I have done this for the stories in the Harcourt Brace novel. I used Sagebrush Publishers. Since Harcourt Brace has so much "authentic" literature, I was able to find about 75% of the stories. However, now Illinois is reporting Lexile leviles to parents. Don't get me started on that!!! And for most of these stories, the lexile level was unavailble. Carol > has anyone done a readability on the stories in the basals to see what > level they are really at? > > Linda DeGreen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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. > > > > > --------------------------------- > The fish are biting. > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. > _______________________________________________ > 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. > >
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