Dialogue Journals

This month, the kids will have Dialogue Journaling as a part of their homework instead of book reports. Below is the explanation for how to complete a dialogue journal at home.

Dialogue Journal Objective: I can read what you write to me and write back to you.

This year one of our homework expectations is for your child to dialogue journal once a week at home with a family member. During dialogue journaling, your child is having a silent, written conversation with someone where you write back and forth to each other about any topic. We have found this activity to be a motivating reason for kids to write and read what is written to them. It’s also a great way for you to find out about their day or talk about things that are important for them. This is not necessarily a time for them to be corrected on punctuation or spelling. Often the kids will automatically use the words you’ve written to help them spell. Just enjoy the conversation with your child, ask them questions and encourage them to ask you questions as well. It might be helpful for you to keep all the entries in a notebook. The entries do not need to be turned in, just check off that your child has completed a dialogue journal on their homework checklist.