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My library has partnered with our local public school to provide access to the reading counts test portal here at the library. Parents love it.
<br />We also provide assistance by tagging our juvenile and teen materials with a lexile score in the shared LLC shared catalog through Encore. Anyone can type in a lexile range (600-700) on the online catalog and get a list of books within that range that are here at our library.
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<br />We have links to the Scholastic website and the Lexile website on our kids page to help out too. WE have created some book marks for kids with high lexile scores that are young and may not be ready for the content that is in some teen books. We have taken these measures to help our staff as much as our patrons. It is much easier for staff to assist parents and kids with the work we have done to partner with area schools.
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<br />I don't necessarily agree with this method of literacy education but I can see where it would be useful to teachers and I support that.
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<br />LaVonne Marshall
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Coopersville Area District Library
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333 Ottawa Street
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Coopersville MI 49404
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616-837-6809
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From: Cathy Moras <cmoras@ndpma.org>
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To: Mary Rice <mrice@milfordlibrary.info>
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Cc: "michlib-l@mcls.org" <michlib-l@mcls.org>
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Sent: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:21:06 -0500
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Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Lexile level and reading counts
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<br />> Unfortunately, the quizzes are through a subscription service purchased
by school libraries. My son has to take quizzes and he can only take them at
school:
<br />> <a href="http://www.renaissance.com/products/accelerated-reader/sample-quiz">http://www.renaissance.com/products/accelerated-reader/sample-quiz</a>
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<br />> I wish we had access at home, but I see that even the student app
doesn't allow quizzes to be taken from home, only at school.
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<br />> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Mary Rice <span dir="ltr"><<a target="_blank" href="mailto:mrice@milfordlibrary.info">mrice@milfordlibrary.info</a>></span> wrote:
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<br />> Apologies...I just re-read
the original email and realized that the main concern is finding out if there
are quizzes to go along with the books. Book Wizard doesn't appear to have
that capability. Still, it's a great tool for at least finding books within
a certain level range. Barbara's recommendation of AR BookFind seems to be
the best
bet.
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<br />> Mary Rice
<br />> Head of Youth and Teen Services
<br />> Milford
Public Library
<br />> 330 Family Dr
<br />> Milford MI 48381
<br />> <a target="_blank" value="+12486840845" href="tel:%28248%29%20684-0845%20ext.%20403">(248) 684-0845 ext. 403</a>
<br />> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:mrice@milfordlibrary.info">mrice@milfordlibrary.info</a>
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<br />> From: "Mary Rice"
<<a target="_blank" href="mailto:mrice@milfordlibrary.info">mrice@milfordlibrary.info</a>>
<br />> Sent: Friday, November
14, 2014 9:29am
<br />> To: "Amelia Nolan" <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:anolan@sjcity.com">anolan@sjcity.com</a>>
<br />> Cc: "<a target="_blank" href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>"
<<a target="_blank" href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>>
<br />> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l]
Lexile level and reading counts
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<br />> Scholastic's Book Wizard is
another good tool. You can search by title, similar books, and levels (Grade
Level Equivalency, DRA, Guided Reading or Lexile). You can also refine the
searches by Interest Level, Theme/Subject, Genre, Series, and Language. I did a
search for 1130-1300 and came up with 2057 books that included books ranging
from the <em>Oxcart Man</em> to <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>. Refining it to an
Interest Level of 6th - 8th grades, gave me 1101 hits with books like the
<em>Series of Unfortunate Events</em>, <em>Brian's Winter</em>,
<em>Catherine Called Birdy</em> to name a
few.
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<br />> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/">http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/</a>
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<br />> Mary Rice
<br />> Head of Youth and Teen Services
<br />> Milford
Public Library
<br />> 330 Family Dr
<br />> Milford MI 48381
<br />> <a target="_blank" value="+12486840845" href="tel:%28248%29%20684-0845%20ext.%20403">(248) 684-0845 ext. 403</a>
<br />> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:mrice@milfordlibrary.info">mrice@milfordlibrary.info</a>
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<br />> From: "Amelia
Nolan" <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:anolan@sjcity.com">anolan@sjcity.com</a>>
<br />> Sent: Thursday, November 13,
2014 4:09pm
<br />> To: "<a target="_blank" href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>" <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>>
<br />> Subject: [Michlib-l] Lexile
level and reading counts
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<br />> Help! Has anyone else discovered an
easy way to help parents with this conundrum of lexile level books that also
have reading count quizzes?
<br />> Today I had a mom come in who had a sixth
grade son who was at a high reading level (lexile 1130-1300) and she was looking
for books. I had a really hard time finding titles for her that were still
housed in the children's section.
<br />> I pulled a bunch of novels that I
consider higher reading level and then looked them up on the lexile website and
many weren't even listed. The ones I did find (they were all nf), the mom
would have to turn around and see if these particular titles had quizzes
available.
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<br />> Has anyone figured out a more streamlined way of
doing this or do you depend on the school librarian/teacher to pass out lists of
titles and levels that have quizzes?
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<br />> Thanks for any
advice!
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<br />> <strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-size: medium;">Amy
Nolan</span></strong>
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<br />> <strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-size: medium;">Children's
Librarian</span></strong>
<strong></strong>
<br />> <strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-size: medium;">St. Joseph Public
Library</span></strong>
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<br />> <strong><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); font-size: medium;"><a target="_blank" value="+12699837167" href="tel:269-983-7167">269-983-7167</a></span></strong>
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