Name _________________________________________ Date: ____________________________

Class #_____________

Reading log #: ____________________

Title ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Author __________________________________________________________________________Pages read* __________ to _____________
Active Reading Strategy (see reverse for strategy choices) # ____________________
Response:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Fill in the following when you complete the book:
What was the resolution (ending) of the book? ____________________________________________________________________________________
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State the theme or themes of the book: ______________________________________________________________________________________
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*50 or more pages required per week

Active Reading Strategies

1. Predict Try to figure out what will happen next. Explain your thinking with evidence. Read on and see if you were right.
2. Visualize Form images in your mind of the characters, setting and events to help you understand what is happening. Describe your
images with evidence and details.
3. Connect - Think of similarities between the story and what you have personally experienced, heard about or read about. Explain your
connections with details and evidence.
4. Evaluate Form opinions about what you read, both while you are reading and after youve finished. Develop your own ideas about
characters and events. Explain your ideas with reasons and details.
5. Summarize - Tell main events or ideas and important details briefly and in your own words.

Rubric for reading log

______1. Includes title and author

______2. Read 50 or more pages

______3. Includes a thoughtful and detailed response

2
5

5
3

from the reading strategy list

______4. Parent signature included

______5. Grit: neat, legible, shows highest effort 0

_____________/20 = _____________%
Parent signature: ______________________________________________________________________