I want to say thanks to everyone who responded to my question concerning =
suggestions for books for below grade level readers. Here are a few of =
my responses:
The genre is generally referred to as High Interest / Low Vocabulary. =
There
are several sets available from Perma-Bound =
http://www.perma-bound.comunder
the set title, Jump Starters, e.g. Jump Starters I, Jump Starters II, =
etc.
There are five sets, 50 books in each set, however you do not have to =
buy
all at once. The sets reflect how AR quizzes are grouped. These titles =
are
gearred for 7th grade up. I have also experimented with Tom and Ricky
mystery series books, recommended by our special educ. teacher, one =
example
being, dancing monkey, by Bob Wright. All the Tom and Ricky titles are =
by
this author.
You post however, reflects a need to more clearly define what you mean =
by
students who read "well below" grade level. Before our school became
engulfed in Accelerated Reading, I had no idea how low some of our =
students
reading level was. Familiar with the author Margaret Hillert and her =
books
from my elementary days, I bought a bunch in paperback form on a lark a
couple of years back. I characterize these books as one step above, =
number -
alphabet - concept books, and would classify them, interest level wise =
as
K-1. These circulate heavily in my middle school library with special =
educ
and ESL students. I continute to struggle to add materials to this part =
of
my collection.
There are other publishers of this type of product. They generally are =
not
reveiwed in library publications. I hope others will provide some of =
these
companies, as they escape me at the moment.
John Lees
John Lees, Librarian
Mt. Baker Middle School Library
<http://www.auburn.wednet.edu/mtbaker/library>
620-37th SE
Auburn, WA 98002-8011
253-804-4555
jlees@mx.auburn.wednet.edu <mailto:jlees@mx.auburn.wednet.edu>
Kim,
How 'bout the Time Warp Trio? They are written at a third or =
fourth-grade
level, but the kids love them because they are funny. Or Captain =
Underpants.
The Among the Hidden, Betrayed and Imposters group is a fourth-grade =
level
book. So is Speak. The material is more mature, but the books are
elementary-type levels.
Chris
This is a topic near and dear to my heart - so I've got a list of
publishers of "high-low" books on my site at
http://www.resourceroom.net/Surfin/index2.asp#hilow. Also, in the
"reading comprehension" section I have some reviews of books I've read
with my students (as well as an article about those "hi-lo" books and
some instructional issues with them).=20
It is extremely easy to overestimate students' ability to "read" and
somehow make up for lack of reading skills with inference skills. It's
better to take the time to teach them to read.
Sue Jones, webmastress
http://www.resourceroom.net
John Ericson's Hank the Cowdog stories (over 30 titles in the series) =
are
humorous, yet easy to read. The stories are really for all ages. My 16 =
year
old son, a GT student, great reader, still picks up a new Hank the =
Cowdog
book from time to time and thoroughly enjoys it. On the other hand, Hank
books are often read by second and third graders who are ready for =
chapter
books.
In the picture book category, try Chris Van Allsburg titles for older
students. Some of Patricia Polacco's titles work well for older =
students,
too (Pink and Say, for example).
Bev Golden, LMS
Huebner Road Elementary
San Antonio
Kim Seale
Full Time Library Science Graduate Student
Eastern Kentucky University
kseale@ipro.net
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