Weekly Reading Log – 5th Grade
Read a minimum of 15 minutes, 4 days a week. The book selection is up to you, but you should choose nonfiction at least twice a week. You may include newspapers or magazine articles as your selection. Turn in your reading log each Friday.
Name: ______Week of: ______(Monday’s date)
Date / Title and Author of Book / Genre Code / Daily Minutes / Pages____-____
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Total minutes read for the week: ______
Parent Signature: ______
(Parents, please do not sign if you cannot confirm your child has read the required minutes and/or their response below is not written to the best of their ability.)
Response: You must write a detailed response to at least one reading session you had. Use one of the ideas on the back of this sheet and/or your own ideas to write about. Please write in complete sentences.
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Ways to Respond
1. The part that I liked/disliked the most was . . . because . . .
2. I was confused when . . . because . . .
3. This part reminds me of when I read (or heard, saw, experienced) . . . because . . .
4. This character reminds me of myself because . . .
5. This character is like (name of character) in (title of book) because . . .
6. This scene reminds me of a similar scene in (title of book) because . . .
7. This part is very realistic/unrealistic because . . .
8. I think the important details in this section were. . . because . . .
9. If I were (name of character) at this point, I’d . . . because . . .
10. This situation reminds me of the time I . . . because . . .
11. I learned that . . .
LITERARY GENRES (Codes for Log)
Realistic Fiction- make believe characters, Traditional Literature- fairy tales/folk tales/fables events could happen in real life (RF) myths/legends-usually passed down orally from
person to person, contains a lesson, moral, or
Historical Fiction-set in the past profound thought (TL)
with some accurate historical facts (HF)
Picture Books- words and pictures work together
Science Fiction-set in the future, uses to create a story (PB)
science and/or technology (SF)
Poetry-written with imaginative language, can Fantasy-imaginary story that could have rhythm, rhyme, and/or spark emotions (P) NOT happen in real life (animals talk/
fly, can contain magical elements (FAN) Nonfiction-information, true facts (textbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.) (NF)
Mystery-suspenseful story with a puzzling
question that is solved at end of story (MYS) Biography-story of a person’s life (true) written by someone else (BIO)
Autobiography-story of a person’s life (true)
written by that person (AUTO) Magazine/Newspaper- articles with factual and/or fictional material which informs or entertains (M/N)