Documentation and Reflection Prompts

PLANS

• I / We want to know...
• I / We want to learn...
• I / We think...
• My/Our goals for this project are...
• I / We don't understand...
• Here are some questions I / We have...
• I / We am/are having difficulty with...
• Here are the parts I / We am/are breaking my/our project into...
• The steps I / We plan to follow are...
• I / We can think of different ways to solve this task...
• What strategies will be useful?
• What I/we need to do next is ...
• The "achievement" I am/we are setting is ...
  • I/we will know we have succeeded when ...

REFLECTIONS

• - What did you learn about yourself?
  • - What did you learn about learning?
    
    

• Today I/we had "hard fun" when ...
• Today I/we improved* my/our original plan/design by ...
  • improved = better, cooler, prettier, cheaper, safer, more effective, more efficient
• This week I/we took the proper time for the job when ...
• One example of a FAILure we had was ...
• One big/important question I/we answered today was ... I/we answered it by ...
• This week I/we had a breakthrough when ...
• One way I/we showed resourcefulness was ...
• One way I/we showed resilience was ...
• One way I/we connected/collaborated with others was ...
• One way I/we demonstrated "self-monitoring" was ...
• My/our achievement was affected by ... This caused ...
• What connections did you make? or I/we made a connection today ...
• One way I/we we were strategic was ... or One example where I/we thought ahead was ...
• One example of me/us managing our time well was ...
• One way I/we received feedback today was ... That feedback showed us that I/we ...
• One way I/we helped someone else today was ...
• I/We learned...
  • What do I/we know now I/we didn’t know before?
  • What can I/we do now I/we couldn’t do before?
  • How did I/we learn it? What helped your learning?
  • How do you know you learned it?
• What skills did you use that you already had?
• Things I / We want to learn are... (phrase as questions)
• What got in the way of your learning?
• What surprised you?
• What if I/we ...
• I/We think...
• What did you learn that you can apply to future projects?
• How did you deviate from your plan? Why did you make that change?
• Describe your progress towards your goals
• I/We have changed my/our plan...
• I/We didn't get as far as I/we planned because...
• I/We were efficient/inefficient because ...
• I/We were effective/ineffective because ...
• I/We got further than I/we had planned because...
• The steps I/we did first were...
• My/Our next step will be...
• One way we might solve this problem ...
• We don't understand ...
• We want to know ...
  • One thing I/we am/are curious about after today is ... 
• We are having difficulty with ... One way we might try to solve it is ...
• One frustration I/we had was ... One way I/we dealt with it was ...
• One unexpected thing that happened this week was ...
• I/we keep making the same mistake. This might be because ...
• Next time we would …
• If we had a do over ...
• A different way to accomplish my/our task would be ...
• If we had another day/week/month ...
• What is relevant and irrelevant? Important and unimportant?
• How did I/we feel?
• What breakthrough(s) did you have?
• How could I/we make it better? More interesting?
• Where could I use this again?
• Why was this project meaningful to me/us?
• What does this help you do that’s important?
• Did I do an effective job of communicating my learning to others? How do I know that?
• Why is what I am learning important/useful?
• Where could I/we use the skills/knowledge again?
• What was fun? What did I/we enjoy?
• In what ways do you think you could improve?
• What was easiest? Most challenging? Why?
• What resources did you use? Which were most helpful? How were they helpful?
• If you were __, what comments would you make about yourself?
• What about your thinking, learning, or work today brought you the most satisfaction? Why?
• When were you the most creative? Why do you think that is?
• I/we ended our project without completing it because ... This is a thoughtful idea because ...
• What skills/knowledge can you take from your project to use in your life outside of class?
• How can I best use my strengths to improve my process or product?
• I/we demonstrated character by ...
• What patterns did you notice in how you approach or do your work/thinking?
• I seem to learn better or work better when I ... An example of this is ...

PORTFOLIO REFLECTION

• How/why was this project meaningful to me?
• How is what I learned important/useful?
• Where/when could I use the skills/knowledge I gained again?
  • Other projects or classes
  • Outside of school
  • In the future
• The most important learning moments from this project were ...
• How has this project changed you?
• Describe what you have learned about yourself as a result of your project.
• How did I benefit from this project?
• During this project I was most surprised by ... Why?
• During this project I was challenged the most by ... Why?
• During this project I was most satisfied by ... Why?
• What personal characteristics did you have to work on in order to make this project successful for you?
• How do you feel about what you made? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike?
• What long term or life lessons can you take from this project?
• What positives can you take away from the project?
• How can you apply what you learned from this project to other parts of your life or in the future?

PEER RESPONSE

• I / We agree with you because ...
• My thoughts are different from yours...
• A reference to check is...
• I / We think...
• It seems to me...
• Have you considered...
• Maybe...
• It is unclear...
• Another explanation
• I / We don't understand...
• You need to...
• Here are some questions we have …
• This is a lot like …
• You could use techniques/skills from …
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