A sub-site from the Scholastic website, teachers are provided with a very useful tool for helping students make reading selections. Some of these services include a Quick Search, Leveled Search, and BookAlike search. The Quick Search tool allows you to search by title, author, and keyword, if you already know what you are looking for. The Leveled Search offers more options, and allows you to create individualized reading lists for students based on their interests, reading ability, and age level. In the Leveled Search feature, you can search for books by reading level, type, and genre. You can define reading level by grade level equivalent, Lexile, DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment), or Guided Reading. The reading lists that are generated take into account all of the information provided. For example, if a second grader reads at a 7th grade level, ONLY the 7th grade level books that are appropriate for 2nd graders would come back in the list. The third search option, BookAlike, allows you to find books similar to titles students already enjoy. With BookAlike, you can also specify if the books should be at, above, or below the original book's level. In addition to these three great search functions, the Book Wizard will also show whether books are part of the Scholastic Reading Counts and/or Accelerated Reader programs. Finally, a My Book Lists feature allows you to print, email, and share lists of books that you create. To use this feature, you need to complete the free registration process. The site contains a searchable database of over 50,000 books from all publishers.
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