Re: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader

2014-01-16 Thread Andrea Rapp
...@lists.osu.edu Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader ..And that is why I refuse to use AR. Their decisions on what grade level is appropriate is just WRONG. Suzie Dubin    T-Mobile. America's First Nationwide 4G Network. -- Original

Re: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader

2014-01-16 Thread Andrea Rapp
: kpeter3...@aol.com kpeter3...@aol.com To: anrapp2...@yahoo.com; suzi48du...@gmail.com; cjan...@cox.net; hasaf...@lists.osu.edu Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader To all,      I'm following this discussion with interest as I also use A.R. in my

[ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader

2014-01-15 Thread Andrea Rapp
I'm putting the labels on the books, looking up the assigned reading levels that AR gives each book.  Freefall, by Anna Levine, grade level 3.9?   Ridiculous.  I'd give it to kids in 6th or 7th grade at minimum.  On the other hand, The Peddler's Gift/Shnook the Peddler is 5th grade level.    I

Re: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader

2014-01-15 Thread Norm Janoff
Jan 2014 12:32:40 -0800 From: anrapp2...@yahoo.com To: hasaf...@lists.osu.edu Subject: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader I'm putting the labels on the books, looking up the assigned reading levels that AR gives each book. Freefall, by Anna Levine, grade level 3.9? Ridiculous. I'd give it to kids

Re: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader

2014-01-15 Thread suzi48dubin
e: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader When I worked in the public library we had this problem all the time. Accelerated Reader doesn't seem to take into account the maturlity level of the topic or theme, but only the word and syllable counts, vocabulary, etc. It's very frustrating.Carol Janoff

Re: [ha-Safran] Accelerated Reader

2014-01-15 Thread suzi48dubin
Me, too, Aileen. I couldn't agree with you more.SuziT-Mobile. America's First Nationwide 4G Network.-- Original message --From:Aileen Grossberg <aido...@aol.com>Date:1/15/2014 5:42 PMTo:cjan...@cox.net;anrapp2...@yahoo.com;hasaf...@lists.osu.edu;Subject:Re: [ha-Safran] Accelerated