Home reading log

log
Day one

Name: ___________________________________

Date: ___________________________

Goal: I can read from and respond to a variety of fiction, poetic and
nonfiction texts of increasing complexity for personal enjoyment.

Day two

Date: ___________________________

Book title: _________________________________________

Book title: _________________________________________

Author: ___________________________________________

Author: ___________________________________________

Number of pages read: _______________________________

Number of pages read: _______________________________

Purpose for reading: Summarizing

Purpose for reading: Making

Think about the most important ideas in this part of your reading.

How does this book connect with your schema (memories, knowledge,

Write 3-5 sentences about the main ideas from your reading.

experiences), other books youve read, or important world events?

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Write two connections you made in this book today.

connections

(Text-text, text-self, text-world)

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1. (Circle one: T-S, T-T, T-W): ______________________________

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2. (Circle one: T-S, T-T, T-W): ______________________________

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Goal: I can retell, restate, or summarize information orally, in writing, and through
graphic organizers.

Score: E P B U

Goal: I can respond to literature using ideas and details from the text to support
reactions and make literary connections.

Score: E P B U

Day three

Date: ___________________________

Day four

Date: ___________________________

Book title: _________________________________________

Book title: _________________________________________

Author: ___________________________________________

Author: ___________________________________________

Number of pages read: _______________________________

Number of pages read: _______________________________

Purpose for reading: Expanding

Purpose for reading: Summarizing

vocabulary

What new or challenging words did you read about today? Write 2 new
or challenging words, the sentence from your book, and the dictionary
definition.

What did you read about in your story today? Draw a picture or a
graphic organizer to show (with details) what you read about or
learned.

Word

Sentence from your book

Dictionary definition

Goal: I can learn, understand, and use new vocabulary through explicit instruction and
independent reading.

Score: E P B U

Goal: I can retell, restate, or summarize information orally, in writing, and through
graphic organizers.

Score: E P B U

Overall weekly score or feedback: __________________________________________________

Home reading log

log rubric
Excellent
My work shows that I
thought deeply about my
reading.
I read enough material to
really do well on this
reading log.
I put a lot of details into my
work, such as finding very
challenging words or
putting a lot of extra work
into my drawings.
My work shows that I
understood the most
important parts of my
reading.
I turned in this assignment
on time.
I finished all of the required
section(s).
I read a just right book.

Name: __________________________________________________________________________

Passing
My work shows that I
thought about my reading.
I read enough material to
do alright on this reading
log.
I put some details into my
work, such as finding
challenging words or
putting a little extra work
into my drawings.
My work shows that I
understood most of the
important parts of my
reading.
I turned in this assignment
on time.
I finished all of the required
section(s).
I read a just right book.

Basic
My work shows that I thought a
little bit about my reading.
I read some material, but
couldve read more.
I didnt really put in any extra
effort on this assignment.
My work shows that I
understood some of the
important parts of my reading
and missed other important
ideas.
I may or may not have turned
in this assignment on time.
I may or may not have finished
all of the required section(s).
My book may have been a bit
too easy or too challenging.

SelfSelf-monitored progress: Graph your daily or weekly score to see how youre doing.
E
P
B
U
Date

Unsatisfactory
My work shows that I
didnt really think about
my reading.
I needed to read more
information.
I didnt really put in
much effort into this
assignment.
My work shows that I
missed important ideas
from my reading.
I didnt turn in this
assignment on time.
I didnt finish all of the
required section(s).
My book may have been
too easy or too
challenging.