Six
Alternatives to Reading Logs by Shaelynn Farnsworth
Ready
to spice up and excite students about reading? Here are 6 alternatives to
reading logs that might do just that.
1. 1. BookSnaps – Have
your students share what they are reading on Seesaw or Canvas. Students can
snap a picture of the books they read and annotate about
them then
post on Seesaw or Canvas.
2. Book Blogs – Have
students read and share what they read with a global audience. Book Blogs can
help promote reading and writing using a digital resource.
3. Vlogs – Along with
Book Blogs, students can create Vlogs and share what they read. Through short
videos, a student’s demonstration of understanding and progress can
be clearly illustrated.
4. Passage, Connection, Illustration – Make reading social
again with PCI! Have students choose a
powerful passage from a book that caught
their attention, move them
or made them wonder. Next,
have them think about a connection from that part
then have them explain how they personally
connected to the text, how it reminded
them of something, or how it was similar to another text.
Finally, have the
students draw or create a picture or infographic that represents this book.
5. Give Me 5 – Have students choose 5 quotes from the book that best illustrated
the author’s message,
insight into a character, or the conceptual
understanding. These
quotes will lead to reflection and
discussion in the classroom.
6. Concept Mapping –Give students the opportunity to make
their thinking visible. Concept Mapping
allows readers to connect characters
and events to larger concepts
by synthesizing, evaluating, and
organizing their thought. This activity moves
students past the surface-level comprehension to
digging deeper into text.
Lifelong
readers are not made my minute tracking; lifelong readers are cultivated
through social experiences with the stories they read!
No comments:
Post a Comment