[Michlib-l] Lexile level and reading counts

[Diane Greiner]

Actually, Scholastic Book Wizard does tell if there are quizzes available by listing the different reading motivational programs available for that particular book.  It just doesn’t tell you the test number.  It is a great resource.  

 

By the way, if you looking for higher level books for this 6th grade student, it might be worth looking at guided reading level (Scholastic Book Wizard shows these as well).  Guided Reading is based on the higher-level thought process in a book.  Whereas Accelerated Reader might list a book in the 4.0 range, that same book might be listed as Y or Z in Guided Reading (Z is the highest level).  I have several teachers (upper elementary) that use this as a parameter to help students that have a high reading level range.

 

Diane Greiner, Director

Croton Township Library

231-652-1615

crodg at llcoop.org 

 

From: michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org] On Behalf Of Mary Rice
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 10:47 AM
To: Amelia Nolan
Cc: michlib-l at mcls.org
Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Lexile level and reading counts

 

Apologies...I just re-read the original email and realized that the main concern is finding out if there are quizzes to go along with the books.  Book Wizard doesn't appear to have that capability.  Still, it's a great tool for at least finding books within a certain level range.  Barbara's recommendation of AR BookFind seems to be the best bet.

 

Mary Rice
Head of Youth and Teen Services
Milford Public Library
330 Family Dr
Milford MI 48381
(248) 684-0845 ext. 403
mrice at milfordlibrary.info



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From: "Mary Rice" <mrice at milfordlibrary.info>
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:29am
To: "Amelia Nolan" <anolan at sjcity.com>
Cc: "michlib-l at mcls.org" <michlib-l at mcls.org>
Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Lexile level and reading counts

Scholastic's Book Wizard is another good tool.  You can search by title, similar books, and levels (Grade Level Equivalency, DRA, Guided Reading or Lexile).  You can also refine the searches by Interest Level, Theme/Subject, Genre, Series, and Language.  I did a search for 1130-1300 and came up with 2057 books that included books ranging from the Oxcart Man to Pride and Prejudice.  Refining it to an Interest Level of 6th - 8th grades, gave me 1101 hits with books like the Series of Unfortunate Events, Brian's Winter, Catherine Called Birdy to name a few.

 

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/

 

 

Mary Rice
Head of Youth and Teen Services
Milford Public Library
330 Family Dr
Milford MI 48381
(248) 684-0845 ext. 403
mrice at milfordlibrary.info



-----Original Message-----
From: "Amelia Nolan" <anolan at sjcity.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 4:09pm
To: "michlib-l at mcls.org" <michlib-l at mcls.org>
Subject: [Michlib-l] Lexile level and reading counts

Help! Has anyone else discovered an easy way to help parents with this conundrum of lexile level books that also have reading count quizzes?
Today I had a mom come in who had a sixth grade son who was at a high reading level (lexile 1130-1300) and she was looking for books.  I had a really hard time finding titles for her that were still housed in the children's section.
I pulled a bunch of novels that I consider higher reading level and then looked them up on the lexile website and many weren't even listed. The ones I did find (they were all nf), the mom would have to turn around and  see if these particular titles had quizzes available.

Has anyone figured out a more streamlined way of doing this or do you depend on the school librarian/teacher to pass out lists of titles and levels that have quizzes?

Thanks for any advice!

 

Amy Nolan

Children's Librarian

St. Joseph Public Library

269-983-7167

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