📖 ReadingLevel 1Lesson 33
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Create Your Reading Log

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Learning Objectives

  • 1Design and set up a personal reading log booklet
  • 2Record every book read with title, author, date finished, star rating, and a short response
  • 3Write a short personal response using sentence starters
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Mini Lesson

Welcome to Planet 5 — Reading Projects! This is the final unit of your Grade 1 Reading course. Every lesson from here is a project that celebrates and extends everything you have learned. We start with the most important reading habit you can build: keeping a reading log.

What is a reading log?

  • A reading log is a personal record of every book you read.
  • It is like a diary, but for books — a growing list of your reading life.
  • Real readers, authors, and even scientists keep reading logs!
  • Looking back at your log shows you how much you have grown as a reader.

What goes in each entry?

  • Title — the name of the book
  • Author — the person who wrote it
  • Date finished — when you completed it
  • Rating — 1 to 5 stars: how much did you enjoy it?
  • Response — 1–2 sentences: what did you think?

Response sentence starters

  • "My favorite part was… because…"
  • "This story taught me…"
  • "I would / would not recommend this book because…"
  • "This book made me feel… because…"
Reading log page with columns and example rowsA reading log mock-up page with four columns — Date, Book Title, Pages Read, and My Rating shown as stars — plus three example rows filled in with book data.My Reading LogDateBook TitlePages ReadMy RatingMar 4Amazing Bees24★ ★ ★ ★ ☆Mar 11The Lost Kite18★ ★ ★ ★ ★Mar 18Rainy Day Pup12★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆… keep adding a new row for each book …
A reading log page — Date, Title, Pages Read, and My Rating stars.
Three-step reading log routineA three-step flow illustration. Step 1 shows a child reading a book, step 2 shows them filling in the log with a pencil, step 3 shows them smiling and celebrating with a star trophy.After every book: the routine1Readfinish a book2Fill logtitle · rating · response3Celebrateanother book!Read → Log it → Celebrate
Every book = read it, fill the log, celebrate the growth.
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Ask yourself after every book: "What would I write in my reading log about this one — title, rating, and what made it mine?"

Vocabulary
Reading log
A personal record of every book you read — title, author, date, rating, and responsee.g. I added Amazing Bees to my reading log last night.
Entry
One page or row in your log, covering a single booke.g. My latest entry was a 4-star rating.
Rating
A score from 1 to 5 stars showing how much you enjoyed the booke.g. I gave the bee book four stars.
Response
A short 1–2 sentence reflection about what you thought of the booke.g. My response explained my favorite part.
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