Boys this age and older typically like graphic novels, non-fiction,
adventure fiction, magazines on sports, etc. I find that my first and second
grade boys are as particular about their reading selections as older boys
can be. I try to provide a variety of reading material for my kiddos. Girls
I have always had issues with the accuracy of the STAR reading levels. They
never were close to the IRI's I gave and children thought they could read
harder book levels than they actually could independently. I've found the
ZPD to be too broad for my children to benefit from. I agree with you
You might also try using a whisper phone. I have used one with my tutored
students before when helping with vowel sounds. They practice making the
short vowel sound into the phone. It makes them more attentive to the sound
they are producing and are more likely to produce an accurate sound.
Lucy Calkins has a unit about Authors voice. I'm assuming you are working
with older elementary or middle school kids so her 3-6 unit of study would
be the one to check out.
Deidra Chandler, NC
MA Early Childhood Ed
MA Reading
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Touching Spirit Bear is a great book. It has a lot of themes in it besides
the coming of age general theme. It touches on child abuse, alcoholism,
bullying, survival. Definitely read it yourself before reading it to your
students. Some students may be sensitive to the graphic descriptions of
I want to jump in on this conversation because I've been the recipient of
these classes on a regular basis for my entire career. Once other teachers
and administration realized I could 'handle' kids with 'issues' then I
became the first person they thought of for placement of that child. I've
Are non-fiction books ever used for comprehension assessment? This question
came up on another mailring. I couldn't think of any books used for this
purpose but I thought perhaps someone on this mailring might know more than
me.
(I'm new to this mailring and have been reading posts for some
