The fiction book I chose was “There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books” by Lucille Colandro and Illustrated by Jared Lee. The book was published by Scholastics Inc. in September 2012. This book is aimed for children between 3 years old to 8 years old. The Lexile level is 470L, which is grade 3 reading level. The scholastics website said between PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade. This book is a great first week back to school book because the old lady is swallowing school items. The book has a lot of rhyming and lively illustrations that will intrigue young readers. The non fiction book I chose was “See Me Grow” by Penelope Arlon and Tory Gordon-Harris. The book was published by Scholastic Inc. in 2012. This book can cover a variety of age groups depending on the activity and or if the child is reading the book or not. Scholastics recommends
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This book was published by Scholastics Inc. in 2012. This book is targeted for children between the ages of 3-7 and can be used in PreK, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade. The Lexile level to this book is 250L. Which is targeted for 1st grade readers. This is a great short book children can read after a lesson on how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. As a teacher you can also incorporate a fiction book to go along with this book called “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”. It’s really important that we also incorporate non fiction literature into our classrooms for reading.
In conclusion, it’s important that we look at Lexile levels when reading to children and having books they may read or look at in our classrooms. We don’t want books that are so high it will frustrate the child and we don't want books so low that they aren’t being challenged enough. Because these books can be used in several different grade levels and age groups it’s important we figure out where each child is at and give them books that will benefit them the
This book was published by Scholastics Inc. in 2012. This book is targeted for children between the ages of 3-7 and can be used in PreK, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade. The Lexile level to this book is 250L. Which is targeted for 1st grade readers. This is a great short book children can read after a lesson on how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. As a teacher you can also incorporate a fiction book to go along with this book called “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”. It’s really important that we also incorporate non fiction literature into our classrooms for reading.
In conclusion, it’s important that we look at Lexile levels when reading to children and having books they may read or look at in our classrooms. We don’t want books that are so high it will frustrate the child and we don't want books so low that they aren’t being challenged enough. Because these books can be used in several different grade levels and age groups it’s important we figure out where each child is at and give them books that will benefit them the