This is a great addition for journals if you will be working with Common Core next year. A journal is great way of documenting work with Common Core. These cane be placed in any subject area journal. This is an excellent resource I had my students place in their journals at the beginning of the school year. I used this more for science and social studies (I don't teach Reading) but it can be used for math too. Students are to use this coding when reading an article or some other information. They make these symbols on the articles and then also write their notes and comments in the margins. I LOVE this!!!!