In class we have been doing what we call June Journals. Each morning,
there is a sentence starter written on the board that the students are
to copy down and continue with as a topic for an entry in the journal. I
have been trying to encourage the students to create a journal for the
summer in order to share their thoughts and the activities that they are
doing on a daily basis.
Continuing to write on a daily basis throughout the summer will be of
great value for them academically. I really want to encourage you as the
parents to help them make a summer journal and get them excited about
daily writing. Make it fun! Decorate the journals in a cute or cool way
that fits their unique personalities and then provide them with fun
sentence starters such as: "If I could make my own ice cream, I would
use..." or "If I had a jet pack I would fly to..." or " If I could take
an animal home from the zoo, I would take a ______ because..." or " In
the summer I love to..."
