I have a question about lexiles and libraries. We are considering leveling
the books in our library. Has anyone out there done that? If so, is each
book leveled or are the books in leveled sections? What do you guys think
about this idea? Part of me thinks kids will feel limited by their le
As a Librarian, I too am very interested in this topic and value any
input.
Thank you,
Jennifer
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I have a question about lexiles and libraries. We are considering
leveling
the books in our library. Has anyone out there done that? If so
I too have just accepted a new job, working as a Literacy Specialist for the
state. I'll travel to different districts with my focus being the use of the
Strategic Instruction Model (out of University of Kansas).
My biggest sadness and concern is leaving the classroom and KIDS. Everything
we
Lexiles have the same limitations as any measure of the difficulty of
a text. I, too, tried to correlate them to Fountas & Pinnell levels
and / or grade equivalents from publishers. It really didn't
correlate. However, both our Illinois state test and the MAP test
give lexile measures. I ex
Hi Gina,
Congratulations on your new job. I have read about the Strategic
Instruction Model but have never used it. I am impressed with much
of Deschler's work from Kansas. My district uses the NWEA so we also
use lexiles. I find that at the elementary grades, lexiles are not
as reliabl
Principal
JHS 194
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Lexiles have the same li
and eighth graders?
Maureen Robins
Assistant Principal
JHS 194
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just might limit kids in
the library.
If anyone has figured out the lexile and F&P leveling let us know.
Ro
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> If anyone has figured out the lexile and F&P leveling let us know.
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