WILT is What I Learned Today. It is a daily (Monday through Thursday) homework tool that I use to assist students to access long-term memory storage, spark conversation at home, and to promote writing across the curriculum.
WILT is a labor-intensive tool that must be taught, critiqued, modeled, read, reviewed by peers, etc. to achieve the best results. I have also created a rubric that finally pleases me.
The Friday WILT is an in class worksheet that requires reflection about the topic, the importance of the topic, the effort the student put forth and how they might improve. Friday WILT acts as a cover sheet for the week’s WILT and they are handed in as a packet for a grade.
On top of this I have also assembled a WILT (and behavior) log that is used to check for homework as the students file in to class. The one downloaded to google docs is a rough version of what I use. Modify it for your use.
An informal survey of last year’s students showed that all students that used WILT stated that WILT was very helpful to them (even if they didn’t like doing it.)
Friday WILT
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=drqm7jt_4hpcc86vn
WILT Rubric
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=drqm7jt_4hpcc86vn&hl=en
Student WILT Log
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=drqm7jt_7g4zp5zgc&hl=en
WILT and Behavior log
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=ptEjBt-kJ1Rk0z4RQNT_aRQ&hl=en#
Two Stars and a Wish (I used this with a WILT that I had written)
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=drqm7jt_24g29zbtck&hl=en
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