Launching Our Reading Community
Create a personalized reader's notebook
Practice independent reading for 20 minutes
Understand the purpose of a reading log
Develop reading stamina
“Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.”
— Proverbs 4:7 (WEB)Reading helps us gain wisdom and understanding about God's world
Gather students in a circle. Explain that today we'll create our special reader's notebooks that will help us track our reading journey this year.
Demonstrate how to set up a reader's notebook with sections for reading log, book responses, and vocabulary discoveries.
Students will create their personalized reader's notebooks and begin their first independent reading session.
Simpler: Pre-print section dividers for students
Challenge: Include additional sections like reading goals and book recommendation pages
Share one interesting thing learned during reading time
Dear God, thank you for giving us the ability to read and learn. Help us grow in wisdom and understanding through the books we read.
Coming up: Tomorrow we'll share our favorite parts of the books we're reading
“Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.”
— Proverbs 4:7 (WEB)🎯 Activity: Create a bookmark with the verse
Students are learning to create a reading tracking system and develop reading habits
Some children might find 20 minutes of continuous reading challenging
Engagement with book, ability to talk about what they're reading