I am dismayed!! I have received numerous emails and calls about the fact that RAZ has dropped its Benchmark Books above the first grade. In addition, although the titles are the same for most of the Benchmark Books for Kindergarten
Where can I find news and current events written at different reading levels?
Teachers are often looking for different ways to present news stories to students at differing reading levels. Here are three I recommend: Newsela and Newsela Elementary – Newsela publishes high-interest news articles daily at five levels of complexity for grades 3-12. Their goal is to
How do you determine who is a non-reader according to the MCAS?
Every Fall I get a lot of questions about how to define a ”nonreader.” People ask this question because a student has to be termed a nonreader to be able to have a teacher read the reading portion of the MCAS aloud.