Madeline, remember that AR is not just an elementary program. Struggling
middle school and high school readers have just as much need to read
interesting materials on their reading level as elementary students do.
So it =is= appropriate for Walter Dean Myers' books to be labeled 3.x
because that is the vocabulary level represented there. Remember, AR is
=not= a selection tool. It is a reading program. One must still make
professional judgements in selecting and recommending books for
students. All the more reason for there to be a librarian involved in
the process.
Carol Simpson, Ed.D.
Asst. Professor - School of Library & Information Sciences
University of North Texas
PO Box 311068
205 Chestnut, ISB #205
Denton, TX 76203
940-565-3776 (voice)
940-565-3101 (fax)
csimpson@lis.admin.unt.edu
>>> "Madeline L. Buchanan" <mlbuchanan1@charter.net> 09/02/02 08:20AM
>>>
It doesn't make sense that "Scorpions" by
Walter Dean Myers is leveled at 3.7 while Grolier's Nature's Children
books
are leveled at 5th grade up. Even most of the Dr. Seuss books are 3.9
up.
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