How it works
This February reading log opens on the kindergarten to grade 2 sheet: 12 things to read, such as a short book for the shortest month, each with a box for the date, the title and the minutes.
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Two sets of 12 prompts
Print the reading log prints the kindergarten to grade 2 sheet you see. In the Sheet menu, the grades 3 to 6 sheet has its own 12, such as a story told in letters, notes or a diary and a book about why we have leap years. Both carry the line In February I will read __ minutes.
28 dates and a leap day row
The February reading log prints the dates 1 to 28 with Book title, Minutes and Parent initials. Its last row is labelled 29 (leap year) and stays blank in a year with 28 days. The tracker has 29 numbered boxes, and the line above them says Box 29 is for a leap year.
- The by week sheet rules the 12 prompts off in 4 weeks of 3, and a 28 day February is 4 weeks to the day.
Questions and answers
How does the February reading log handle a leap year?
The log prints the dates 1 to 28 and one more row labelled 29 (leap year). In a year with 28 days that row stays blank. No year is printed, so the sheet is right either way.
Which years have a February 29?
In the Gregorian calendar each year that four divides is a leap year, apart from years divisible by 100 but not also by 400. So 2000 had a February 29 and 1900 did not.
What are the February reading prompts?
Kindergarten to grade 2 has 12, among them a book about shadows and a story about a letter in the mail. Grades 3 to 6 have 12 more, such as a book about secret codes or invisible ink.
Does the February reading log name a holiday?
No. The prompts are about friends, kind deeds, letters and notes, shadows, how the heart pumps blood and the leap day. No holiday is named, and no year or weekday is printed.