I would like to thank everyone that I have met with so far on the fantastic workshop planning sessions. We are getting a lot of excellent planning done and teachers are leaving excited about workshop. I want to encourage you to find your meeting time on the chart on the door in the staff lounge. If the time does not work for you, please see me and we will try to work something else out. David has been so kind to provide rovering subs for these meetings.

I have been in gathering books from you to level for the the leveled libraries. I wanted to provide a guide for the color dots for your information.

blue = challenge (above current grade level)
green = on grade level
yellow = easy (one year below grade level)
red = very easy (two + years below grade level)

When I check the level of a book I use the website src.scholastic.com/ecatalog. I type in the title of the book and if the book is in the database it will show a full description of the book. The RL (reading level) is listed on the page. If the reading level is 3.2 and you are a 5th Grade teacher, you would place a red dot on it as it is a very easy book for that level. More to follow at an upcoming grade level or staff meeting. I am happy to level books for you. Please leave me a note or touch base with me and I'll pick the books up from you. Please see me if you have any questions about this.

I will be posting a second sign up sheet next week for the 2nd half of the fluency seminar. Please look for the chart to sign up. Enjoy a fabulous 3-day weekend!

Megan