I liked Taberksi's suggestions for book leveling. She suggests a four pile sort, with four gradiations of difficulty. In my primary classroom, I refined that so that the four levels of text were A-D, E-H, I-L, and M+. Withing the color coding, I put a number 1, 2, 3,4 which aligned roughly to levels at more precise levels. I still sorted and displayed books in author and genre tubs, theme tubs, topic tubs, etc. but in addition had large tubs of picture books in color coded tubs. I could them suggest to a child that he or she needed to do their 'book shopping' within a specific color. I never talked to them about the numbering system, by when they found themselves able to read a yellow-2, then I would notice them seeking out more yellow-2's. My library was very rich and every reader was ensured choice, which I think is important. I required their book tubs to include 8 books outside of the guided reading books. Furthermore, we taught them to balance their choices in terms of genre. 6 books had to be just right books (with only one chapter book at a time for those ready for them) but two books were dreamers. Dreamers were books they wanted to read or the reference books that children get so much out of inspite of any discussion of reading levels because the visual support is so rich.
Lori On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:28:08 EST , [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: >I find that since I am trying to move the students' reading ability, I must >narrow their choices of independent reading to the levels I know are at their >independent levels from assessments. Most young students are not cognizant >of whether or not they are understanding the text. >I also allow book browsing time for books that are just above their reading >level to get them excited about the books that will soon be part of their >choices. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Mosaic mailing list >[email protected] >To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > >Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
