Reading Log for 2nd Graders With Minutes to Add Up

Print a log with a Fiction or Nonfiction tick and a column of minutes for the child to add up.

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Name:DateBook titleKindMinutesParentinitialsFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionFictionNonfictionTotal minutes:
Reading log for 2nd graders: fiction or nonfiction, minutes, total 15 rows: Date, Book title, a tick for Fiction or Nonfiction, Minutes and Parent initials. The Total minutes line at the foot is for the child to add up.
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How it works

This reading log for 2nd graders opens on 15 rows: Date, Book title, a tick for Fiction or Nonfiction, Minutes and Parent initials. A Total minutes line at the foot is there for the child to add up.

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Minutes and totals

The child writes the minutes for each sitting and adds the column at the end. The two-week sheet has a total line for each week, and the four-week sheet a total for the month. No sheet prints a target: how much to read is the teacher's call.

First chapter books

My first chapter book keeps one book on a page: Title and Author at the top, then a row for each sitting with the date, the chapter, the minutes and what happened. Another log has a tick for who the child read with: Myself, A partner or A grown-up.

  • Add the minutes together on Friday, with the child holding the pencil.
  • Ask which kind is ahead, fiction or nonfiction, and offer a book of the other kind.

Questions and answers

What goes on a second grade reading log?

The date, the title, the minutes read and a parent's initials. This one adds a tick for Fiction or Nonfiction and a line for the total.

Is there a log for a first chapter book?

Yes. My first chapter book has Name, Title and Author lines and 12 rows: Date, Chapter, Minutes and What happened.

Which books belong on the log?

Any book counts. The sheet Books to try in 2nd grade lists kinds to tick off, such as a first chapter book, a fairy tale, a book of animal facts and a joke book. The grade is our suggestion: any reader can use any sheet.

All 8 sheets

Logs with minutes to add up 5

  • Fiction or nonfiction log, 2 half sheets The opening log cut in two: each half has a name line, 6 rows and its own Total minutes line. Cut on the line.
  • Four weeks of minutes with a total for the month 4 tall rows, Week 1 to Week 4: Books I read, Minutes this week and Parent initials, with a Total for the month line at the foot.
  • Monday to Sunday with a total and the best part The 7 days printed down the side: Book title, the Fiction or Nonfiction tick and Minutes. Two lines at the foot: Total minutes and The best part was.
  • Reading log for 2nd graders: fiction or nonfiction, minutes, total 15 rows: Date, Book title, a tick for Fiction or Nonfiction, Minutes and Parent initials. The Total minutes line at the foot is for the child to add up.
  • Two weeks with a total after each week 14 rows, Monday to Sunday twice, with a heavier rule between the weeks: Day, Book title, Minutes and Parent initials. Week 1 total and Week 2 total at the foot.

Chapter books and reading partners 2

  • My first chapter book, one sitting to a row Name, Title and Author lines, then 12 rows with Date, Chapter and Minutes: one book on one page, a row each time the child sits down with it.
  • Who I read with: myself, a partner or a grown-up 12 rows: Date, Book title, one tick for Myself, A partner or A grown-up, and Minutes.

A list of kinds 1

  • Books to try in 2nd grade: a first chapter book to a mystery 12 kinds of book down the side, from A first chapter book to A mystery, each with a box to check and a line for the one you read.

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