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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m asking for suggestions on beginning chapter books specifically geared for reading level 1<sup>st</sup> – 3<sup>rd</sup> grade. I need to update and add to our collections and with recent requests from parents/children, I need to focus on the 1<sup>st</sup>-3 grade reading level. I do have books in that interest range but have discovered quite a few tend to be a high 3 or in the 4 for accelerated reading level. I need to focus on more of the 2<sup>nd</sup> grade level and they have to be chapter books. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When you are in a school district where students cannot read a book below their tested reading level (in some cases cannot read above it either) and are required to achieve a certain amount of points each marking period or their grade is lowered, I do at some times have to pay attention to the AR level. I had my first student in yesterday who left upset because a book he really wanted to read does not have an AR test so he said “I can’t read it”; I really dislike Accelerated Reading! It’s to the point where a book will go untouched if it’s not an AR book or at the right reading level; we will hear non-stop until June “I can’t read that book” by numerous students.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Would you share what new series are popular with your 1<sup>st</sup> – 3<sup>rd</sup> graders? I would really like reviews from actual readers before selecting new series to purchase.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Gabriola;color:#0070C0'>BillieJo Bluemer</span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Gabriola;color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rauchholz Memorial Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1140 N Hemlock Rd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hemlock MI 48626<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>989-642-8621<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#365F91'><a href="mailto:billiejo@rauchholzlibrary.org">billiejo@rauchholzlibrary.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#365F91'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>