My first thought is that it must be that my students possibly just haven’t found “that book” that opens the door to pleasure reading.

I have access to a good school library, but my classroom library is weak. I want my students to have at least one day a week of free reading in my room, and everynight to read for at least 30 minutes for homework.

I had that schedule going pretty well for the first semester of school. My students earned tickets for free computer time, a homework skip night, free tardy, etc.

For some reason I abandoned it after the holiday break. I had a tough time keeping up with the reading logs of my students. That is the assessment/organizational piece I need to think through. Can technology help in that area? Can the students keep and online reading log? What program is suited to that? A spread sheet? a blog? I only have 4 computers in my room for student use. Most ofmy students do not have online access at home; many don’t have any computer at all.