Re: [Understand] Chapter six?

[Phyllis Hinerman]

If you 'google' Pioneer Valley Books you'll go straight to their web site.  And 
yes, the books are for guided reading groups.  They are leveled with both 
letters and numbers.  

Phyllis


--- On Sat, 2/7/09, Palmer, Jennifer <jennifer.pal...@hcps.org> wrote:

> From: Palmer, Jennifer <jennifer.pal...@hcps.org>
> Subject: Re: [Understand] Chapter six?
> To: "Special Chat List for "To Understand: New Horizons in Reading 
> Comprehension"" <understand@literacyworkshop.org>
> Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 8:15 PM
> Who is the publisher? Are these tradebooks or books written
> specifically for teaching reading? Where can I find them?
>  
>  
> Jennifer Palmer
> Reading Specialist, National Board Certified Teacher, FLES
> "Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no
> business to be made disagreeable!"
> -Augustine Birrell
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: understand-boun...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of
> janelle dorr
> Sent: Sat 2/7/2009 8:10 PM
> To: pehinerman...@yahoo.com; Special Chat List for "To
> Understand: New Horizons inReadingComprehension"
> Subject: Re: [Understand] Chapter six?
> 
> 
> 
> to piggyback on this, I love Pioneer Valley's
> character, Danny the dog. My
> first graders love him too!!!
> janelle
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phyllis Hinerman"
> <pehinerman...@yahoo.com>
> To: "Special Chat List for To Understand: New Horizons
> in
> ReadingComprehension"
> <understand@literacyworkshop.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 2:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Understand] Chapter six?
> 
> 
> >
> >> Tell me more about the Pioneer Valley books...:-)
> >>
> > Jennifer,  We have used a lot of the books published
> by Pioneer Valley.  I
> > am a Reading Recovery teacher during part of my day,
> so I look especially
> > closely at the spacing between words, the form of the
> 'a' and 'g', and the
> > match between the words and the pictures.  Pioneer
> Valley books have been
> > great in all those areas.
> >
> > There are several different 'series'
> containing the same characters, and
> > the books with these characters come in many levels. 
> For instance, Rosie
> > and Bella are two little poodle-type white dogs.  The
> books containing
> > these characters range from very low all the way up to
> easy level chapter
> > books.  In addition, the illustrations are real
> photographs!  That is just
> > one example of the 'series'.
> >
> > Within the last year or two, Pioneer Valley introduced
> an extensive set of
> > nonfiction titles.  Once again, they range from very
> easy to more
> > difficult and the illustrations are wonderful
> photographs.
> >
> > I hope that information may help answer your request
> for more information.
> >
> > Phyllis
> >
> >
> >
> >
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