Reading Log for 1st Graders Who Write the Title Themselves

Print a log where the child writes the title and ticks how hard the book was.

Press a line or a heading to type, or paste a list.

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Reading log for 1st graders: easy, just right or hard 10 tall rows: Date, Book title, one tick for Easy, Just right or Hard, and Parent initials. The child writes the title.
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How it works

This reading log for 1st graders opens on 10 tall rows: Date, Book title, a tick for Easy, Just right or Hard, and Parent initials. The child writes the title. Other sheets log rereadings, one school week and the books read alone.

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What the ticks tell you

After reading, the child ticks one box: Easy, Just right or Hard. A run of Easy ticks is a reason to offer something longer, and a run of Hard ticks a reason to read the next book together. One sheet adds a Minutes column for a class that counts them.

Rereading and reading alone

On Read it again each book has three boxes: 1st read, 2nd read and 3rd read. Books I can read by myself is a numbered list with a box to draw a star in. My book page has two lines headed I liked.

  • Let the child copy the title from the cover, one word at a time.
  • Tape a half sheet inside the book bag on Monday.

Questions and answers

What should a first grade reading log ask for?

The date, the title and a grown-up's initials are enough. This one adds a tick for how hard the book felt, which takes a second to mark.

Does reading the same book again count?

On these sheets it does. Read it again gives every book a box for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd read, so a favorite can be logged three times.

Which books belong on the log?

Any book counts. The sheet Books to try in 1st grade lists kinds to tick off, such as an easy reader, a book about a pet, a folk tale and a book of poems. The grade is our suggestion: any reader can use any sheet.

All 8 sheets

Logs the child writes 4

  • Easy, just right or hard log with a Minutes column The opening log with one more column: Date, Book title, Minutes, the tick and Parent initials, in 10 rows. For a class that counts minutes.
  • Easy, just right or hard log, 2 half sheets The opening log cut in two: each half has a name line and 5 rows. Cut on the line; one half fits a book bag.
  • Reading log for 1st graders: easy, just right or hard 10 tall rows: Date, Book title, one tick for Easy, Just right or Hard, and Parent initials. The child writes the title.
  • School week with my favorite book of the week Monday to Friday printed down the side: Book title, the Easy, Just right or Hard tick and Parent initials, with one line at the foot for My favorite book this week.

Rereading and reading alone 2

  • Books I can read by myself 15 numbered rows with Book title and a Draw a star box. A title goes on the list when the child has read the whole book alone.
  • Read it again: a tick for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd read 8 tall rows with Book title and three boxes: 1st read, 2nd read, 3rd read. The child ticks a box each time the same book is read.

One book and a list of kinds 2

  • Books to try in 1st grade: an easy reader to a book about plants 12 kinds of book down the side, from An easy reader to A book about how plants grow, each with a box to check and a line for the one you read.
  • My book page, two to a sheet: I liked 2 short book pages with a cut line. Each has Name and Title lines, 5 stars to shade, 2 lines headed I liked and 2 lines headed My favorite part was.

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