Different Ways to Start Talking
About My Work
I was challenged by this work because ……….
I am very proud of this because ………..
I am pleased that I put significant effort into ……
This is not my best work, but I could have improved
it by …….
I can see evidence of growth towards my goal because …….
I still need to work on …….
I have improved ….
I got “stuck” working on this task when ………
I got “unstuck” by ………
My (writing/reading/spelling/mathematical thinking/scientific
thinking) has changed by ………
At the beginning of the year I did not know ………
I think you will be impressed with this work because ………
One way I will try to improve my …………………… is …………