Teachers can develop reflection and evaluation options by keeping a classroom journal. A classroom journal is a record of the teacher's experience within the classroom itself, as well as experience outside the classroom which bears on classroom life. As an observor of one's own actions and reactions to classroom incidents, the teacher opens the possibilities of reflection and redirection of teaching behaviors based on a systematic and continuous written record. Two suggested organizing principles and sections of a classroom journal are: (1) positive elements in the classroom; and (2) frustrating elements in the classroom. There are numerous historical precedents for journal writing. By keeping a journal, the teacher may view himself as the one best resource for a particular activity at a particular time. Keeping a journal is an attempt to make teachers reflect on their experience and give it meaning. (JM)