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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Actually, Scholastic Book Wizard does tell if there are quizzes available by listing the different reading motivational programs available for that particular book. It just doesn’t tell you the test number. It is a great resource. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>By the way, if you looking for higher level books for this 6<sup>th</sup> grade student, it might be worth looking at guided reading level (Scholastic Book Wizard shows these as well). Guided Reading is based on the higher-level thought process in a book. Whereas Accelerated Reader might list a book in the 4.0 range, that same book might be listed as Y or Z in Guided Reading (Z is the highest level). I have several teachers (upper elementary) that use this as a parameter to help students that have a high reading level range.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Diane Greiner, Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Croton Township Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>231-652-1615<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:crodg@llcoop.org">crodg@llcoop.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mary Rice<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 14, 2014 10:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> Amelia Nolan<br><b>Cc:</b> michlib-l@mcls.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] Lexile level and reading counts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mary Rice<br>Head of Youth and Teen Services<br>Milford Public Library<br>330 Family Dr<br>Milford MI 48381<br>(248) 684-0845 ext. 403<br><a href="mailto:mrice@milfordlibrary.info">mrice@milfordlibrary.info</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: "Mary Rice" <<a href="mailto:mrice@milfordlibrary.info">mrice@milfordlibrary.info</a>><br>Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 9:29am<br>To: "Amelia Nolan" <<a href="mailto:anolan@sjcity.com">anolan@sjcity.com</a>><br>Cc: "<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Lexile level and reading counts<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Oxcart Man</span></em> to <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pride and Prejudice</span></em>. Refining it to an Interest Level of 6th - 8th grades, gave me 1101 hits with books like the <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Series of Unfortunate Events</span></em>, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brian's Winter</span></em>, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Catherine Called Birdy</span></em> to name a few.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/">http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mary Rice<br>Head of Youth and Teen Services<br>Milford Public Library<br>330 Family Dr<br>Milford MI 48381<br>(248) 684-0845 ext. 403<br><a href="mailto:mrice@milfordlibrary.info">mrice@milfordlibrary.info</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: "Amelia Nolan" <<a href="mailto:anolan@sjcity.com">anolan@sjcity.com</a>><br>Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 4:09pm<br>To: "<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br>Subject: [Michlib-l] Lexile level and reading counts<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div id=SafeStyles1415979537><div id=SafeStyles1415974774><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>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.<br><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?<br><br>Thanks for any advice!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Amy Nolan</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>Children's Librarian</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>St. Joseph Public Library</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='-ms-word-wrap: break-word'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:purple'>269-983-7167</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>