Daily Reading Log Due EVERY Monday: 2 Hours per week
Name ______Period: ______Date: ______
Fill in the table below to track your daily reading minutes and respond to your reading using the THINKING STEM sentence starters on the back. Strive for 30 minutes of reading each day.
· Choose 2 thinking stems EACH DAY. Each entry must be at least 3 sentences long.
· Do NOT SUMMARIZE your reading. If you do, you will not receive credit for that box. If you use the thinking stems, you will be fine! *Complete sentences, proper capitalization, and punctuation.
· This reading is to be done at home. Time used in class or during Advisory does not count for this log. Fill that time in on your reading log in your agenda.
· You may read anything appropriate for AR! Remember: there must be a quiz for your book, if you are not sure, check! (arbookfind.com)
· Each day a parent/guardian needs to initial that you read and for how long.
· The completed log is worth 100 points!
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RUBRIC / Points Possible / Points Earned/ Comments
Correct Format:
-thinking stems used are dated/highlighted
-parent initial / 5
Completed:
-at least 2 boxes
-3 to 4 sentences in each box
- at least 1 hour / 5
Neat/Legible / 5
Content:
-well thought out thinking stem answers / 5
CUPS and IQIA:
-Capitalization/Usage/Punctuation/Spelling
-Include Question In Answer / 5
Daily Reading Log Due EVERY Monday: 2 Hours per week
Name ______Period: ______Date: ______
Thinking Stems
**Date/highlight each Thinking Stem used for this week**
Making Connections
· This reminds me of…
· An experience I’ve had like that…
· This reminds me of the book ____ because…
· I will think / feel differently about life because of …
Visualize/Sensory Images:
· In my mind, I picture…
· I visualized…
· I can see…
· I can taste/hear/smell/feel…
Author’s message
· What do you think the story is really about?
· What does the story say about the world?
· What are the big ideas (themes) I have identified so far?
· What is the lesson of this book?
Evaluating:
· I agree with______because …
· I don’t think…
· I want to compare____ to____ because …
Setting (time and place):
· This story takes place…
· Something I noticed about the setting that I liked/disliked…
· I would /would not like to live during this time period/in this place because…
· This setting reminds me of ____ because…
Synthesizing:
· I’m thinking that…
· At first I thought _____ but know I’m thinking_____ because…
· I’m changing my thinking because …
· I think the lesson/theme is …
· These events have caused me to wonder about…
Characters:
· If I were (Character’s Name) I would…
· The character that interest me the most______because …
· A character that really changed the story was______. I think this is true because…
· I like/don’t like (character’s name) because...
Open-ended prompts:
· If I could change one part of the book…
· I wish…
· Something that surprised me was…
· As I read today, I felt (excited, upset, etc.) because…
· I liked/disliked when _____because…
· I noticed…
· It’s interesting how the author…
· I see now how the title relates to the story because…
Asking questions:
· I wonder…
· How come…
· Why…
· I’m confused…
· What if…
· I don’t understand…
Inferring /predicting:
· I think…
· Maybe _____ means…
· I’m guessing that…
· I predict______because…