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).