The series was called High Interest. They had titles like Rat Attacks, and I can't remember the other titles right now. There were a couple about cars too. I wish I could remember the publisher, but I bet someone on here knows.
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Susan Shull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What titles did you have in your high interest/low level bin? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Heather Poland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 3:22 PM > Subject: Re: [LIT] 8th grade classroom library > > > I made up other categories for my books- I had a few in Teen Issues, > usually > the really popular teen issue ones. I also had a bin called "Poland's > Picks" > where I put books that I loved. I would also do a book talk on them and > they > always checked them out! I also split up my nonfiction and had a large > nonfiction collection. I would make groups based off of what I had. For > example, I had a lot of high interest (lower level) books so I labeled > those > "High Interest" I had a science bin, history, etc. > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:05 PM, McGivern, Liz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hello everyone; > > > > I am a long-time lurker finally getting the courage to post! :) I've > > enjoyed reading posts and learning from all of you; I am a former high > > school English teacher who started teaching 8th grade 2 years ago, and I > > can > > use all the help I can get. This is a whole different ball game, but I'm > > loving every minute of it. > > > > I am a Language Arts teacher, and one of my goals over the summer is to > > organize & beef up my classroom novels. I organize them into genres right > > now. Each genre occupies a plastic bin in the class, and the books have a > > dot that tells to which bin they are to be returned. As you can see, my > > library is a bit lopsided! > > > > Short Story 3% > > Adventure 4% > > Historical Fiction 6% > > Sports 8% > > Mystery 8% > > Nonfiction/autobiography13% > > SciFi 17% > > Teen Issues 43% > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions for authors in my "sparse" genres that > > would appeal to my 8th graders? Or any organizational tips for me -- > > should > > I further divide the "Teen Issues" genre? I know it's not really a genre, > > so > > it's hard for me, as a true English major, to justify it :) > > > > Any suggestions are welcome -- I have tough skin, so fire away. > > > > Thanks in advance to those who are more creative and more experienced > than > > I!! > > > > Ms. Liz McGivern > > 8th grade Language Arts > > Hudson Memorial School > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > > > > -- > - Heather > > "DIBELS is the worst thing to happen to the teaching of reading since the > development of flash cards." - P. David Pearson" > > "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose > funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase > funding. " > —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > -- - Heather "DIBELS is the worst thing to happen to the teaching of reading since the development of flash cards." - P. David Pearson" "When our children fail competency tests the schools lose funding. When our missiles fail tests, we increase funding. " —Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Presidential Candidate _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
