Free Daily Starters Elementary Grades 3–5 · 4–6 minutes

Reading Log Check

Decision Making · Which Would You Pick

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One page for the student and one for the teacher, with the answer and what a strong response looks like. Print either or both.

A reading log sits beside a return bin with books and a pencil on a classroom shelf.

Maya opens the class reading log at the checkout shelf. The Friday helper note says each returned book needs one log mark. 3 books sit in the return bin, and 2 already match the log. The blue pencil for new marks is missing from its clip. A green pencil sits nearby, but the teacher uses blue for checked books. Maya can still help the next reader find the right book.

Pick one option and give one practical reason.

Use the green pencil and tell the teacher the blue pencil is missing.
Set the 3 returned books beside the log and leave the mark space blank.

Give one practical reason.

Think about it: What makes an unfinished log mark easy to finish later?

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