Student Reflection of Learning

I have lots of ideas and strategies that I will be adding this year to my classroom. As the summer progresses, I will be blogging about some of them. One of the components that I am going to make time for is student reflection. One thing that I have done with my students for the last couple of years is a weekly student reflection form. The students complete this form on Friday.

The students use the boxes to write a brief description of what they learned in each class for the week. Then, the students write their favorite part of the week, set a goal for the upcoming week, and then my favorite part….they have an opportunity to tell me anything they want to share. Sometimes, the kids tell me something that they are looking forward to or something they really liked at school. Other times, the kids will tell me concepts they didn't understand or issues, like bullying. These forms have been great tool for both my students and me. If you would like to download this editable file, it's available for free in my TpT store. You can download it here or by clicking on the picture below.

I love these forms, but this is a once a week reflection. I want to implement something daily, so the kids have a reflection time daily. This summer, I stubbled across this file by Aimee VanMiddlesworth.

My plan is to make an "End of the Day" jar with these reflection cards in it. Each afternoon, I will draw a card out and have the kids think-pair-share their thoughts on the question. This will promote student reflection, as well as, encourage students to practice discussing and sharing opinions and ideas.
I will be putting together my "End of the Day" reflection jar soon, among other things. I will post pictures when I have it finished. Until then, I wanted to share with you some ideas for how to get your students to reflect on their learning. :)
Happy Monday!