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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously? All the issues in PGCPS and this is what you focus on? Just don’t fill out the reading logs then. [/quote]

You don't know me and your judgement is harsh.  I do a lot of advocacy for students, teachers and families in the county.  I'm active in PTA, I've testified at Board meetings, I raise money for uniforms, books, school supplies, principals lunch fund, volunteer at the school etc.

Just because there are big picture items seriously wrong with PGCPS doesn't mean that we should ignore the day to day hurdles that are going on in the classroom.

I would LOVE to not fill in the logs but for my fourth grader that would mean that she would fail reading as the logs account for 35% of the grade.  The teacher is awful for a myriad of reasons.  I am documenting everything and hoping that she will be removed before the beginning of next school year.

My point wasn't to debate reading logs, my point was to find out what other teachers/schools are doing in the county and see if there is some sort of norm.

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What are your reasons for not wanting to do them? Honestly, I see a lot pg county students fail in comparison to others. They would only do good, doing the reading logs [/quote]

1) They do not encourage my child to read at all.  My child was already reading for pleasure and they don't read any more than they already were.  It is a struggle to get my child to do it. 
2) There is a body of research that shows basic reading logs are counter productive.  There is no research that shows they are beneficial.  https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1098404
3) The type of log this particular teacher assigns is basically just busy work.  It is a chore that no one wants to do and has no meaning.  
4) I don't see what skills a basic reading log teaches to kids.  If she wants to encourage reading she could have them discuss the books they are reading with each other or present a 2-3 minute book talk to the class when they finish a book, have them write a book report when they finish reading a book, use writing prompts with "I liked,  I wondered, I thought".

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Also, the teacher doesn't even read them.  She just looks at the number of minutes recorded and checks the parent's signature is on them.  If I were a student I would interpret that as the teacher finding no meaning in the work that I just completed.

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