How it works
This middle school reading log opens on one week, Monday to Sunday: Title, Pages, Minutes and a wide My response box for each night. Total minutes and one Signature line sit at the foot, in place of nightly initials.
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The response
The My response box is blank, so the teacher sets what goes in it: a question, a reaction or a prediction. Two other weekly sheets say what to write. One has a line under each night headed A line I marked and its page. The other starts with eight lines headed What I think so far, and one piece of evidence.
Longer than a week
The grading period tracker has a row for each week, with What I am reading, Pages or minutes and a Goal met box. It comes with 6, 9 or 12 weeks. The semester book list gives each title its author, genre, a Finished or Stopped tick and five stars.
- The goal line on the tracker is blank: the reader writes pages or minutes, whichever the class counts.
- Collect the log on Monday, so the weekend's reading is on it.
Questions and answers
Do these reading logs for middle schoolers need a signature every night?
No. The weekly sheets have one Signature line at the foot, and the trackers have none.
Are there reading logs for 6th graders that ask for evidence?
Yes. One sheet has a line under each night for a marked line and its page number. Another opens with eight lines headed What I think so far, and one piece of evidence.
Which books belong on the log?
Any book counts. The sheet Books to try in middle school lists kinds to tick off, such as a memoir, a classic, a novel in verse and a play. The grade is our suggestion: any reader can use any sheet.