The Rog and Burton article possesses a chart that highlights the different reading levels and what coordinates with them. Understanding what reading level a child can operate on with the most efficiency is crucial to being an effective teacher. By exposing students to reading material that is out of their range, a teacher can cause discouragement pertaining to reading or overwhelm a student with complexities.
There are multiple sources to finding a good book that targets a specific reading level. Scholastic Book wizard is the site that I have been recommended by multiple people. It has a search option that can find a specific book or a plethora of books that are of a certain reading level. Here is a link to this helpful resource.
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
It is very important to be aware of the reading level of each child in the classroom. Every child will be at a different level with various strengths and weaknesses, by zoning in on each child's abilities, the teacher is able to assist the child in the areas that need improvement.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this resource! Since every child will be on a different level, it is so awesome to know of another place to go to get curriculum for all of my future students!
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