Janet Allen had a nice collection of short pieces to use with students grades 4-8. It is out of print, but I located one through Amazon.
Lori Jackson M.Ed.Reading Specialist Broken Bow, NE EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > From: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 10:13:20 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOSAIC] email address/background information/needs > > [email protected] > > I'm a first year Special Education teacher in a high-need middle school in > Southeast DC. I teach three 80 minutes blocks a day of English Language Arts > to classes of about 12 students (one block is 7th grade; the other two > blocks are 8th grade.) I do not have any aides in my classroom so my direct > instruction needs to be based in texts that are "one-size fits all," short, > low-level and engaging. My students current performance levels range from > 1st grade to 6th grade. So, I need help selecting the best books to use for > short segments of whole group instruction to teach skills like elements of > plot. Ideally, the text should take no more than 5 minutes to read (we do > choral reading). My students then take each skill and practice it through > partner/independent reading of texts leveled for appropriate rigor. They > also each get indivudalized vocabulary words/different graphic organizers > etc. I should probably also add that I do not have classroom sets of books, > so I ideally need texts with either black and white photos (better for > photocopying). My other struggle is with collecting oral data; it's > incredibly difficult to do one-on-one tell-backs or check fluency levels as > I am only one person in a room of 13 students that all want my attention... > _______________________________________________ > 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.
