Re: TARGET, ELEM, A.R.labeling

[Barb Engvall <readsomebooks@HOME.COM>]

We use different colored labels for each level and then put the book label
that AR will generate in the back of the book. If you don't label them, the
kids will not be able to find appropriate books...it takes some of them long
enough as it is! We have not encountered any stigma problems...we make a
point to not make it an issue. I use lots of examples that everyone is
different/better than others in SOMETHING and the only way to get better is
to practice reading IN THEIR ZONE!
--
Barb Engvall
Library Media Specialist
John Campbell Elementary
408 N. 1st Street
Selah, WA 98942

readsomebooks@home.com

> From: Mary Ellen Tremblay <mtremblay@psgsd.k12.ak.us>
> Organization: Petersburg City Schools
> Reply-To: mtremblay@psgsd.k12.ak.us
> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:19:52 -0700
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: TARGET, ELEM, A.R.labeling
>
> I have searched the archives using "accelerated reader" and "labeling",
> but have not found hits on the topic.  Please guide me to any previous
> discussions that will answer my questions regarding Accelerated Reader!
>
> We are implementing AR for the first time.  We're a k-5 elementary, with
> 280 students, and I'm a full-time LMS.  I plan to keep all books
> organized by traditional library system.  But, as we begin this process,
> I wonder about how other librarians label their books.  Do you label the
> spine with the reading level, or do you label the inside of the book,
> just marking the spine as an AR book in general?  I'm wondering about
> the "stigma" problem.  My teachers are divided about it, and some think
> it's not an issue, while others do.  What arguments or experiences do
> you have with this?
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Mary Ellen Tremblay, Library Media Specialist
> Stedman Elem. Library, Petersburg, AK  99833
> mtremblay@psgsd.k12.ak.us
>
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