Lexile+Discussion

> I agree with the concept of promoting reading regardless of a "level". I experienced this years ago with Reading Renaissance and requiring students to read within their "ZPD > My daughter's measure at the end of 8th grade was at the level of Pride and Prejudice and Silas Marner. However, I highly doubt she could have read and comprehended those novels at that time. > This doesn't even take into account that the lexile measure for most of our students is above 1100. In fact, this week a teacher brought in a 9th grade standard English class....most of which had a lexile score of 1100 + with some well above that. Almost every fiction novel on our shelves fell into the range of 700 - 980....and those with 980 were very sparse. We have none with a 1400+. What is even more ironic.....the teacher felt that most of the books that were within the 900-1000 range (such as The Rule of Four) would be WAY too difficult for her students who had a measure of 1100. > At this level, I have had students tell me they hate reading because they hated AR. After giving those same kids a novel (without regard of level) that I knew they would enjoy.....they have come back to tell me they managed to get through the first book they have ever read cover to cover. > When you use the advanced search option, it allows you to search by lexile level for kids, middle school, and high school. On the Middle Search Plus (a fantastic resource), it only goes up to 1300, so for students working above that, one needs to use the high school option. This is a great supplemental tool to further investigate a content area matter in a lexile range, which will actually help in regards to EOG type assessments where the non fiction pieces are typically the ones that affect the higher lexile.
 * We will surely stifle the love of reading and reading progress if we require our students to read in a certain lexile.
 * I encourage my students and their teachers to allow students to read what they want to read
 * The lexile management piece can easily be obtained by reading an article in the lexile range once a week or so.
 * The EBSCO resources through NC Wise allow users to search by interest and lexile level in the advanced search.
 * Need happy medium to ensure the academic side of improving one's reading ability while at the same time instilling a deep love and enjoyment of reading.
 * It baffles me that according to [|www.lexile.com] Brian's Hunt by Gary Paulsen had a Lexile Score of 1180 while Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is 1190 and Grendel is 920. In the past Brian's Hunt is something read by 5th - 8th graders .... Pride and Prejudice by 12th grade AP English....and Grendel by 11th grade.
 * Should a student with a measure of 1450 should be required to read something non-fiction about architecture because we have no fiction books in their range?
 * These are great resources for finding reading materials in the content areas to differentiate for various student abilities. I