Elementary Reading Journal
Elementary Reading Journal
Elementary Reading Journal
Elementary Reading Journal
Elementary Reading Journal
Elementary Reading Journal
Elementary Reading Journal
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Elementary Reading Journal

Original Price: Current Price: $19.00
  • Builds strong reading comprehension
  • Works with books your child chooses
  • 30+ reading skills to practice
  • 180 open-and-go reading lessons
  • Helps kids compare what they read with God’s Word
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They’re Reading. But Are They Understanding?

Give your child a full year of reading curriculum that helps them understand what they read while letting them choose their own books (fiction, nonfiction, chapter, or picture books).

After their daily reading, they flip through the journal and choose a half-page activity that helps them dig deeper into what they read. They’ll practice more than 30 reading skills like making predictions, comparing characters, finding the main idea, and learning new words. Your child gets the freedom to choose, and you get to see what they’re learning without coming up with questions or assignments for every book.

With the Elementary Reading Journal, your child will:

Understand and remember more of what they read

Make predictions and connections using clues from the text

Dig into characters, settings, problems, and solutions

Sort, compare, and organize ideas from fiction and nonfiction

Learn to discern what they read through a Biblical worldview

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Understand and remember more of what they read

Make predictions and connections using clues from the text

Dig into characters, settings, problems, and solutions

Sort, compare, and organize ideas from fiction and nonfiction

Learn to discern what they read through a Biblical worldview

Reading is Just the Beginning

Once your child learns to read, the skill-building isn’t over. They still need practice understanding, remembering, and digging deeper into what they read. The Elementary Reading Journal gives them a different way to practice those skills each day. One day they’ll compare themselves to the main character. Next, they’ll make a prediction, explore the setting, or organize what they learned from a nonfiction book.

Why You'll Love It

  • Your child chooses the books they actually want to read
  • No need to pre-read books or come up with comprehension questions yourself
  • 180 open-and-go reading lessons that take about 10 to 15 minutes
  • Works with fiction, nonfiction, chapter and picture books
  • Gives your child more ownership while giving you confidence they’re learning

Features

Choose What You Want to Read

Use the journal with fiction, nonfiction, chapter books, picture books, and more. Your child gets to choose books that interest them instead of following an assigned reading list.

Pick an Activity That Fits

Your child doesn’t have to work straight through the journal. They can flip through the color-coded activities, choose one that fits what they’re reading that day, and save the others for later. The included bookmark helps them keep their place.

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Read a Little or Read a Lot

There’s no need to finish the whole book first. Activities can be completed after a whole book, a chapter, or even just a few pages.

Practice 30+ Reading Skills

Your child might make a prediction, compare two characters, discover the author’s purpose, learn a new word, or turn what they’ve read into a chart or diagram.

Build a Biblical Worldview

Activities help your child compare what they read with Scripture, think through a character's choices and influence, and even consider how they might share Jesus with a character.

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How this Journal Works

Our Reading Journals give kids the freedom to choose books that interest them while building the skills they need. The journals grow with your child from elementary through high school, strengthening comprehension and analysis as the work becomes more advanced.

Shop the Elementary curriculum.

The elementary years are where curiosity deepens and confidence grows. Our open-and-go curriculum for 3rd through 6th graders builds reading comprehension, strengthens writing skills, and nurtures a love of learning, all rooted in God's Word. Designed for growing independence and practical life skills.

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Not Consumed Homeschool Core Values

  • Anchored in a Biblical Worldview
  • Created for Real Life
  • Learning That Meets Students Where They Are
  • Builds Connections Between Subjects
  • Grows Independence and Responsibility

Why Not Consumed Homeschool

In this video, Kimberly Sorgius Jones shares the heart behind Not Consumed and walks you through the core values that shape everything we create for homeschooling families.

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FAQs

  • How do I choose the right Reading Journal level for my child?

    Choose the Reading Journal that best matches the skills your child is ready to practice right now. You know your child best, so choose the level that fits where they are right now and gives them room to grow.

    • Elementary Reading Journal (Grades 2-5): Builds foundational comprehension skills as students begin thinking more deeply about what they read.
    • Middle School Reading Journal (Grades 6-8): Helps students work through complete books while developing stronger analysis, vocabulary, and critical thinking skills.
    • High School Reading Journal (Grades 9-12): Builds more advanced literary analysis, writing, vocabulary, and independent thinking skills.

  • Can my child use the Elementary Reading Journal with any book?

    The Elementary Reading Journal works with both fiction and nonfiction, whether it’s a library pick, or a book your child picked from the shelf. Your child completes activities that fit what they’re currently reading, giving you plenty of flexibility in the books you use.

  • How do I know what books my child should choose?

    You don't have to come up with them on your own. The Elementary Reading Journal includes a printable Suggested Reading List with fiction and nonfiction ideas to help you find books that fit your child. You can use the list as a starting point while still giving your child plenty of choice in what they read.

  • What are the credentials of the Not Consumed team?

    The Not Consumed team exists for one purpose: to help your family grow in faith so you can live #NotConsumed. We are homeschool parents with over 220 years of combined homeschooling experience, advanced degrees in education and curriculum design, and a deep love for serving families well. Every Bible study, family resource, and homeschool curriculum we create is anchored in Scripture and made to be practical, clear, and easy to use, because we know your days are already full.

    We believe the best learning happens when families gather around God's Word together, so we create resources that work across ages and stages to make that time meaningful, approachable, and real.

  • What do you believe?

    We are Bible-believing evangelical Christians. It's our mission to create products that handle the Word of God accurately and literally. We aim to get families into the Word for themselves and challenge them to read and think about it carefully rather than relying on the words and ideas of others. We believe all families should be asking about the theology of the resources they use, as nothing is neutral and everything has a worldview. Here is what we believe:

    The Bible is God's Word and the final authority for everything we believe and how we live. It is completely true and trustworthy in all that it says, given to us by God down to its very words. There is one God who has always existed as three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God created all things, including human beings, by His own direct act. Salvation is a free and forever-secure gift, received by grace through faith in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus came in human flesh, was born of a virgin, and rose bodily from the grave. He will one day return in person, in His own body, to reign on the earth for a thousand years. This return will be personal, bodily, and premillennial.

    Read our complete Statement of Faith here.

  • Is the curriculum accredited?

    Though schools can be accredited, there is not an accreditation program for curriculum.

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