From my experience, there are few books that can really meet the needs of your whole class. Some books are way too high level, some are not going to challenge the high ones. That's why using basals don't make much sense, they only reach a certain part of the class.Having said that, I used Owls in the Family by Mowat for several reasons (animals, adventure,friendship theme, kids as main characters, etc) and it was such a delightful story (level p) so it was in the range of most learners. Bridge (I think about an S) is a high level with really difficult concepts for most 4th graders. Maybe your students are going to be at the high end, but maybe find out before your do your planning... Linda
On Friday, March 2, 2007, at 04:14 PM, Patti Whatley wrote: > Hello, > > I am an Elementary Education student, currently enrolled in a literacy > education class. I hope to be teaching in the fall. I am interested > in > these postings because they parallel some lesson plans I have had to > develop > and teach in small group settings. What grade level are you teaching? > I > would think that the grade level would have much to do with how well > using > the same book would work. I will shortly be teaching 4th grade reading > strategies through the book Bridge to Terabithia. My plan is to use a > different chapter for each strategy, i.e., Chapter 1 - Making > Connections, > etc. I would love to read any suggestions. > > Thank you. > > Patti Whatley > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
