Automated library catalog search for materials on assessing
reading levels
Curriculum Planning Materials
1. New York
State Education Department Curricular Publications Select English Language Arts
2.
Readers (Basal, Leveled, Big Books)
a.
Basal
readers in our library (especially see
Teacher editions which usually include reduced-size pages of student reader in addition
to lesson plans): Browse for basal readers on Curriculum
Stack 2 under: curr CT 372.41
b.
Leveled
Books in our library:
·
See automated search of our library catalog
·
Browse for leveled books on Curriculum
Stack 2 under: curr CT 372.41
·
Conversion/comparison
charts for different leveling systems:
o
Early Success series (Houghton
Mifflin) We own: curr CT 372.41
H81s 2003
o
Sunshine and other series (Wright
Group/McGraw Hill) We own: curr CT 372.41
W88
o
Leveled Readers (Houghton Mifflin) We don’t own this series but the comparison chart is very useful
because it compares several leveling systems including Lexile levels and traditional grade levels.
c. Big Books in our
library:
· See
automated search of our library catalog
· Browse
for big books on Curriculum
Stacks 2 and 3 under: curr CX 372.41Big Book and CX
372.6 Big Book
· Also browse for big books in other elementary
subject areas
3. Teaching
guides/activity books independent of basal readers and leveled book
series:
a. Automated
searches of our library catalog:
(Reading or readers or alphabet) and (preschool
or primary or early childhood)
(writing
or language arts or english language or literature or
literacy ) and (preschool or primary or early childhood)
b.
Browse on Curriculum
Resources Stack 2 under: curr CC 372.41 and CC 372.6 and CC 372.2
4. Audio, software, videos, manipulatives, etc. on the
Curriculum Resources shelves
a. Automated searches of our
library catalog for all of the above types of materials:
(Reading
or readers or alphabet) and (preschool or primary or early childhood)
(writing
or language arts or english language or literature or
literacy or alphabet) and (preschool or primary or early childhood)
b.
c. Browse on Curriculum
Resources Stack 2 for audio, video, manipulatives, puppets, etc. under CX 372.41 and on Curriculum Resources Stack
3 under CX 372.6
Especially see:
Manipulatives
of particular note: Reading
rods
Puppets
are mostly on display in TERC. Descriptions
and photos Look for link to photo in field labeled ‘External’ in library
catalog records.
5. Websites
For graded booklists, lesson plans and activities, see
websites under ‘English Language Arts’.
Also see sites on same page
under’ All Teachers and all School Subjects.’
1. Search in our
library catalog:
a.
See
automated searches of our library catalog:
Rhyming
books (a type of predictable book)
b. Search for
your own topic in our library catalog
2.
Browse on Juvenile/Young Adult shelves
in
3.
Scan databases,
websites and print sources to find recommended
children’s books by topic and age/reading level:
a.
See Carol Hurst’s Children’s
Literature Website
b.
Children's Literature
Comprehensive Database (CLCD) Especially useful for finding reading levels and content evaluations of
children’s books and books by genre or subject.
When you find a title of interest,
you may want to look up title in our library catalog. If not available in our catalog, you may
borrow book via our Information Delivery Services.
Contains some teacher guides
Provides links to other teaching
resources
Allows you to create bibliographies
of books you find of interest
c.
International Reading
Association recommended book lists
d.
The
Children’s Literature Web Guide
e.
See
list of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
created by the New York Public Library with call numbers added to indicate
which titles are available in our library.
f.
Use
bibliographies and thematic lists to identify books by topic and grade level.
f. Choosing
the right books for struggling readers
This article includes readability websites and
other practical information. If you are off-campus, you may be asked to provide
your Geneseo email username and password to view full text of article.
g.
See
websites under ‘English Language Arts’ for graded
booklists, lesson plans and activities
4. Search in catalogs of other libraries for children’s
books:
a.
Kids’
catalog of the Monroe County Library System Search for books in this
catalog; then, check in our library catalog to see if we own them. If not, we can borrow them for you on
Interlibrary Loan.
b.
Rochester Area Regional Catalog (ROARing
CAT) Especially
useful for locating materials in area school
libraries. (Enter a subject search
such as: farm* and juvenile). Includes public, college and special
libraries also but is not as up to date as searching those library catalogs
directly.
c.
‘Kids’ Catalog on OWWL Access (
Search
in Primary Search (identifies articles written at specific
reading levels referred to as Lexile levels)
1. See articles on
teaching reading:
a. Search in ERIC
database (CSA version contains links to full text – this is first link that
appears);
Sample search
on Advanced Search Screen
b. Also
search in InfoTrac, Masterfile Select, ProQuest PA
Research II
2. See Choosing the right books for struggling readers This particular periodical article includes
readability websites and other practical information. If you are off-campus,
you may be asked to provide your Geneseo email username and password to view
full text of article.
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