Townsend Press has audio for the Bluford Series' chapters online. My students can't put these books down.
>>> Cara Acosta <cara.aco...@gmail.com> 10/13/11 6:47 PM >>> You could try the Bluford series, but most of those are GL 5 ish. Drive By (Lynne Ewing) is somewhere between 4 & 5, probably closer to 4. All my lower leveled readers love Drive By. Other than that, I usually just use audio support with Sharon Draper, Walter Dean Myers and others. I assume we are talking jr high kids? On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Cheryl Consonni < cherylconso...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Thanks so much. We have a new Special Ed behavior teacher whose kids need > a > street smart kind of book below a grade four level. Any ideas are great. > I > appreciate your suggestions and will be sure to pass these on. :) > Cheryl > 'Teaching is a work of heart.' > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Susan Joyce <seo...@earthlink.net> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org>; mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Sent: Wed, October 12, 2011 7:54:12 PM > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] please help > > > I am a middle school reading teacher who also teaches the lowest readers > (Level > 1 non-fluent). I find that using graphic novels are very motivating for my > lowest readers. The most popular/common are the series by Dav Pilkey: Ricky > Ricotta and his Mighty Robot series and the Captain Underpants Series. > There is > also the Graphic Sparks series (various authors) and the Sports Illustrated > Kids > Graphic Novels which are both published by Stone Arch Books. The Bone > series > by Jim Smith are a favorite. My students also like the Franny K. Stein Mad > Scientist series by Jim Benton. The "new" Hardy Boys are also available as > graphic novels as are "The Warriors" series (about animals) by Erin Hunter. > My > girls like the Ivy and Bean series. Another High/Low series that has > recently > become popular is the Wake, Fade, Gone series by Lisa McMann. These books > are > suitable for 8th grade middle school students and up. > >Hope this helps. > > > >Susan > -----Original Message----- > >From: Cheryl Consonni <cherylconso...@sbcglobal.net> > >Sent: Oct 11, 2011 11:09 PM > >To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > >Subject: [MOSAIC] please help > > > >whoever gave a list of good books that are high interest lo readability, > could > >you please send again, i went back a while and can't find the link, thanks > so > >much > > Cheryl > >'Teaching is a work of heart.' > >_______________________________________________ > >Mosaic mailing list > >Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > >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 > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > 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 > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > 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 Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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 Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org 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
