This past week has been a very interesting time of learning and stretching my thinking. I continue to have to hone in on one topic, but continually find new ideas that I would like to consider in the future. Some of those ideas that would aid me as a science teacher would be some of the reading I have been doing into the most effective use of science lab journals for younger students. This has both professional and personal implications for me. I continue to try to improve both my personal and student performance, but I also have three sons that are very inquisitive and enjoy science. I believe I may just start a list of ideas to file for the future because I will probably forget half of my wonderings otherwise. I have been on the road this week, so I enjoyed the readings during prolonged stretches of highway and then am actually in a Wendy's posting this and my assignment. I look forward to continuing in my action research on formative assessment and standards based grading. I have enjoyed some time reading further on this topic and realize I will only be scratching the surface of this topic, but it will be a good start. To truly understand and implement these concepts will take years, but I am excited to get started.