[aisle] Super Short Stories - Hi/Lo

Taryn Parise tparise at barrington220.org
Thu Jan 21 10:51:48 CST 2021


Would Jason Reynolds' Look Both Ways collection work?  They probably
wouldn't work if the students have severe disabilities.

On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 10:27 AM Drumm, Erica via AISLE <
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> Ooh, tough request. So many short-short stories read like poems in that
> they demand that readers pay close attention.
>
> You may find some options on Common Lit.  <https://www.commonlit.org/> I
> browsed by Genre- (Short Story) and then filtered it to a 6th grade
> audience and found this Gary Soto short story
> <https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/seventh-grade> that they might like.
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 9:02 AM Kate Rogers via AISLE <
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>> Hi, everyone,
>>
>> I am looking for (a book of) *short stories for students in our high
>> school special needs classes*. These students don't like stories that
>> seem too baby, too elementary. They don't want to read picture books no
>> matter the design or complexity.
>>
>> If I read the stories aloud to them, the reading should last *5-10
>> minutes *so I'm thinking *3-8 pages*.
>>
>> *Any recommendations?*
>>
>> Thanks so much for your insights & ideas!
>> Kate Rogers
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