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Beyond Leveled Books, Second Edition
Supporting Early and Transitional Readers in Grades K-5
In Beyond Leveled Books, Second Edition, the authors provide even more resources to help teachers understand and meet the needs of transitional readers. The key topic of series books has been revised and enlarged, with charts outlining new series with the challenges they pose and supports readers need. New lessons have been added, and most chapters now include a related article from a literacy expert. Some of the contributors include Kathy Collins, Larry Swartz, and Mary Lee Hahn.
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In Beyond Leveled Books, Second Edition, the authors provide even more resources to help teachers understand and meet the needs of transitional readers. The key topic of series books has been revised and enlarged, with charts outlining new series with the challenges they pose and supports readers need. New lessons have been added, and most chapters now include a related article from a literacy expert. Some of the contributors include Kathy Collins, Larry Swartz, and Mary Lee Hahn.
...read moreIn the first edition of Beyond Leveled Books, Franki Sibberson and Karen Szymusiak offered a much-needed perspective on moving transitional readers from the basic supports of leveling to independent book selection. Seven years later, drawing on their continued research and expanding roles as authors and literacy consultants, Franki and Karen, along with colleague Lisa Koch, present a new updated and expanded edition of this useful and eye-opening book.
Education Reviews, 2010
About the Author(s)
Table of Contents
List of Mini-Lessons
Foreword to the Second Edition
Foreword to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Challenging Leveled-Book Mania
Chapter 2: Expanding Our Definition of Just-Right Books in Our K-1 Classrooms
Chapter 3: Understanding Transitional Readers
Chapter 4: When Levels and Learning Clash: Moving from Levels to Supports in Designing Instruction
Chapter 5: Taking a Close Look at Series Books
Chapter 6: Using Picture Books, Nonfiction, and Graphic Novels with Transitional Readers
Chapter 7: Organizing for Thoughtful Instruction
Chapter 8: Grouping for Instruction
Chapter 9: Building a Reading Community
Chapter 10: Taking the Conversation Home
Epilogue
Appendix
Bibliography
Index