I've been looking at Lexile levels too now because I need to know how to define
beyond Z. Has anyone created a Beyond Z list or migrated from Fountas and
Pinnel to Lexile as a way to measure and match for seventh and eighth graders?
Maureen Robins
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JHS 194
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I hear your frustration. I heard Beck speak at a conference and she did
talk about this. Yet there is so much else that she says in conferences
and in her book Bringing Words to Life that isolating this particular
notion really wrenches the entirely of her work out of context. Can
kids learn more
I believe there is an overlap in some ways. Sometimes MOT strategies can be
uni-dimensional. With robust thinking as outlined by Marzano and as many of you
have suggested about the comparison/contrast you are really helping students
climb up the Bloom's ladder. Knowing Marzano's work might
Leslie and all, I am also turning this over and over again in my mind and I
have decided that a running record is definitely of value. The issue for us
has been what text to use beyond Z. And, how to develop teachers into skilled
assessors of retellings and other critical elements in order to
Could someone re- post the scholastic link? Were there 2? Thank you!
Maureen Robins
Assistant Principal
J.H.S. 194
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Cool Salsa is a wonderful book but perhaps some of the poem might be too mature
for an elementary setting. Poetry Speaks and its sister volume Poetry Speaks
for Children are terrific ways to listen to the poet reading his or her works.
On Poetry Speaks you can hear Syliva Plath (scary) as well
Hi. That's about it. Lots of reading. Lots of knowlege of levels and targeted
instruction. I'm trying to create a challenge level so that I can increae my
Level 4s -- or keep them there.
Maureen Robins
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