Flowergirl159 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 How do you record or have your children record books they have read? A booklist where they write the title and the date they started and finished the book? Do your children write a book report of a couple of sentences each time they finished a book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 I made dd her own Goodreads account. I add the books myself, but she sits with me and watches. She likes to look at her list of "books read." :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwik Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 The one time I had to do that I avoided reading short books. I found it really irritating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plink Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 We use Bibme. The kids can enter their books by title and it automatically pulls the author, publisher, etc and puts it in (almost) correct formatting. They also tag it by subject (fiction, history, whatever) and add any annotations that I request. When it is time for me to put together portfolios I just sort the list by the subject I need and hit print. So easy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 I use bookmarks. :) It was a novel approach. http://www.thelearningtrunk.com/wow-bookmarks/ The point of the bookmark was to look for great words or unknown words as they read. The student lists the word and page number. "WOW" words are the ones that you want to learn and to use in your writing. The stars are for rating the book. Color them in (we used a highlighter). On the back of the bookmark, the student writes a summary or blurb about the book. The bookmark serves multiple purposes. We store bookmarks in square pen box. You can use something different now. :) For the recreational reads ... I bought this for dds - http://www.amazon.com/My-Bibliofile-Reading-Journal-Lovers/dp/0307465373/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1401402243&sr=8-4&keywords=book+journal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 I made dd her own Goodreads account. I add the books myself, but she sits with me and watches. She likes to look at her list of "books read." :) This is what I did also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowergirl159 Posted May 29, 2014 Author Share Posted May 29, 2014 Is there a way to have more than one child on goodreads? I can't seem to work that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Is there a way to have more than one child on goodreads? I can't seem to work that out. Different email addresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco_Clark Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 We have a good reads account as well. I just have a different "list" for each kid. We can add a single book to multiple lists, but its true that we can only have one "review". Our review is always just my opinion ;) My kids have to draw a picture of and narrate their favorite part of the book. I write it down for them below their drawing and it goes in their binder of work for the year. But that's only for chapter books! The dozens of picture books don't get logged, drawn, or narrated. We just enjoy those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowergirl159 Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 We have a good reads account as well. I just have a different "list" for each kid. We can add a single book to multiple lists, but its true that we can only have one "review". Our review is always just my opinion ;) My kids have to draw a picture of and narrate their favorite part of the book. I write it down for them below their drawing and it goes in their binder of work for the year. But that's only for chapter books! The dozens of picture books don't get logged, drawn, or narrated. We just enjoy those. Thank you :) I will go and try that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystie Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I also set up a Goodreads account for each of the kids. They love sending book recommendations to their grandpa and uncle on there. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeghanL Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I'm old school..I just take a composition notebook and list the books we've read by month. It also helps because I write the books in the log as I put them in the bag to take back to the library. On more than one occasion, I've been able to use this log as "proof" I did indeed return the book and didn't have to pay a fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowergirl159 Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 I also set up a Goodreads account for each of the kids. They love sending book recommendations to their grandpa and uncle on there. :) Different email addresses. Thank you! Sounds like a great idea. My children don't have email addresses though, will keep that in mind for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Thank you! Sounds like a great idea. My children don't have email addresses though, will keep that in mind for the future. You don't have to give them the email address to use. You just use an email address to make an account. You don't need to use the email address at goodreads for anything after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caclcoca Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I just keep a running list of titles in a notebook. I make a mark beside each indicating child read, parent read, or audiobook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly1730 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 We use Bibme. The kids can enter their books by title and it automatically pulls the author, publisher, etc and puts it in (almost) correct formatting. They also tag it by subject (fiction, history, whatever) and add any annotations that I request. When it is time for me to put together portfolios I just sort the list by the subject I need and hit print. So easy! Thank you for sharing this! I used this today while making book lists for portfolios. I didn't know they also tagged it by subject. I'll have to check that out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plink Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Thank you for sharing this! I used this today while making book lists for portfolios. I didn't know they also tagged it by subject. I'll have to check that out. Oops, "they" in my sentence referred to my kids, not the program. You can create any tags that you want, and then use them to your heart's content, but it is not done automatically. I've used them to differentiate between independent reading and read-alouds, subject, and writing style at various times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 At the risk of being a broken record (because I've mentioned this before), one kinda fun idea I did years ago with Batgirl was make a book reading paper chain. I cut strips out of colored cardstock. She wrote the title of the book and author on them. We hung the chain from the ceiling in our dining room. She was a reader, so the chain went back and forth and actually covered the entire ceiling. That was pretty cool. She loved seeing the chain grow. It was a great way for her to really see how many books she read that year. I should probably do that with Jr. Batgirl. But, we've moved and I'll have to think about where we could hang it. For next school year I'm getting JB Book Crush and Book Buddies. She already has Books Make Me Happy, which is really cute. I'm sure we'll end up getting another one of those in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Another GoodReads tally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly1730 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Oops, "they" in my sentence referred to my kids, not the program. You can create any tags that you want, and then use them to your heart's content, but it is not done automatically. I've used them to differentiate between independent reading and read-alouds, subject, and writing style at various times. That's fine; I probably misread it. Still really easy way to print the book list for the portfolios. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 At the risk of being a broken record (because I've mentioned this before), one kinda fun idea I did years ago with Batgirl was make a book reading paper chain. I did this with dd the last time this was mentioned! We altered the chain a bit in design as she began to read a series of books. The chain has smaller dangling chains for a series. BTW - I am not an advocate of using the social media tools for young children. Being in technology, I would strongly encourage you to come up with a solution that does not involve this type of technology. Our house ... no social media accounts of any type until 13. I did bend slightly on Club Penguin only because I could turn off things like the chat in their options. You would be surprised what a fluffy fur covered pink penguin can say in a bubble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess4879 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 I use bookmarks. :) It was a novel approach. http://www.thelearningtrunk.com/wow-bookmarks/ The point of the bookmark was to look for great words or unknown words as they read. The student lists the word and page number. "WOW" words are the ones that you want to learn and to use in your writing. The stars are for rating the book. Color them in (we used a highlighter). On the back of the bookmark, the student writes a summary or blurb about the book. The bookmark serves multiple purposes. We store bookmarks in square pen box. You can use something different now. :) For the recreational reads ... I bought this for dds - http://www.amazon.com/My-Bibliofile-Reading-Journal-Lovers/dp/0307465373/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1401402243&sr=8-4&keywords=book+journal Love this idea! We are terrible for not updating our reading log because it's boring and the kids are not at all motivated to keep track on a plain old piece of paper (no matter how many cute stickers I put on it! LOL). I am going to print some of these out and then use the ring idea mentioned by another poster and they can put them all on a ring as they finish a book. I think it is going to be very motivating for them to fill a ring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukale Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Just this week I started a Pintrest page to keep track of our summer reading. http://www.pinterest.com/sstallsmith/summer-reading-may-27th-/ So far we love the visual of seeing the book and how fast our page is filling up. I also keep a page of books I want to read soon http://www.pinterest.com/sstallsmith/books-to-read-soon/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 I did this with dd the last time this was mentioned! We altered the chain a bit in design as she began to read a series of books. The chain has smaller dangling chains for a series. That's a great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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