Reading diaries

[Campaspe]

Just being curious. My DD is in Reception and I try to complete her reading diary every day. Is this the norm? What do you write (I'm getting bored of writing the same things)?

Her teacher tends to put a comment in once every 5 - 10 days. Do you think they really bother to read what the parents put? For any teachers on here, is there a correlation between good reading and a well completed reading diary???

And if you are a teacher, what is most helpful to you when it comes to writing in the diary? Thanks

Campaspe:

From late Y1, when our DDs writing started to improve, we used reading diaries as an opportunity for DDs to write a bit. If you get fed up with writing X read pages 10 - 25 today. Then why not use the diary as an opportunity to get your DC writing.

Often the reading books have questions at the back - which help. But you can also suggest they write about their favourite character, something they liked about the story, something they didn't like, an illustration they liked, etc...

HTH