On 4/24/08 3:32 AM, "Ljackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Amen Lori.
sally>
Suzanne,
>
> I really like your take on this. Leveling is simply not a precise science, nor
> should it be. Genre plays a role....I do better with mystery, historical
> fiction and history than I might do with procedural text, especially as it
> relates to technology, or to medical reference. My reading level is different
> with different genres. For that matter, it varies with author and experience.
> I do love Virginia Wolfe but she did not write beach books and I need to exert
> more cognitive energy there! What about topics? Hmmm, most things related to
> literacy education are easier to read for me than, say, the internal workings
> of the combustion engine. So my reading teacher would need to encourage me to
> read different genres, try new authors and learn strategies for both texts
> that challenge me--like Wolfe--or bore the hell out of me--like the internal
> workings of the combustion engine. Whether children are below grade level, on
> grade level or performing above our expectations, I think these considerations
> are as if not MORE important than level. I believe that book levels should be
> used simply to provide loose guidelines to me as a teacher when preparing to
> teach children to widen their reading circles and when the level becomes more
> important than the book itself, we have gone astray.
>
> Lori
>
>
>
> Lori Jackson
> District Literacy Coach and Mentor
> Todd County School District
> Box 87
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