FREE Reflection Tool: My Week in REARVIEW

Hi friends!

I'm Jessica from "Joy in the Journey"

I'm a 5th grade teacher in Washington.

I'm so excited to be collaborating on this blog by sharing some fabulous freebies.

Today I'm sharing an older product
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Each Friday I have the students fill out their “rearview mirror” with pictures and key words/vocabulary from different topics we've learned about that week. 

It serves several purposes:

1. It is a wonderful way for me to assess what they’re retaining and which activities they are really enjoying

2. It lets parents know what we've been doing in class and serves as a talking point on Friday nights

3. It perfectly complements my travel-themed classroom :)

I have included two templates:

you can do this as a weekly or a monthly activity

Once the mirrors are filled out, you can do a number of things with them:

1. Send them home each week

2. Collect them in a folder called “My YEAR in Rearview” to send home at the end of the year as a reminder of all the students have learned

3. Put them up on a bulletin board

4. Keep them in student portfolios

This could also be a good review for a particular subject/topic. 

For example, I've used it at the end of a social studies chapter: “1920s in Rearview”

 I also like to use it during the first week of school to have the students describe their summers. They write a short story to go along with their Rearview Mirror: 

Click the picture to check it out - and while you're there, leave feedback if you like it :)