Integrating Instructional-Level Social Studies Trade Books for Struggling Readers in Upper Elementary Grades

I thought this article was very interesting.  It refreshed my memory of what I have learned in past classes about  leveled text and low level readers. I think when teachers do have below grade level readers they do favor them more. It is our job as educators to find text that is appropriate for all students in our classroom. I don’t agree with Ms Green having Jon read a book that he struggled with. I could sense his embarresment while reading about him. I am not great in math and teachers have called on me before to answer a problem where I didn’t have the slightest clue where to begin. I could relate to Jon’s embarresment and insecurity. I think the list of books included this article will be very helpful to us in the future. I can imagine it is hard to find appropriate grade level and “good” books for students, atleast we’ve already got one subject down and atleast two others to go!

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