Reading Log Homework & Setup

My homework has always been a weekly assignment.  Assigned on Monday due on Friday.  Student can choose the nights they want to get homework done and work it along with their schedule.  One item that I assign each week is a Reading log.  Our school policy is that students must read 20 minutes per night if fourth grade.  Student can choose to read anything they like for 3 nights but one night I ask that they complete a reading entry for what we are working on at school.  One of my favorite school items is my subscription to National Geographic Explorer Magazine.  I buy a few different levels that I can assign to different students.  When we are working on nonfiction or informational text, this is my go to.  The photographs and graphics are amazing and the text is rich in Social Studies and Science information.  Students REALLY love learning something new and different.  I also use journal entries that are the same but slightly different and each Sunday night I sort out who will be assigned what.  This is our first week of homework and I brought home all the composition books (another must have!) and grabbed my glue stick and got to work.  In the past I have actually sat with the kiddos and done this together but this was much faster (and a little bit fun).

1/2 way point

I am sorry this is upside down.  It will not turn for me.

Another thing to note is that I also use the other half of my Reading Log to glue and file our Greek and Latin Root  and Vocabulary Notebooking.  I have a great freebie from "Got to Teach" and that is on the first page.  Our first root will be "onym", Latin for "name" because our first story in our BASAL reader from the program "Journeys" is Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo.  Last year I piloted and sorted out 30 different sets of Vocabulary lists and aligned in with the stories in Journeys based on the vocabulary words, content or titles of the stories.  It took a while to say the least but I am glad that I did that because I have a great deal of knowledge about the program.