I love the sets that nat'l geog. has produced! I have used the immigrants set and the poisonous dart frogs with 8th graders. They were motivated to research the frogs, and the material generated great questions and predictions that were answered as they read. The 6th grade science and soc. st., and the 8th grade ELA teacher have all used different sets with success. It was nice to see the content teachers use them! Rebecca On Dec 18, 2007, at 5:27 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The National Geographic Non-fiction, leveled books have been very > useful for > me in Title I. Each time I have a little budget money, I try to order > ones > that correspond with the science and social studies units the classroom > teachers have to teach. Then I use the leveled books as part of Title > I, reading > intervention...always looking for more connected text at an > appropriate level > for my students. > I second the opinion that the illustrations/photographs and the text > are > beautifully composed. > > Cathy > Title I Reading > > > In a message dated 12/17/2007 10:49:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > If they are the ones I had my last year in elem, they were fabulous! > Good > topics in both science and social studies with good pics and powerful > language. > > They are written in four Guided Reading levels, each one based on a > common > theme. One of my favorites was Metamorphosis. One book on the > Monarch > Butterfly, and the Poisonous Tree Frog. I can't remember the others. > Each > book had some common vocabulary, and a few unique words. The idea > was to > read their books either separately or together as a group. The kids > could > then get together in heterogeneous groups and could discuss the theme > through the topic of their book. You have choices of which direction > you > want to take it. They have several worksheet choices, most of which > I never > used, but they were there. > Hope that helps. > > > -- > Kim > ------- > Kimberlee Hannan > Department Chair > Sequoia Middle School > Fresno, California 93702 > > The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. ~Author > Unknown > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > _______________________________________________ > 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.
