What the work shows
a Reading: The student reads at least twenty-five books or book equivalents each year. The quality and complexity of the materials to be read are illustrated in the sample reading list. The materials should include traditional and contemporary literature (both fiction and non-fiction) as well as magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and on-line materials. Such reading should represent a diverse collection of material from at least three different literary forms and from at least five different writers.

This reading log is an excerpt from an entire year’s log. The work provides evidence that the student met the goal of reading twenty-five books of an appropriate quality and complexity for the elementary school standard. The log also shows the variety of texts read including mystery, fiction, and historical fiction. The books represented reflect both contemporary and traditional authors for students at the elementary school level.

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This log has the parent’s signature to verify the student’s claim of reading each book. The signature was scanned out to protect the student’s identity.

The student organized information about books read in a manner appropriate for record keeping. The student used punctuation correctly, e.g., the authors’ names and the title of each book read were written with initial capital letters.

The work clearly indicates the varying lengths of time spent reading each book. The Haunted Mask II was read in one day. My Side of the Mountain took nineteen days to complete.