Read, Read, Read everything from newpaper articles to novels, fiction and non-fiction! 30 minutes of reading is required each evening Monday thru Friday. The reading log needs to be updated each day. At the end of the week, the reading log needs to be signed by a parent. The log and the accompanying reader's response (on the back) will be collected every Monday. Each night. while reading, the children should show examples of deeper thinking on two post -it notes. We are now studying the realistic fiction genre. These are stories that are not true, but the events could really happen. We are reading realistic fiction books and will be writing realistic fiction stories.