[Michlib-l] Lexile level and reading counts

[Ann Perrigo]

AARRGGHHHHH!  One of my pet peeves!  The whole "leveling" and testing thing
just drives me nuts.  Let the kids read what they WANT to read for heaven's
sake!

Rant over...

Ann


On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Amelia Nolan <anolan at sjcity.com> wrote:

>  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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-- 
Ann Perrigo, Co-Director
Albion District Library
501 S. Superior Street
Albion, MI 49224
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