Sentence Starters for Learning Logs
Directions: To help assess your progress, your teacher may require you to complete Learning Log entries at the end of the class period or for homework. 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 today. You may use the same sentence starter more than once in your log.

1. Today I was very successful because. . .

2. Today I was very unsuccessful because. . .

3. Today I had 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 after school, or tonight), I will. . .

9. The most helpful source of information for my topic so far is __________, because. . .

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

11. Today, I changed the way I _______________ because. . .

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

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

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

15. One thing I learned today aobut how I learn is. . .

16. I used time well today because I . . .

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

18. I liked using the source ___________________ because. . .

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

20. I think my final produce will be extremely effective because. . .

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