These are all the pages that I use inside each Reader's Notebook. I use a spiral-bound notebook and then glue each of the following pages into the notebook. I leave a HUGE section for the letters back and forth and then at the very back of the notebook I put the Book Talk and Discussion sheets.

This is what the cover of the journals looks like. I use five different colored notebooks (one for each day of the week). It ends up being about five journals due each day.

 

This is an example of the inside of the journal. The student writes a letter and then the teacher writes back with feedback, questions and/or praise. The purpose of the journals is to respond to reading.

Here's another example of letters between the student and the teacher. I keep mine private (between me and the student) so the students feel comfortable writing whatever they like. Parents do not see the journals and they are not allowed to take them home.

On my board I post which journal is due each day (and the following day) and then which students have not turned them in for the week.

 

Here are the pages that I include in the notebook: