Tips
for Teachers
Customize
the pages as appropriate for your class. Just download our
page, open through your Word application, enter your own questions,
categories, or spacing-and print! Or, use the pages the way
we designed them:
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Print
a cover for each student and a stack of journal
pages. Journals can be stapled, bound, or kept
in each students' pocket folder to pull out on "Journey
North days."
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Mark
the map. This visual reminder of the migration
progress is fun to color or label in ways that are developmentally
appropriate for your class.
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Headline is
a chance for students to identify the main ideas from Web
updates in their own creative ways.
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Summary is
a place to sum up the each report's highlights in a paragraph
with supporting details.
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Spotlight is
a category for journal writers to focus on a bit of migration
news of special interest to them, or a question they want
to explore more.
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Answer our Journal Questions. We've allowed
space for students to answer any or all of the excellent
Journal
Questions that appear in each migration update and many
lessons. (They can flip the page over for more space.)
- Other
Thematic Journals. The hummingbird migration study
is rich with concrete examples of key science concepts
(such
as habitat, adaptations, ecosystems, seasons and cycles).
See more tips on teaching themes and Journey North journals: Building
Understanding Through Long-term Studies.
- Helpful
Links: Journey
North Journals; Journaling
Questions and Assessment
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