All Journaled Out? http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0STR/is_n6_v106/ai_19433736 Ways to make responding to journals easier and more efficient.

Even the Littlest Kid Can Keep a Diary for a Day - http://pbskids.org/lions/tips/diary.html Never too young to start!

Journal Writing - http://www.tooter4kids.com/journal_writing.htm Discussion of journal writing successes with ideas from other teachers.

Journal Writing Every Day: http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr144.shtml 5 different teachers share their stories about the benefits of writing every day.

Journal Writing in the Classroom -http://k6educators.about.com/cs/languageartswr/a/journalwriting.htm?terms=journals Beth Lewis shares her ideas for successful journal writing.

Mr. Gall's  Online Diary - http://twinlakes.k12.in.us/schools/elem/el/mrgall/diary/diary.html A Gr. 2 class has entered their journal entries online. Could be used for writing samples for editing in your class, or to motivate or prompt writing in your class.

Purpose of Journals - http://www.tooter4kids.com/classroom/journals.htm 7 key reasons to why journal writing is important.