Friday Tip

This past week we celebrated Columbus Day.  Perhaps Columbus didn't "discover" a new world, but he did increase awareness about the western hemisphere. Columbus kept a journal which was later published under the title, I, Columbus.

As a class we discussed the importance of Christopher Columbus, as well as the myths that surround the stories about Christopher Columbus.  We looked at his journal, and created our own journals.  In our journals we wrote about what our first memories are, what we remember about the first day of school, and what our dreams and aspirations are for the future.  

I think the class did a really neat job with this! I think we have some natural born journal keepers (or future bloggers?) in this class!  

I think this would make a fun project to catalogue special days and celebrations. At the end of the year you will have a student created scrapbook/journal!