November+29,+2007

November 29, 2007 Textbook Committee

Keeping in mind that we need to choose something as a district.............. Making Meaning Linda Hoyt Scott Foresmann
 * McGregor observation and input
 * Videos - have to watch
 * Piloted last year and this is second year
 * 35 Titles per grade level - Fiction
 * McGregor does Time for Kids on Fridays as their non-fiction
 * MRI uses Linda Hoyt - the lessons they model are from Linda Hoyt
 * We are not aware of any schools that use Linda Hoyt
 * It just came out this summer
 * Central has one per grade level teachers using it
 * 75 Titles per grade level (Come as 150 and you have to split with another grade level)
 * Gdg rdg lib gets 456 titles, 6 copies of each
 * Nixa only uses Making Words and the Basal as resources
 * Nixa does 4 block
 * Nixa is using MAP stems to develop questions for reading

Benchmark books - Scholastic Guided Reading Benchmark Assessment (This will also have to be learned and worked on with your grade level in grade level meetings) This is the easiest to use for a quick benchmark assessment. Will be purchased before Christmas Break.

Regardless of your choice - You are going to have to go through the series and find the GLEs that are not included. The first year of implementation will developing a scope and sequence as grade levels.