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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are reading every night anyway, how is a reading log such a huge, onerous chore?  It takes 5 minutes to write down what your kid read.

I'm not a teacher but I would think that the reading log might help a teacher to identify interests in her students.  I never thought that they were a huge, big deal.

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Then you were never handed a log like this one that my DC got:

Title:
Author:
Time you started reading:
Time you stopped reading:
Page you started on:
Page you stopped on:
One sentence about what you read:[/quote]

Saying it's okay not do this homework is putting it softly.  You SHOULD NOT have your child do this.  It will ensure that she does not develop a passion for reading.[/quote]

WOW. I can't imagine what your life must be like if you and your kids truly find this so onerous.  lololol[/quote]

It was an annoyance.  And it turned into a competition at school when the kids bragged about their logs.  Kids were saying they were reading books well above their grade level (Jane Eyre in 3rd grade??  mm'kay).  Kids turned in that they read over 100 pages in a book in 22 minutes.  I mean, very obviously faked things.

My kid found it annoying to have to note the times and pages.  Then she'd stress because she only read 20 pages and "Kara read 32 last night!"  Then she started skimming and speed reading just to get more pages which meant she wasn't remembering or even enjoying the story.

Reading logs are a waste.  [/quote]

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