Kaeden texts are amazing for early readers and are of high interest to both boys and girls. My school is in the process of ordering classroom libraries for grades k-3 as well as books our our book room for guided reading. We have found that the Pearson Group iopeners are excellent nonfiction texts that also are of high interest and have appropriate support for independent and guided reading. My students (grades 1-3) have enjoyed reading them and some of the texts support some standard math, social studies, and science grade level concepts. I also purchased a set from the Wright Group for my own classroom for guided reading and have found the books to give appropriate support, they pair fiction and nonfiction, and are of high interest to even some of my more reluctant readers. As the chair of the ILA committe at my school, I went to a store/distributor of books here in Minnesota that allows teachers to actually look through the books and preview them and any teacher resources before purchasing. That is why, as a building, we chose to purchase books from Kaeden, Pearson, and Wright Group. Not every book is perfect for every reader, but they are higher quality than many of the texts that were purchased through Benchmark. They also give DRA and F/P levels. Hope some of this info helps. Nicole Huttner
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of HERBERT Suzanne Sent: Tue 4/22/2008 7:17 PM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Leveled books I can't thank everyone enough for their comments and directions with my request for help with choosing books. The problem is this. The school principal will not allow a books boxed by a publisher at a level as she thinks those are not the best quality literature. We are using F and P as our guideline for the book titles at each grade level but this is what we have been asked to do. 1. come up with 150 titles for each grade level for our classroom libraries 2. and come up with another lot of titles for our guided reading sets. There is no limit to the money that can be spent. How on earth do you come up with so many good books is my question? I can't thank you all enough for the leads and help you have given. Being in an international school means I am quite isolated in terms of people I can ask. Many thanks, Suzanne -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Leveled books One of the tricky things we've found is that so many people have their own leveling systems: F & P, Reading Recover, DRA, Wright Group, Calkins, so you have to be on the alert!? I guess the key is being sure the children understand about that 'just right book' and that what's 'just right' in one genre, might not be the same in another.? -martha -----Original Message----- From: Beverlee Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 2:04 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Leveled books A Field Guide to the Classroom Library (sold by level) is a new Lucy Calkins resource sold by Heinemann that I hope to order in my requisition. That should fit the bill quite nicely if it's all it seems to be. _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
