June,
I would stick to all non fiction if possible. I would also level the texts
based on students RIT ranges. A few good sites to start from are Resources for
Idaho teachers. House of Snakes is a real attention getter and there is lots
of info on the web about this real house! Ugh!
I just got done doing The Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury. I found a lesson
on line and adapted it to my needs. I can email it to you if you would like.
Took about 4 days total - but we also needed to work on some other things for
another class. I teach 9th grade students who are non
I am curious. Why are you suggesting sticking to all non-fiction?
Renee
On Dec 19, 2011, at 11:26 PM, Lori.revel wrote:
June,
I would stick to all non fiction if possible. I would also level the
texts based on students RIT ranges. A few good sites to start from
are Resources for Idaho
Please forgive the cross posting, but my second graders are having
difficulty with knowing when to indent and begin a new paragraph.
Usually by this time of year just through writing and reading most of
my class understands the concept but this year it is a problem. I am
looking for
June
There are a variety of on-line sources for free books. Here are a few.
International Children's Digital Library
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
Language Arts for Middle and High School
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang_mid.htm
Education-Portal.com50 Places to Find Free Books
Are any of these test reasonable in price? The teachers would be
paying for them themselves.
PatK
On Dec 19, 2011, at 6:53 PM, Cheryl Consonni wrote:
Two tests which we use to give lexiles are Read About by Scholastic
and the NWEA
MAP tests. Both of which districts must purchase to use.
Probably not, as the district pays.
See scholastic.com or nwea.org
Cheryl
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Aims web fluency benchmarks give lexile levels. Just started in the fall buty
RTI team has found them very accurate, much more so than the DRA levels our
teachers were reporting.
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