Click on a letter for a list of resources and leveling criteria for that
specific level.
Guided repeated oral reading procedures that include guidance
from teachers, peers, or parents had a significant and positive impact
on word recognition, fluency, and comprehension across a range of grade
levels. (National Reading Panel findings, 2000)
In any classroom, there are so many different interests and
abilities. I have always struggled to find materials that were relevant,
interesting, and appropriately leveled. Thanks to you, I am now able to
find materials that help all my students feel like successful readers.
Beverley Holoboff; Third-Grade Teacher; Grand Centre Elementary School;
Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
I have been using your books in my classroom for two years now,
and my students' reading scores are on the increase. I am excited to be
able to send books home with my children, books they can keep to
practice.
Sara Lundh, Kindergarten Teacher, Garrett Primary, Lufkin, TX
Guided Reading
Guided reading uses small-group instruction and developmentally
appropriate books, called leveled readers. This approach recognizes that
a wide range of reading ability exists within any grade level or age
group, and that reading at the appropriate levels ensures success. Each
session, 15 to 25 minutes, begins with introducing a book, eliciting
prior knowledge, and building background. A child is placed in a small
group with other children of similar ability and given a developmentally
appropriate book to read. The teacher monitors and guides the reading of
each child as needed. Discussion of the book follows, and the child
keeps the book to read repeatedly. Subsequent lessons at the lower
levels usually use an entirely new book.
Leveled Books
Leveled books are the key component in a guided reading program. Reading
A-Z leveled books are not selected from a collection of books and then
leveled. Rather, Reading A-Z leveled books have been carefully written
in accordance with standardized criteria for each level, then quality
checked with custom software. Reading A-Z has specific leveling criteria
for each of 27 reading levels. The books are graduated, meaning they get
increasingly difficult with each succeeding level.
List of Leveled Readers
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Lesson Plans
Each leveled book is accompanied by a multiple-page lesson plan. The
lessons include strategies for introducing the book and building
background, strategies to use while students read, strategies and
questions for after-reading discussions, and a bank of ideas for
teaching a variety of skills, including phonological awareness, phonics,
high-frequency words, word structure, grammar, and mechanics. Lessons
also include extension activities that link to writing and other
curriculum areas, such as math, science, and social studies.
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Worksheets
Each guided reading lesson is accompanied by up to four worksheets on
comprehension and skills. The comprehension worksheet is often a graphic
organizer designed to engage the reader in the reading process. The
skills worksheet focuses on one of the skill-building strategies covered
in the lesson.
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Stages of Development
Typically, children go through specific stages of development as they
progress from nonreaders to fluent readers. In guided reading, books are
written to various levels of difficulty, gradually introducing
developing readers to new challenges. The stages of reading development
are commonly separated as follows:
* Early Emergent Readers (Reading A-Z levels aa-C)
* Emergent Readers (Reading A-Z levels D-J)
* Early Fluent Readers (Reading A-Z levels K-P)
* Fluent Readers (Reading A-Z levels Q-Z)
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Leveling Criteria
Reading A-Z's leveling criteria are based on the scientific measurement
of accepted leveling strategies.
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Correlations
Reading Recovery, Fountas & Pinnell, and DRA levels are not official
levels assigned to Reading A-Z books by those leveling systems. Rather,
those levels are approximate correlations based on a comparison of
attributes in Reading A-Z leveled books with equivalent books that have
been assigned official levels by Fountas & Pinnell, Reading Recovery,
and DRA. For your convenience, we have correlated Reading A-Z levels to
Reading Recovery, Fountas & Pinnell, and DRA, and we have compiled a
complete correlation chart. A correlation chart specific to each leveled
reader appears on the copyright page of each book.
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Assessment
Reading A-Z provides a variety of assessment tools as part of its
leveled reading program.
Benchmark Books are used with running records to help assess the
appropriate developmental level for guided reading sessions.
Running Records allow the recording of a child's reading behavior as
she or he reads from the book.
Fluency Passages are used by teachers to evaluate reading fluency
and by students to practice oral fluency.
Retelling Rubrics provide universal tools for quick and easy
assessment of comprehension.
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Reader's Theater
Reader's Theater scripts, adapted from our leveled books, provide
simple, leveled play scripts that students can perform in the classroom.
Reader's Theater Scripts
Reader's Theater Tips for Teachers
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Heidi Rammer
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:57 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [MOSAIC] Recommendations for 2nd grade leveled readers, etc
Hello,
I am a second grade teacher overseas and it is time
for yearly ordering here. I am a first year teacher,
so am not familiar with lots of great grade level
literature, since we have a very limited supply here.
Can someone recommend some very good:
leveled readers
book series that kids like
I have lots of ESL kids, so reading level is first
grade (and below) to high second grade.
I am also not experienced with teaching beginning
reading and phonics, and have struggled with it, since
i have few resources to use. Can anyone suggest some
good instuctional books for either of these that give
you a good step-by-step for those of us with little
experience? These would need to be inexpensive, as
the school won't fund a big program.
Finally, any other suggestions for "must have" items
that you find invaluable in your classrooms would be
great.
Please send any website links if you can.
Much appreciated!
HR
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