Sentence Starters For Your Learning Log

Directions: To help assess your progress, your teacher may require you to complete Learning Log entries either at the end of the class period or at home. 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 may be asked to use the information in your Learning Log to write part of your research reflection. 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 in your log.

1. Today I was very successful because...

2. Today I was unsuccessful because...

3. Today I had a problem trying to ... Tomorrow I will try to solve that problem by...

4. Today I made an important breakthrough in my research. The thing that helped me was...

5. Today I was finally able to make progress because I ......

6. The easiest part of research for this project is...

7. The hardest part of research for this project is...

8. I need help with... so tomorrow (or tonight, or after school), I will...

9. I am proud of myself today because I...

10. The most helpful source of information for my topic so far is... because...

11. I think I am becoming an expert on my topic because...

12. Today, I changed the way I ... because...

13. One thing I learned today about my topic is...

14. One thing I learned today about how to do research is...

15. One thing I learned today about myself as a researcher is...

16. One thing I learned today about how I learn is...

17. I used time well today because I ...

18. I need to do a better job of ... during the next research session because..

19. I liked using the source ________________________ because...

20. I know that I am becoming a more efficient researcher because ....