In keeping with the Title 1 suggestions (and I'm Canadian so I may be off track as to what is permitted or wanted) -- I love the high-interest-low-vocab materials from Dorling Kindersley. See "Dorling Kindersley Readers", for example, "Antarctic Adventure". These are beautiful soft cover books with very high 'adventure' type appeal (especially for boys) -- I've used them individually, also with one-to-one volunteers (with some coaching), also in packs of five with reading groups. Not the cheapest but very high quality as to selections re page layout, illustrations, sidebars and so on.
http://books.google.ca/books/about/Antarctic_Adventure.html?id=D8UFAQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y was a particular hit but the others at this level are good as well. See level 4 at http://www.dk.co.uk/static/html/uk/series/readers.html and explain to your kids what "proficient" means ("proficient readers") . ;-) These books are gorgeous, and still, soft cover etc. Give low SES kids especially a chance for beautiful materials?? Linda Rightmire SD #73 Kamloops, BC, Canada > > >Hello Mosaic followers, > >I am in need of your expertise and ideas. We have Title 1 money to use >before the year is over. We are a targeted middle school in our first year >of the grant. >We focused this year on balance literacy and reading strategies. We want >to continue this focus but need to buy materials for next year. Any >suggestions? Or program ideas (not a scripted type please). We have talked >about Daily 5. Would that work for middle school? We want something >specific and focused with little fluff! > >Thanks in advance!! > >Rhonda > > > _______________________________________________ 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
