Readers notebook

Are you wondering the best strategy for introducing readers' notebooks to your students?

Have your 4th or 5th grade students record their independent reading in this notebook during Reader's Workshop. Tabs include: Finished Books, Abandoned Books, To Be Read List, Genres, & Reading Responses.

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Jen Bengel Out of This World Literacy

This year, I revised the materials in my reader's notebooks. I'm using a combo of a binder and a notebook for reading workshop this year, and I'm not 100% happy with it. I thought I would share some of what I've been doing. Maybe you can help me tweak. Let me first tell you how I've been working it. In their binder, they have a section for anchor charts and handouts. There's an index where they write the title of the paper so they can see at a glance what they have. It' sort of like a mini…

Wanting to implement reader's notebooks in middle and high school? Here are some things to consider before getting started.

Getting students to write about reading was a struggle for a LONG TIME! I tried all sorts of approaches, all types of reading response journals and notebooks, and yet it still felt so forced. This year, things have changed! It all started with the understanding that students need to be invested in order to engage. […]