Spanish Summer Reading Log- Mi Registro de Lectura
Summer reading programs are a great way to promote and encourage a love of reading while also supporting your family’s Spanish language goals. Check out my printable Spanish reading log and read about how we work on our Spanish reading over the summer!
Summer is the perfect time to read and engage with Spanish books as a family. My daughter and I always have a huge pile of books that we’re working through and in the summer we have a lot of time to sit together and read.
It’s important that reading is a fun and relaxed activity, but it can also be fun to set goals and keep track of your reading progress.
In this article I’ll talk about the importance of reading in Spanish, where to get books in Spanish and how to track your Spanish reading with the printable summer reading log.
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Why Do Spanish Summer Reading?
Reading in Spanish is a great goal to have for the summer (and all year round!) because reading in Spanish is a great way to learn and practice your Spanish skills.
When you read in Spanish you’re exposed to a higher vocabulary than you’d normally get from Spanish TV or conversation. You also get the benefit of seeing correct grammar and sentence structure written out for you.
Since I am not a fluent or native Spanish speaker, reading out loud in Spanish has another important benefit for me and my daughter. When she hears me reading out loud she hears me speaking fluent and grammatically correct Spanish, which helps to build her listening skills.
Summer reading in Spanish is also important for our family because it allows my daughter to work on her own Spanish reading. She doesn’t attend an immersion school so any Spanish reading practice that she gets is at home. During the summer we take the time to really hone in on her Spanish reading skills!
Where Do I Get Books In Spanish?
The first spot to go for Spanish books is your local library!
Our library has a small section of maybe 20-30 books in Spanish. While that isn’t many books compared to their English selection, it’s a start!
Every time go to the library we check out some Spanish books. Rereading books is great and it’s nice that my daughter sees that her library has books in Spanish and English.
We live in a state that has a great inter-library loan policy. This means that we have access to almost every public library in our state. I can search the online catalog for books in Spanish and have them sent to my local library for free.
You can also buy Spanish books or look for online options. We have a huge selection of Spanish books in our home that I have bought over the years that I have been working on Spanish with my daughter.
For me, it’s important that we have a wide variety of books in Spanish from different countries, translated and authentic, picture books, chapter books and graphic novels. For a list of some of our favorite books, check out these articles!
Spanish Summer Reading Log
To keep track of our Spanish summer reading, I created a reading log for my daughter and I to track our reading together. You can download and use this as a summer reading challenge for your family or students as well!
To get this summer reading log in Spanish simply subscribe below and receive it in the first email that you get or you can go to TPT and download it there!
Looking for books in Spanish? Check out some of these recommendations!
Middle Grade Graphic Novels in Spanish
Spanish Chapter Books to Read Aloud
Registro de Lectura
The first part of the log is a printable booklet that you can use to track your Spanish reading over a 10 week period. Print and cut each page along the dotted lines and then staple together to make a reading booklet.
Each day that you read for 20 minutes, color in the indicated picture for that week. When you fill up all of the pictures for the week, you can celebrate or do a special activity together as a family!
Lectometro
The reading log also comes with a “lectometro” which is a recording sheet for all of the books you’ve read.
You can record the titles of all of the Spanish books that you read together and print more pages if you need them!
Resena de un libro
There are 2 varieties of “book review” pages that you can print and use as well.
These pages work well with kiddos who can do some independent writing in Spanish and are ready to write about what they’ve read.
Marcapaginas
The final printable page includes 4 bookmarks with Spanish phrases. I printed mine on a heavier paper, let my daughter decorate them and then we laminated them to use as bookmarks throughout the summer!
I hope that this summer reading log is able to give you a jump start on your summer reading plans! Enjoy reading with your family and don’t forget to let me know about it in the comments!
Happy Learning!
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