new AR levels

[rschulte <rschulte@WTN.K12.SD.US>]

THANKS for all the great input!  I am really enjoying this list.  I have
learned a lot in the few days I have belonged!  I do understand that the
maturity level and the reading level are 2 different things.  It saddens
me to think that I have a wonderful book here, (still refering to "Are
You There God, It's Me, Margaret", and no one is reading it.  My students
that read at a 3.6 level say it's too long.  They can't comprehend enough
of the book to get through it.

And I am still baffled as to why a book can be a 7.4 one year, and the
next year drop to a 4.7!  That's a huge difference.  If it was helpful to
the upper reader last year, it is no longer helpful to that reading
range?

Our teacher's here rely on the level of the book a lot, that's what AR is
suppose to be about, right?  I wonder if there is a way of supporting
that without putting so much emphasis on it?  Does that make sense??

Raynette Schulte, Librarian
Lincoln Elementary School, Watertown, SD
rschulte@wtn.k12.sd.us

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