A Different Take on Leveling Your Classroom Library UPDATE
I have added to the levels in this package. The package went from Levels A to P. I have now included labels from levels Q to Z.
Enjoy!
Kemble :-)
Last year I went to a professional development session on an Active Young Readers (AYR) Kit all the Primary to Grade 3 teachers received. The kit is amazing and the books are beautiful. At one point in the session we were going through the assessment resource guide and the instructor pointed out one section in which it described leveling you classroom library a different way. I know a lot of parents and even students get focused on the reading level (Is my child on level A or D? What are the other kids reading at?) This sectioned focused on one teacher and how instead of labeling her bins with with just the letters A, B, C, D, etc, she labeled the bins with words that started with those letters such as Awesome, Beautiful, Cool, Delightful, etc. The first letter of each word indicated the level of the book and will take away the focus of levels and the students and parents comparing themselves to what "levels" they are on. This will also give you a chance to put your baskets in a non-sequential order which would also help students give less attention to the level. I just loved this idea and brought it back to our school. This coming year, the teachers in Grade Primary to Grade 3 will be trying this to see how it works. I have made a variety of labels for this upcoming year.
You can find these labels in my TPT store at the following link:
OR
my TeachersNotebook shop at the following link:
Enjoy!
Kemble :-)
Last year I went to a professional development session on an Active Young Readers (AYR) Kit all the Primary to Grade 3 teachers received. The kit is amazing and the books are beautiful. At one point in the session we were going through the assessment resource guide and the instructor pointed out one section in which it described leveling you classroom library a different way. I know a lot of parents and even students get focused on the reading level (Is my child on level A or D? What are the other kids reading at?) This sectioned focused on one teacher and how instead of labeling her bins with with just the letters A, B, C, D, etc, she labeled the bins with words that started with those letters such as Awesome, Beautiful, Cool, Delightful, etc. The first letter of each word indicated the level of the book and will take away the focus of levels and the students and parents comparing themselves to what "levels" they are on. This will also give you a chance to put your baskets in a non-sequential order which would also help students give less attention to the level. I just loved this idea and brought it back to our school. This coming year, the teachers in Grade Primary to Grade 3 will be trying this to see how it works. I have made a variety of labels for this upcoming year.
You can find these labels in my TPT store at the following link:
OR
my TeachersNotebook shop at the following link:
Enjoy!
Kemble :-)
can we donate our book retriver app to you? it will help you level your whole classroom library!
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Sure, that would awesome!!! Thank you.
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