Reading Journal (aka Reader's and Writer's notebook)

Hi everyone,

Your child should now be bringing their Reading Journal home each night (last year we called this the Reader's and Writer's notebook) in their clear plastic zip folder.
Children can return and borrow new books from:

•  The junior library from 8.45am or after school from 3.30-3.45pm or 
• The main library in the mornings Tuesday-Friday.

We understand that some children have books from home or from community libraries that they read in the evenings and so may not borrow from school as regularly.

Your child will also have a visit to the library on Thursdays, and at times children can go across during our morning Learning Agreement when Leigh is managing the library.

In order to track what the children are reading, we ask that parents and carers support their child to fill in their reading log which is glued into the back of their journal. They can rule up their own reading log when the original is complete. Please tick whether the book was read to the child, with the child, or by the child.

The reading journal is a place for the children to reflect on what they are reading 2-3 times per week. There are many ways they can do this and they are welcome to be creative in their response. For example:

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•  ·       Write a prediction before you read the book and reflect on it afterwards.
• ·       Write down any wonderings you have after you read.
• ·       Write about the characters in your book.
• ·       Draw the characters.
• ·       Choose your favourite part of the book and create a cartoon/comic about it.
• ·       Pretend you’re talking to one of the characters and write some questions you want to ask the character.
• ·       Write some new words you learnt from the book.
• ·       Make up your own story or a new ending for the book you read.
• ·       Write a review/recommendation about the book.
• ·       Make an entry related to our Inquiry or your own experiences (recount, map, diagram etc.)
• Record any other form of home learning that you have done

Teachers will be collecting their home group's Reading Journals on Tuesdays to check that students are recording their reading and reflecting a few times per week. 

Thank you for supporting your child with their home learning.