank you to all families who participated last night in our Literacy Night focusing on journal writing!  We had many wonderful conversations and saw so many great moments of family learning!  At the end of the evening we had an exit slip asking for 3 things you would do with journal writing at home.  A compiliation of those exit slips is below.  There are MANY excellent family literacy opportunities in the list - pick one activity today to do with your child over the weekend!

Family Journaling Opportunities/Purposes

1. Draw pictures.
2. Make lists: grocery lists, Christmas lists, shopping lists
3. Ask questions.
4. Answer questions.
5. Share your feelings.
6. Share about your day.
7. Practice homework.
8. Write a recipe.
9. Remember a special time, trip, or memory.
10. Share you dreams.
11. Record previous events.
12. Be creative!
13. Plan future events.
14. Write a story.
15. Write something good that happened that day.
16. Keep a list of things you've read.
17. Record ideas.
18. To calm down
19. Prayers
20. Things that are going well in your life.
21. Things that are not going well in your life.
22. Birthday present ideas!
23. To practice writing numbers.
24. To think through a problem.
25. To give a note like "there is no more milk"
26. Record my achievements/awards/certificates
27. Record my adventures or plan adventures I want to have.
28. Keep my "to do's" in order.
29. To think through a problem.
30. To put my feelings on paper and understand myself.
31. To help with bad dreams.
32. To share what you learned that day.

What an AMAZING list of journaling opportunities!  Kudos to the families and students who participated in Literacy Night last night.  Your critical thinking has supported so many other in writing that families can engage in together!

Last but certainly not least take a look below at what some of our youngest writers have to say about journaling.  I think that they have articulated the essence of journaling very concisely!

1.  It is fun and simple! (too right my young friend!!)
2. You can write on a piece of paper.  (we don't need to get fancy folks:))
3. Get a journal and take a pencil and write. (in other words ... JUST DO IT!)
4. #1 Take it home and write about your day. #2 Write a question #3 (my favorite) Write important stuff!
5. Write on paper. (short, sweet, and to the point!)