Journaling From Karen Gronau, a second grade teacher at Seven Oaks Elementary in Baltimore, Maryland: ìOnce a week each of my students write to me in our dialogue journals. They can ask or tell me anything. They write in a marble copy book that is kept in their desks. I reply after school on the same day that they write so feedback is immediate. The students get to ìtalkî privately and personally with the teacher. It promotes writing for a purpose and sometimes is therapeutic for them. When I reply, I model correct grammar and spelling so they learn incidentally."