Here is the first part of the email which was lost somewhere along the way:
>From K Dombroske <<< I don't know about the Lexile Framework or Guided Reading. The first I haven't even heard of, and the latter I am aware of in terms of an instructional strategy, but not as a leveled text program. I would appreciate anyone who could offer me an overview of these ways of leveling texts, as I'd like to be aware of as many as possible. >>> Three items... 1. Lexiles, developed by MetaMetrics, is just one more readability formula. Here is the blurb from their website: http://www.lexile.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?view=ed&tabindex=0&tabid=1 The Lexile Framework for Reading is a scientific approach to reading measurement that matches readers to text. The Lexile Framework measures both reader ability and text difficulty on the same scale, called the Lexile scale. This approach allows educators to manage reading comprehension and encourage reader progress using Lexile measures and a broad range of Lexile products, tools and services. As the most widely adopted reading measure in use today, Lexiles give educators the confidence to choose materials that will improve student reading skills across the curriculum and at home. Tens of thousands of books and tens of millions of articles have Lexile measures, hundreds of publishers Lexile their materials and all major standardized tests can report student reading scores in Lexiles. 2. Guided Reading is a program developed by Fountas and Pinnel. The levels are marked using letters A through Z. A-C=kindergarten; B-I=grade one; H-M=grade two; L-P=grade three; O-T=grade four; S-W=grade five; V-Y=grade six; X-Z= grade seven and eight. Sarah Mohrhauser Literacy Coach/NJHS Advisor Cottage Grove Junior High 9775 Indian Blvd Cottage Grove, MN 55016 651.768.6850 "Through literacy you can begin to see the universe." Grace Slick ________________________________ From: Mohrhauser, Sarah Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:24 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [MOSAIC] Scholastic Book Wizard 3. TITLEWAVE: as excited as I am about Book Wizard, I have been rediscovering Follett's Titlewave and I am impressed with it, too. You can register for free here as well. http://www.titlewave.com <http://www.titlewave.com/> If your school library is connected to Follett Library Resources, you will be able to see which books you search are in your library system. And, if you go to the curriculum tab at the top, you may be able to search lists of books that have already been created as well as books aligned to your state standards (I'm in MN and those standards are there, but I didn't check NY). Whew!! Sorry this is so lengthy. Have a great day. Sarah Sarah Mohrhauser Literacy Coach/NJHS Advisor Cottage Grove Junior High 9775 Indian Blvd Cottage Grove, MN 55016 651.768.6850 "Through literacy you can begin to see the universe." Grace Slick _______________________________________________ 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.
