New Challenge

As I have said before, I think it is critical as an elementary educator to know and love children's literature.  After all, there is a correlation between student success and number of books experienced (see article by ALA).  Thus, I have set out on a new endeavor:  Finish reading one children's or education related book per day.  See my reading journal to check up on my success :)

A new endeavor...

For my children's literature course we are required to complete a reading journal, a task that I have informally been completing for the last few years.  The teacher is requiring us to submit an electronic copy to her, so I figured I would share my findings here, as well.  Here are the templates for my reading journal:

Books for Teachers

Title:

Author(s):

Publisher:

Date:

Subject(s):

Grade level:

Summary:

Notes/reflection:

Rating (out of five stars):

Books for students

Title:

Author(s):

Illustrator:

Publisher:

Date:

Grade level:

Genre:

Summary:

Notes/reflection:

Theme, concept or classroom use:

Rating (out of five stars):


If you want to start your own electronic Reading Journal, Librarything is a great resource.  It is an online book log that allows you to find books via the internet and enter information about them.