Assessment.

I really liked the Fry article about leveling vs. readability and learning the ends and outs of each one.  I particularly found myself "siding" more with the idea of leveling because it seems like it is a personal way to care for your students in picking books for them. I liked the many different categories that go into leveling as opposed to the two in readability formulas.  This is just my personal opinion however, and what I got from the readings!


The second reading I chose by Lose, was a different aspect to do with the kinds of readers in the classroom.  This article focused on those with Learning Disabilities and how to prevent labeling children into these molds so early.  I like the topic that children should be assessed early and if they do fall into a "learning disability" that there is early intervention techniques that can be provided early in their childhood to catapult them out of the label of LD.  I personally think that there are too many children being labeled with learning disabilities among other things (like ADD) by teachers who don't know how to effectively and strategically work with these children to put them in the best position to learn and succeed.  I could be completely wrong in that thinking, but I could see how a teacher would become frustrated with themselves and the child and try to "pass them off" to someone else. I agree with many aspects of this article and hope that many teachers read it before being in the classroom.


I think I would have absolutely loved to go read in this loft when I was younger!  I think I would enjoy playing out my "mind movie" about the book I was reading up there too!