Reading response journals middle school

Middle and high school English teachers: save time grading journals and notebooks with this simple strategy from Room 213.

In upper grade classrooms, students spend a great deal of time responding to the texts they read. Over the years I have found that no matter what grade level I teach, students have a difficult time writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. At the start of every year my students need quite a bit of guidance when writing their responses. One of the best ways that I have found to teach students to write meaningful responses is by providing them with sentence frames. I like to encourage…

Hi Everyone! I hope your Monday if off to a great start! Long Island is anticipating a blizzard tomorrow, so it looks like I will not have school tomorrow. This means I will be adding a day onto one of my breaks at some point (😡). Last week my 7th grade students really dove into […]

Do you have students do anything while they read independently? Giving students a task to do while reading, like a reading response prompt o...

Hi! This is Kelly, from Teaching Fourth. Journals are such an effective way to engage students in thinking and responding to reading for both literature and informative texts. They help students think about and reflect on lessons and on their reading. Even before Pinterests and blogs, I used journals as part of my instruction. Although those journals were not picture worthy, they were still great tools to use in my classroom. I have to admit, I love a well-organized journal with…

hold students accountable while they independently read with these easy to implement reading tips and tricks and strategies

Discover what a powerful tool a reading log can be in 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, middle school, and for homeschool students. Teachers can easily differentiate reading logs and tailor them to meet all students' needs. Find out how reading logs can be used even in social studies and science. Make reading logs work for you! Learn five easy ways to change up your reading logs so that they do much more than track minutes and page numbers. #readinglogs #5thgrade

Responding to text with prompts for journal entries. English language activities for reading and responding to text.

In upper grade classrooms, students spend a great deal of time responding to the texts they read. Over the years I have found that no matter what grade level I teach, students have a difficult time writing thorough and meaningful reading responses. At the start of every year my students need quite a bit of guidance when writing their responses. One of the best ways that I have found to teach students to write meaningful responses is by providing them with sentence frames. I like to encourage…

Okay teacher friend. It’s finally here. And I’m so excited! I’ve had this resource collecting dust on my computer for years now. I’ve been using this strategy in my classroom for the last few years, but haven’t had the energy or time (teacher life + mom life is exhausting, am I right?) to put it all together so that it’s ready to go for busy teachers like you! Well, it’s finally finished and I finally get to unveil it to you! Did you know I have a FREE downloadable reading response menu…