Book Trust Reading Survey Grades 2 6 Book Trust Students - English

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1 Book Trust Reading Survey Grades 2 6 Book Trust Students - English 1. What state are you in? 2. What school do you go to? 3. Teacher 4. What grade are you in? a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 e I am a a. Boy b. Girl 6. I think spending time reading is a. Really boring b. boring c. good d. Really great 7. Reading a book is something I like to do b. Not very often c. Sometimes d. Often 8. I think becoming a good reader is a. Not very important b. Sort of important c. Important d. Very important 9. My friends think reading is: a. No fun at all b. Okay c. Fun d. Really fun 10. I tell my friends about good books I read

2 b. Almost never c. Some of the time d. A lot 11. People who read a lot are a. Boring b. Not very interesting c. Interesting d. Very interesting 12. I think libraries are a. A boring place to spend time b. An okay place to spend time c. An interesting place to spend time d. A great place to spend time 13. When I have free time, I spend a. None of my time reading b. Very little of my time reading c. Some of my time reading d. A lot of my time reading 14. When someone gives me a book for a present, I feel a. Unhappy b. Sort of unhappy c. Sort of happy d. Very happy 15. When my teacher reads books out loud, I think it is a. Really boring b. Boring c. Good a. Really great 16. My friends think I am a. A poor reader b. An okay reader c. A good reader d. A very good reader 17. When I come to a word I don t know, I can figure it out figure it out c. Most of the time figure it out d. Always figure it out 18. I read

3 a. Not as well as my friends b. About the same as my friends c. A little better than my friends d. A lot better than my friends 19. When I am reading by myself, I understand a. None of what I read b. Almost none of what I read c. Almost everything I read d. Everything I read 20. I am a a. A poor reader b. An ok reader c. A good reader d. A very good reader 21. I worry about what other kids think about my reading a. A lot c. Almost never d. Never 22. When my teacher asks me a question about what I have read, a. I can never think of an answer b. I almost never think of an answer c. I sometimes think of an answer d. I can always think of an answer 23. Reading is a. Very hard for me b. Kind of hard for me c. Kind of easy for me d. Very easy for me 24. When I am in a group talking about books I have read, a. I hate to talk about my ideas b. I don t like to talk about my ideas c. I like to talk about my ideas d. I love to talk about my ideas 25. When I read out loud, I am a a. Poor reader b. An okay reader c. A good reader d. A very good reader

4 26. Do you read for fun while you are at school? a. No, I never read for fun b. Only if I don t have anything else to do c. Yes, but only during reading time in class d. Yes, whenever I can 27. My teacher makes reading fun c. Often d. Always 28. The books I own are a. Not very special to me b. Kind of special to me c. Special to me d. Very special to me 29. I have a favorite book (or books) at my house to read a. No, I don t have any b. Yes, I have one c. Yes, I have a few d. Yes, I have a lot of books 30. I added books to my home library this year a. I have fewer books now than I did before b. No, it stayed the same c. Yes, I added 1 or 2 books to my library d. Yes, I added three or more books to my library 31. I have a special place to keep my own books (a box, a bag, a shelf or some other place) a. Yes, I have a place to keep my books together b. No, I don t have a place to keep them 32. Reading is important to my family a. No, reading is not at all important to my family b. No, it is not very important c. Yes, it s kind of important d. Yes, it is very important 33. I read with my family c. Most nights d. Every night 34. How do adults in your family encourage you to read? (Mark all that apply)

5 a. Take you to the library b. Read to you c. Listen to you read aloud d. Help you with homework e. Talk with you about the books you are reading f. Help you choose new books to order each month g. Buy you books or magazines h. Tell you to read in your free time i. I see adults in my home reading for fun j. None of these things k. Other i. Please specify 35. Who else reads your books (mark all that apply) a. My friends b. My brothers or sisters c. Other kids in my family d. My mom or dad reads them to me e. Other adults - like aunts, uncles or grandparents f. No one else reads my books g. Other h. Please specify 36. I know what my reading level is a. Yes b. No 37. I know how to choose a just right book for my reading level a. Yes b. No 38. Our teacher talks about when our Book Trust books will arrive b. Not that much c. Yes, sometimes d. Yes, all the time 39. I get excited when our Book Trust books arrive c. Often d. Always 40. We get to use our Book Trust books in class

6 a. Yes, we can use them to read in class that same day b. Yes, we can use them during free reading time c. We can look at them, but then we have to put them away to take home d. No, our teacher keeps them and gives them to us at the end of the day to take home 41. I choose Book Trust books from the flyer that I am excited to read a. Always b. Most of the time c. Only some of the time d. Never 42. We pick books as part of our school day a. Yes, we use class time and the teacher helps us b. Yes, we can use class time, but the teacher does not help us c. Yes, but we can only pick books during free time d. No, we have to take the catalog home and bring it back later 43. Who helps you pick books? (please mark all that apply) a. My teacher b. My friends c. My parents d. Other classmates e. My brothers or sisters f. Other adults (aunts, uncles, neighbors, etc) g. No one I pick my own books h. Other (please specify)