Reading great children's books: The way children become good readers is to spend a lot of time reading. Kids need lots of time and space in their days to read, every day, at school and at home. And when they love their books, they will choose to spend more time reading. According to successful reading teachers, the only way to encourage a love of reading is to invite kids to choose their own books. Wise parents and teachers gather the best in children's literature, make it readily available, [Read More]
Exploring Leveled Books
Our Newest N Leveled Books
Read our new N leveled books We have two new sets of books for readers in grades 2, 3 and 4. We have chosen books that we know will have a high level of appeal for girls, and some that will attract the boys in this age group. You'll find something for everyone here! Take a look inside our new N Set 5. We have five new books with strong female characters. First, there is Judy Moody, who many of us have known for years. This is the latest Judy story from Megan McDonald: Judy Moody and the Bad [Read More]
Winter Focused Leveled Books
Wintry leveled books from A to K Winter is definitely here! And Leveled Reader has some wonderful winter tales for your developing readers. Choose from books leveled A through K. For the youngest readers we have the ever-popular Snow Trucking from the Trucktown series by Jon Scieszka. You'll find it in Set A-B 3. In Gus Makes a Friend, we find the industrious young rhino building a new friend for himself when everyone else is too busy to play (Set C-D 6). At level E-F, we have Max and Mo [Read More]
A and B Leveled Books
Leveled books for the youngest readers As teachers and parents of young readers, you know how hard it is to find good quality leveled books at the A and B levels. We search high and low for these beginning leveled books. We are confident that we have found the very best new A and B leveled books for you. Our leveled books are carefully selected to optimize the learning-to-read experience for the very beginning readers. There are not many books out there that are truly A and B leveled [Read More]
“Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions.”
To celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, May 3 – 7, 2010 and Teacher Appreciation Day, May 4, 2010 . . . We, here at Leveled Reader.com, and I am sure all of our many customers who care so much about literacy, helping educators supplement reading programs and providing a key to a child’s success, want to thank teachers everywhere. “Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions,” Anonymous. This is true. Few other professionals touch as many people as teachers [Read More]
Leveled Reader recognizes “Mental Health Month” by recommending leveled books that help your child understand and build self esteem
The month of May is designated to celebrate many things, among them is “Mental Health Month.” According to experts, to have good mental health, your brain needs to be physically fit and emotionally fit. To keep your brain physically fit, keep your body healthy. This will boost your self esteem, mood, and overall mental state. At least 30 minutes a day of some sort of physical activity helps improve memory, reasoning, and reaction times in your brain. You can do things like walk 100 steps [Read More]
Closing the Achievement Gaps – National Education Association Strategies for Teachers and Parents.
For those readers who are educators or teachers, you know the National Education Association (NEA) shares information on a variety of educational topics. Among those topics is C.A.R.E. and C.A.R.E. Strategies for Closing the Achievement Gaps. Those strategies include: Allowing students to select a reading partner. Showing a short video clip as a pre-reading activity. Reading aloud with stops for quick oral responses. Engaging students in challenging discussions of the meaning of [Read More]
Do you hear what I hear? Add a new dimension to storytelling and reading while celebrating Better Hearing and Speech month in May.
In looking at the school and events calendar, I realized May is fast approaching. Of course, we are familiar with May events such as May Day, Cinco de Mayo, Memorial Day, and Mother’s Day. But there are some other days in May to learn about and celebrate. Armed Forces Day, Florence Nightingale’s birthday, and Mother Goose Day. Moreover, May is Better Hearing and Speech Month. According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASLHA), the annual May event ”provides [Read More]
Leveled Reader gets a little help from “Lily” choosing leveled books for March
March has so many birthdays, events and celebrations to acknowledge and, before we know it, April will be here! That’s too bad because there are so many books already leveled for you that, for instance, celebrate March’s ‘Women in History’ month. Lily just showed me the “Childhood of Famous Americans Ready-to-Read” book series. Wow. I got excited just looking at all the possibilities available in that series (even if there are a few books about men, too)! When Lily was looking for books on [Read More]
Guided reading programs can become boring – let Flat Stanley spice things up for teachers and parents who know it is hard work to keep kids interested in reading!
Part of our goal in being a “Leveled Book Resource” is to bring our teachers, parents and others that want to encourage kids to read ideas that help encourage today’s youth to spend time reading. Spring is almost here and Spring Fever might make your child want to do anything but read. Along with Spring, thoughts often turn to adventure and travel instead. You and your students or child may not be able to travel in the literal sense, but you can through books! One of our favorite choices [Read More]
