Thinking Journal
Your thinking journal must have:
Your thinking journal must have:
- Article Title
- Date
- Answer: What is the main idea of the article?
- Answer: the question under the article you choose (2 sentence minimum)
Week 8 Articles
- Printing Houses
- What are some connections you can make to this article and our Neighborhood Building Project?
- Endangered Red Wolves
- Should Red Wolves be saved? Why?
- Household Robots
- What are some of the negative things that could come from these kind of robots?
Week 7 Articles
- Kids Find Their Voice Through Poetry
- Why is poetry a powerful way for kids to express themselves?
- Mobile Libraries and the Importance of Reading
- Are books a need or a want? What if you did not have access to books?
- NASA Sending Videos in Space
- What are some of the difficulties with sending videos at such large distances?
Week 6 Articles
- Hollywood's Movie Roles for Women
- How is this similar to the conversation we've been having about fairytales?
- Exploring our Solar System
- What do you think is the significance of finding habitable planets?
Week 5 Articles
- Should we Raise the Entry Cost for National Parks?
- Have you ever been to a National Park? Do you think they are important?
- Malala Talks About College
- Summarize the article. Provide at least 4 important points from the text.
- What is a Tariff?
- Do you think tariffs are good or bad? Why?
Week 4 Articles
- Additional Questions for U.S. Population Count
- What could the new question on the Census mean? Who will it most likely affect?
- Galaxies With No Dark Matter
- What is dark matter? How do they know there is less in the galaxy they discovered?
- Farming in Space
- What are three of the greatest challenges for growing food in space?
Week 3 Articles
- Rihanna Seeking Equal Education for Girls
- Why is it important for everyone to have equal access to education?
- Firsts in Women's History
- What do you think are the 3 most important firsts from the article?
- A Wrinkle in Time and Female Scientists
- Why is it important for women to have jobs in science?
- New Information on Amelia Earhart Disappearance
- What are some of the unique things about Amelia's story?
Week 2 Articles
- Allergy Bullying in "Peter Rabbit"
- Why is allergy bullying so dangerous?
- Chicago Air Pollution
- What was the volunteers finding about their neighborhoods? Why does it matter?
- Discovering a Lost Mayan City
- What does this technology mean for archeology? Where else do you think they should use this technology?
Week 1 Articles
- Fundraising for Kids to See Black Panther
- Why do people feel like kids need to see this movie?
- The Winter Olympics and South Korean Kids
- In what ways are South Korean children similar and different from you? Why?
- Space X Rocket
- What could this mean for space transportation? Why?