Independent Reading Log – Pages Read and a Teacher Check

How it works

This independent reading log opens on 20 rows: Date, Title, Page started, Page ended and a Teacher check box. It has no minutes and no parent column. Other sheets list finished and stopped books, record a whole class and hold conference notes.

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The student's sheet

Each day the reader writes the date, the title and the page numbers where reading started and ended. You check the box as you walk the room. The weekly sheet adds one tick a day: Still reading, Finished or Stopped.

The teacher's sheets

The class record has 30 blank rows for names and a box for each day from Monday to Friday. Conference notes print four to a page, each with Student, Date, Book, What we talked about and Next step. Names can be typed or pasted into the first box of the class record, or written by hand on the paper.

Keep the Books I stopped sheet: the Why column tells you what to suggest next.
Cut the conference notes apart and file each one with that student's work.

Questions and answers

What goes on an independent reading log?

The date, the title and how far the reader got. This one logs the page started and the page ended, and has a box for the teacher's check in place of a parent's initials.

Does the log count minutes?

The opening sheet does not. One other sheet has a column headed Minutes I read without stopping, for a class that is building up how long it can read quietly.

Is there a sheet for books a student gave up on?

Yes. Books I stopped, and why has ten tall rows: Title, Page I stopped at and a wide Why box.

Can I record the whole class on one page?

Yes. The class record has 30 rows for names and five narrow boxes, Monday to Friday, with Class and Week of lines at the top.

All 8 sheets

For the student 6

Books I finished: easy, just right or hard, with stars 12 rows: Title, Author, one tick for Easy, Just right or Hard, and 5 stars to shade.
Books I stopped, and why 10 tall rows: Title, Page I stopped at and a wide Why box.
Independent reading log: page started, page ended, teacher check 20 rows: Date, Title, Page started, Page ended and a Teacher check box. No minutes and no parent column.
Minutes I read without stopping 20 rows: Date, Title, Minutes I read without stopping and a Teacher check box.
Page started, page ended: 2 half sheets The opening log cut in two: each half has a name line and 9 rows. Cut on the line.
School week: still reading, finished or stopped Monday to Friday printed down the side: Title, Page I am on, and one tick for Still reading, Finished or Stopped.

For the teacher 2

Class record: 30 names, Monday to Friday Class and Week of lines, then 30 rows with a wide Name column and a narrow box for each day from Monday to Friday. No name line of its own.
Conference notes, four to a page 4 note slips with cut lines. Each has Student, Date and Book lines, 3 ruled lines for What we talked about and 2 for Next step.

Independent Reading Log for Reading Time in Class