[ISLMA-Share] Middle School Boy - PG novels, high lexile

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Adding my two cents...Reading is a muscle. The more one reads the stronger a reader one becomes. Obviously, your student has been working out their mind by reading a lo to have developed such a high Lexile. Reading fiction is like running. It uses large [reading] muscle groups, and one can get really fast. Reading nonfiction is like swimming. It uses the same muscle groups as running but there is more drag--one has to work/think harder and pull instead of propel. I typically steer advanced young readers towards high-interest, narrative non-fiction as opposed to more 'mature' fiction. Find a topic they are interested in and steer them towards that Dewey decimal in your library and let them loose. They will read the whole shelf!


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Rant warning.....I had a query similar to this recently.  If you look on Lexile.com at that level, you will find things like Dante's Inferno, Paradise Lost (Both of which I did read...in college).  Having a Lexile level that high is wonderful....what it means is that you can already read most anything you want to.  Is the goal of reading to reach lexile 2000?  Or is it to cultivate a love and enjoyment of reading and enrich your life?  It is useful to have a Lexile measure in order to help you choose books that -- while you are learning to read -- can help you grow and challenge you without frustrating you.  Once you have achieved a Lexile of 1400, you no longer have that issue, unless you are reading very technical or difficult material.  If you can read at that level, you can read whatever you want....because you can!  Just like with the F & P level issue, forget the level and allow kids to read for interest.  A nonreader with a high Lexile may as well have a low Lexile for all the good it does them.  Level of reading material doesn't matter...reading does.

Rant over. Just this librarian's opinion.


On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info<mailto:islma at list.railslibraries.info>> wrote:
I've been asked to find books that are PG and close to a 1400 lexile.  Medical dictionary? :)  Difficult to find so I'm concentrating on the PG and getting as high of a lexile as I can.  Anyone have some great titles to recommend for a 6th grade boy?



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