Reading Logs : Pine Mountain Christian School Iron Mountain MI

Reading Logs

Use these reading logs to record your reading progress.

Points required per quarter, by level:

Foundations A & B: 30 books. Based on 3 books per week. One point per book = 30 points per quarter. Must read at least one book from each challenge category.

Foundations A and B students may be read to, though partner reading (child and parent read together) is highly encouraged. If a parent is reading aloud, children should track the words with their finger. Students receive a chain link for their classroom reading chain for each book read.

Foundations C & D: 40 books. Based on 4 books per week. One point per book = 40 points per quarter. Must read at least one book from each challenge category.

Students must read the book themselves, though parent assistance as needed is fine. Students receive a chain link for their classroom reading chain for each book read.

Essentials A: 500 pages per quarter. One point per page = 500 points per quarter. This is based on 50 pages per week, or 10 pages per day. Must select 3 challenge categories per quarter, and must address ALL categories by the end of the year. Students receive a chain link for their classroom reading chain for every 10 pages read.

Essentials B: 600 pages per quarter. One point per page = 600 points per quarter. This is based on 60 pages per week or 12 pages per day. Must select 4 challenge categories per quarter, and must address ALL categories by the end of the year. Students receive a chain link for their classroom reading chain for every 15 pages read.

Essentials C: 700 pages per quarter. One point per page = 700 pages. This is based on 70 pages per week or 14 pages per day. Must select 5 challenge categories per quarter, and must address ALL categories by the end of the year. Students receive a chain link for their classroom reading chain for every 20 pages read.

Approximately half an hour of silent reading time is provided per day at school.

Assigned books (textbooks) may not be counted toward page requirements.

Classics

Here are some examples of books that are considered "classic". Note that not all of these books will be at your child's reading/listening level, so please use your judgement when selecting. Also, there are many classics that are not on this list - this list is just to get you started.

Primary:

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgleish

Stone Soup by Marcia Brown

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

Curious George Series by H. E. Rey

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond

Amelia Bedelia Series by Peggy Parish

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton

Frog and Toad Series by Arnold Lobel

Corduroy by Don Freeman

Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle

Elementary:

Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Latham

Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink

The Door in the Wall by Marguerite deAngeli

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Anne of Green Gables Series by L. M. Montgomery

Little House on the Prairie Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The Boxcar Children Series by Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting

Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell

The Cay by Theodore Taylor

Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobel

Addie Mills Series by Gail Rock

Aesop's Fables by Aesop

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor

Middle School:

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

Johnny Tremain by Esther Hoskins Forbes

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

Goodnight, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers

Old Yeller by Fred Gipson

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

The Yearling by Marjorie K Rawlings

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Little Britches by Ralph Moody

Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Giver by Lois Lowry

The Hardy Boys by Franklin W Dixon

The Incredible Journey by Sheila Branford

Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat

Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

Newbery Medal Winners

Please note that PMCS does not endorse these books, but provides this list as a convenience to parents. Please exercise your own judgment when selecting material for your child(ren).

Caldecott Medal Winners

Please note that PMCS does not endorse these books, but provides this list as a convenience to parents. Please exercise your own judgment when selecting material for your child(ren).