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1. RE: Leveling Books
Sep 19 2008, 1:11 AM EDT
Only about 33% of your books should be leveled to teach the students how to select "just right books" outside of the classroom.
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2. RE: Leveling Books
Oct 12 2008, 10:05 AM EDT
The quickest way to level books is to check Renaissance Learning's Reading Quiz Store site at http://www.renlearn.com/store/quiz_home.asp?, even if you don't use their "Accelerated Reader" product. You just type in your title or author (I like author better - shows you everything by that author, good for checking if you're missing volumes or there's a new sequel/series you need to pick up). The screen you get shows interest level - lower, middle, upper grades; reading level - 5.4 corresponds roughly to approx 5th grade, 4th month at least for a Lower Grade interest level, it's indexed up a little for the MG and UG titles. Additionally, if you click a specific title, you'll go to another screen which gives you a pic of the book, a 1 or 2 sentence plot synopsis, word-count, and a list of the various published editions, and more.
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3. RE: Leveling Books
Oct 12 2008, 10:28 AM EDT
Didn't mean to be anonymous. I was browsing sites, researching Wikis. I'm krucker@access.k12.wv.us or karenatcliffview@aol.com. I am Sysop/Tech Integration/Custom Edu-Website contractor contracted to a Middle School in West Virginia. Last year while I contracted to sysop, I also filled in for a librarian who was out for a semester because I was familiar with the technical side of Follett. (Library Software) Follett also had some leveling info on books, if your subscription is up-to-date and you cataloging function is working. You had to dig down a few screens to get to it though. Good luck. P.S. Don't think I agree with only leveling 33% of your books. Maybe I look at it from a non-educational, O C, time effective/efficient point of view but I think all fiction should be leveled. And that's what I did last year. Didn't take that long. The teacher's were ectastic. The kids were on fire, they nailed a book the first time instead of coming back 3, 4 times not liking a book or it was too hard and choosing again and again, or it was too hard or the teacher sent them back saying choose a higher or lower book or they struggled for weeks on one book. Made it much easier for me to suggest 3 or 4 suitables quickly, because I had their reading ranges and could match them easily.
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4. RE: Leveling Books
Oct 12 2008, 10:44 AM EDT
To clarify my two previous posts above, the Middle School I'm at uses it's library fully integrated into the reading program, augmented by the Accelerated Reader program, each student having to read 1 or 2 books per grading period, pass an AR test on those or their Reading Grade drops a letter.The other use for the library is research paper (non-fiction) oriented, i.e. Biography units by the Language Arts teachers & various Soc St. and Science Reports and Projects. Soooo, I took my cue from the Reading Teachers as to what would most effectively serve the "fiction" customers, so leveled it was. Do you find this valuable? |
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5. RE: Leveling Books
Oct 27 2008, 10:59 AM EDT
Karen, thanks for the suggestions and the resource! I look forward to checking it out! - Kristen
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