- I read my note, “fly south for the winter,” and I added, “FOR WHAT REASON?”
- I thought of loons needing open water for food, and I thought of northern lakes, covered with ice each winter.
- I marked a large X after REASON.
- I set this card aside to begin a stack of notes that will have a large X after REASON.
- From this stack of X's I will choose a few REASONS that I will write on the cards.
- By stacking the X’s now, I will easily find them.
- My Reasons: • must make sense • must be true • must not be silly.