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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2004-09-22, Page 10Dr. L.J. Laplante OPTOMETRIST 527.1240 87 Main St., Seaforth - HOURS Monday CLOSED Tuesday 9:00 - 12:00 1:00 - 5:30 Wednesday 9:00 - 12:00 1:00 - 5:30 Thursday 9:00 - 12:00 1:00 - 5:30 8:30 - 9:00 9:00 - 12:00 1:00 - 5:30 Sat. & Sun. CLOSED Friday 10 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Sept. 22, 2004 Correspondents Joint project between SPS and library levels books Reading list developed to help parents and students access books at a child's individual reading level level is to reduce the child's frustration when he or she is reading to you," she says. "When a child hates to read, nine out of 10 times it's because he's reading a book that's way too hard for him." Teachers begin determining a student's reading level in the primary grades through a speical marking system that involves listening to the child read, analysing errors and asking comprehension questions. "Every parent can ask what level a child is at and be able to individualize their instruction," she says. While the project was completed' in Scaforth, Sage shared the list with libraries throughout Huron County so leveled hooks are available throughout the whole system. "You literally can have your child read all the books listed in the level just by ordering them," says Black. By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor . A joint project of the Seaforth Public Library and Seaforth Public School will make more books available to students at their individual reading levels. "It's a huge boost to literacy for the whole community," says Seaforth Public School principal Kim Black. Black approached Seaforth librarian Rebecca Dechert Sage last spring with a request to develop a list of leveled books offered throughout the Huron County library system to help parents find appropriate reading material over the summer. Because the request fell within the library's mission statement "to meet the informational, educational and recreational needs of the residents of Huron County," Sage agreed and compiled a list of 715 children's books, using a resource book from the Susan Hundertmark photo Seaforth Public School principal Kim Black and Seaforth librarian Rebecca Dechert Sage hold books that have helped them develop a reading list of leveled books. Avon -Maitland District was at the desk between School Board. patrons or at the end of the "I searched for every day." says Sage. title on the list and when 1 Students in the Avon - got a hit, 1 made a short Maitland hoard are list' for Huron. It took up assigned a reading level little hits of time when 1 from A to Z from Kindergarten to Grade 6, based on a system by U.S. educators Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell. While leveled hooks are available in the classroom during the school year, Black says the classroom sets were too expensive to allow them to go home over the summer when parents requested them. "We wanted to keep those books for circulation within the school building but we knew we had to do something to help parents," she says. Black got the idea to ask the Seaforth Library to level their hooks so that parents could continue to help their children progress with their reading skills over the summer. At the same time, she decided to launch a similar project at the school library, where student and parent volunteers are still working at leveling the hooks. Black says before the leveling project, parents were left to wonder if any hook they picked up at the library would be suitable for their child's reading level. "There is nothing better for a child than to be successful with a book. 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