1. Use this journal cover and student page as we designed them, or edit them to meet your needs. Just click to download the pages, open them through your Word application, and print them! Or edit them with your own questions, categories, or layout.
2. Print a cover and stack of journal pages for each student. (Or have students make their own covers.) You can staple or otherwise bind pages, or keep them in each student's pocket folder to pull out on "Journey North days."
3. When you first plant your garden in the fall, have each student complete a journal page. In late winter or spring, as they look for changes in their garden, they should complete a new page every week or two. As they do, help them use their observations (evidence) to refine their predictions.

• Global Garden Partners: How Do We Compare?
• What If . . .? Time to Experiment

Tips: Using Journals for Learning and Assessment

• Journey North Journals: Helping Young Minds Grow
• Student Portfolios as Visual Organizers for Journey North (tulip example!)
• Journaling Questions (for assessment)
• Science Inquiry Journals
• My Journey North Journal (level 2-4)