Daily Independent Reading Reflection

NAME: _______________________________________ Week of: __________________ Class Group: ATL APO COL DIS END
Book Title & Author: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Genre: Fiction or Nonfiction
(*IF you read more than one book this week, list it also. Explain when/why you switched books, articles or magazines as part of
your response if need be. You SHOULD NOT be switching reading material daily. Your response should be SPECIFIC).

Response Points (Possible 16 Weekly): ____________________ Reading Points (Possible 40 Weekly):____________________

Outstanding Response-
4 Points
*Entry shows evidence of
reflection and deeper thinking
*Specific examples or
quotations are used
*Entries are written in
complete sentences
*3-5 sentences in length
DAY 1 Refection:
Wow Response-
3 Points
*Entry includes some
reflection and attempts
deeper thinking
*An example or quotation is
used
*Entries are written in
complete sentences
*3 or fewer sentences
So-So Response-
2 Points
*Entry does not show
evidence of reflection/may
attempt deeper thinking but
did not explain
*Specific examples or
quotations are not used
*Sentences are not complete
*2 or fewer sentences
Oops Response-
1 Point
*Entry does not reflect
understanding of your
reading
*No examples used
*Sentences are not complete
ZERO IF NOT COMPLETE!
If absent, please write
“Absent” on that day’s space!
Reading- Teacher Observes
(up to 10 points daily)
10- Reading and engaged for entire
IR time
9- Reading and engaged 90% of IR
time; not disrupting
8- Reading and engaged 80% of IR
time; not disrupting
7- Talking, disrupting during IR but
reading 80-90% of the time
5- Only reading or engaged part of IR
time
0-Not reading or sleeping

Start Page #___________ End Page #___________ Did you also read this outside of class IR time? Yes or No

New Vocabulary __________________________________________________________________________________________

Enjoyment? Comprehension?

Reading Response (Choose from bookmark):

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Points: Response /4 Reading /10

DAY 2 Refection:

Start Page #___________ End Page #___________ Did you also read this outside of class IR time? Yes or No

New Vocabulary __________________________________________________________________________________________

Enjoyment? Comprehension?

Reading Response (Choose from bookmark):

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Points: Response /4 Reading /10
DAY 3 Refection:

Start Page #___________ End Page #___________ Did you also read this outside of class IR time? Yes or No

New Vocabulary __________________________________________________________________________________________

Enjoyment? Comprehension?

Reading Response (Choose from bookmark):

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Points: Response /4 Reading /10

DAY 4 Refection:

Start Page #___________ End Page #___________ Did you also read this outside of class IR time? Yes or No

New Vocabulary __________________________________________________________________________________________

Enjoyment? Comprehension?

Reading Response (Choose from bookmark):

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Points: Response /4 Reading /10

End of Week Self-Reflection:

Rate yourself this week by circling your level; write a note to explain why you chose that level & include goals for next week:
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Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1

*I read the whole time
*I carefully selected just right books
and stuck with a book
*I respected the readers around me
and I stayed in my space the entire
time
*I talked to myself in my head about
the story a lot and re-read any
confusing parts
*I enjoyed my learning and I feel great
about myself as a reader!
*I’ve made lots of progress in my book
*I read most of the time
*I respected the readers around me
and I stayed in my space
*I sometimes used tricky word
strategies or fix up strategies
* I sometimes went back to re-read
when it didn’t make sense
* I sometimes caught myself thinking
as I was reading
*I have made good progress in my
book (more than 20 pages after 4 days)
*I just read part of the time
*I read too fast
*I was off task about half of the time
*I wasn’t paying attention to my
thinking as I was reading
*I skipped over the tricky words and
didn’t try to figure them out
*I distracted the readers around me
*I got up a couple of times
*I have not made very much progress
in my book (only 15-20 pages)
*I was looking around the room or
staring into space instead of reading
*I was pretending to read most of the
time
*I didn’t understand what I was
reading
*I didn’t think as I was reading
*I got up a lot for no reason
*I did not respect readers around me
*I wasted my learning time
*I have made very little progress in my
book (10 pages).