Sentence Starters For Your Learning Log
Directions: Every day we will stop class ten minutes before the end of the period to
write in our Learning Logs. Choose one or more of the following sentence starters to
help you get started or write about what you accomplished in class today. Be
specific. You will use the information in your Learning Log to write part of your ISearch paper and to write a reflective essay. Choose a sentence starter that truly
fits what you did and what happened to you that day. You may use the same
sentence starter more than once, and you do not have to use every sentence starter.
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Today I was very successful because...
Today I was unsuccessful because...
Today I had a problem trying to ... Tomorrow I will try to solve that problem
by...
Today I made an important breakthrough in my research process. The thing
that helped me was...
Today was the first time I ever...
The easiest part of the research process is...
The hardest part of the research process is...
I need help with... so tomorrow (or tonight, or after school), I will...
I am proud of myself today because I...
The most helpful source of information for my topic so far is... because...
I think I am becoming an expert on my topic because...
Today, I changed the way I ... because...
One thing I learned today about my questions and topic is...
One thing I learned today about how to do the research process is...
One thing I learned today about myself is...
One thing I learned today about how I learn is...
I used time well today because I ...
I need to do a better job of ... tomorrow ... because..
Adapted from Baltimore County Schools