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Note to teachers:

• Use these reflection questions (add to/ revise/ delete some) in conjunction with a lesson about why we independently read and about why voracious independent reading is SO GOOD for our reading levels, our ability to do well in all subjects, our personalities, and our HAPPINESS!

• These trackers are formatted to facilitate student-reflection at the end of each 9 weeks, but you could (should!) certainly reflect more frequently if your students start slowing down their independent reading or start losing their motivation to independent read.

• Within this tracker, only 6 books could fit on a page, so I added a final page at the end of the tracker for you to give to students who read more than 6 books in one 9 weeks!

Additional Tips:

• You might need to do some mini-lessons and book passes/ book inquiries in order to build your students’ familiarity with genres.

• You might need to do some mini-lessons reading book reviews from or another book review system in order to invest your students in rating books. The Star Rating System I used within this tracker is lifted directly from Goodreads.

• Consider tying this student-facing-tracker to class-trackers wherein students can recommend 5 star books to each other to build up your reading community.

* If you heavily modify this tracker in a way that really helps your students’ monitor their progress & build their investment in IR, please send your version to Sarah Franzen (sarah.franzen@), so we can all benefit from your thinking and your students’ investment in IR!

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Independent Reading Goal-Reflection

• How many books will I read independently this year?

• Why is this goal exciting to me?

• To achieve my goal for the year, how many books will I need to read each 9 weeks? What kind of reading habits will I need to make sure I’m doing, if I’m going to meet my goal?

• Which genres (or what topics) am I hoping to read this year?

• What kind of books have I read in the past that fit into the Star Recommendations below? What kinds of feelings did I feel about these books? Who did I want to talk about these books with? Why do you think we’re going to rate books in this class?

|Star & | |[pic] |Genres |

|Recommendati|I didn’t like it. | | |

|on Ratings | | | |

| |It was ok. | | |

| | | | |

| |I liked it. | | |

| | | | |

| |I really liked it. | | |

| | | | |

| |It was amazing! | | |

| | | |Non-Fiction |Fiction |Poetry |

| | | |Memoir |Fantasy | |

| | | |Historical |Mystery | |

| | | |How-to |Historical Fiction | |

| | | |Descriptive/ Explanation |Realistic Fiction | |

| | | |Biography |Adventure | |

| | | | |Science Fiction | |

1st 9 weeks Independent Reading Goal:_____________________________

|Star & | |[pic] |Genre Tallying |

|Recommendation |I didn’t like it. | | |

|Ratings | | | |

| |It was ok. | | |

| | | | |

| |I liked it. | | |

| | | | |

| |I really liked it. | | |

| | | | |

| |It was amazing! | | |

| | | |Non-Fiction |Fiction |Poetry |

| | | |Memoir |Fantasy | |

| | | |Historical |Mystery | |

| | | |How-to |Historical Fiction | |

| | | |Descriptive/ Explanation |Realistic Fiction | |

| | | |Biography |Adventure | |

| | | | |Science Fiction | |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|1. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|2. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|3. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|4. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|5. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|6. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

2nd 9 weeks Independent Reading Goal:_____________________________

|Star & | |[pic] |Genre Tallying |

|Recommendation |I didn’t like it. | | |

|Ratings | | | |

| |It was ok. | | |

| | | | |

| |I liked it. | | |

| | | | |

| |I really liked it. | | |

| | | | |

| |It was amazing! | | |

| | | |Non-Fiction |Fiction |Poetry |

| | | |Memoir |Fantasy | |

| | | |Historical |Mystery | |

| | | |How-to |Historical Fiction | |

| | | |Descriptive/ Explanation |Realistic Fiction | |

| | | |Biography |Adventure | |

| | | | |Science Fiction | |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|1. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|2. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|3. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|4. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|5. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|6. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

3rd 9 weeks Independent Reading Goal:_____________________________

|Star & | |[pic] |Genre Tallying |

|Recommendation |I didn’t like it. | | |

|Ratings | | | |

| |It was ok. | | |

| | | | |

| |I liked it. | | |

| | | | |

| |I really liked it. | | |

| | | | |

| |It was amazing! | | |

| | | |Non-Fiction |Fiction |Poetry |

| | | |Memoir |Fantasy | |

| | | |Historical |Mystery | |

| | | |How-to |Historical Fiction | |

| | | |Descriptive/ Explanation |Realistic Fiction | |

| | | |Biography |Adventure | |

| | | | |Science Fiction | |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|1. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|2. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|3. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|4. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|5. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|6. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

4th 9 weeks Independent Reading Goal:_____________________________

|Star & | |[pic] |Genre Tallying |

|Recommendation |I didn’t like it. | | |

|Ratings | | | |

| |It was ok. | | |

| | | | |

| |I liked it. | | |

| | | | |

| |I really liked it. | | |

| | | | |

| |It was amazing! | | |

| | | |Non-Fiction |Fiction |Poetry |

| | | |Memoir |Fantasy | |

| | | |Historical |Mystery | |

| | | |How-to |Historical Fiction | |

| | | |Descriptive/ Explanation |Realistic Fiction | |

| | | |Biography |Adventure | |

| | | | |Science Fiction | |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|1. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|2. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|3. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|4. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|5. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

|6. | |

| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

I READ MORE BOOKS THAN COULD FIT ON ONE PAGE THIS 9 WEEKS!

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| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

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| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

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| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

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| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

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| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

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| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

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| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

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| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

| |Title: ____________________________________________________ Author: _________________ Genre: _________________ |

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| |Date Started:________ Date Finished: _________ Star Rating: ____________ |

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