[CALIBK12] middle school intervention class

[Bianchi, Cynthia]

I just took a look, and Orca Soundings look to me to be a little rough for middle school students. However, the same company, Orca Book Publishers, has a line of books specifically for middle school. It is called Orca Currents - "middle school fiction for reluctant readers." There is also a  series called Orca Sports available. 
 
Just a thought!
 
Cynthia
 
Cynthia Bianchi, TL 
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center
Middle School Library
Local District 6
5027 Live Oak Street
Cudahy, Ca. 90201-4428
323-869-1327
cbb0290 at lausd.net

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We have intervention classes here. The best thing I've done is order high interest/low level books for these students.  The Orca Soundings books are excellent.  I guide my students who tell me they "hate to read" to the small and very readable Orca books.  Book talks are used in addition to individual recommendations.  The themes in these books really capture their interest, and they are able to successfully read what is often their first book all year.  These same kids come back to ask if they can check out more than one book!

 

Patti Stein

pstein at slzusd.org

Librarian

Bohannon Middle School

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Subject: [CALIBK12] middle school intervention class

 

Dear Collective Brain,

 

One of our middle schools is doing a new program next year and the library is to be involved. I'm hoping some of you have had similar experiences and can offer some suggestions.

 

As I understand it, some students will be in an "Intervention" class for a part of their day next year. I don't know how they will be selected but basically these will be kids who need extra help/support/intervention/attention. They will do Social Studies and Reading/Language Arts in this class and I'm sure expectations will be modified for them. The teacher has approached the library aide at the school and asked if she and I could be involved in this program somehow. Her idea is to provide high interest activities that the kids could get involved in, hopefully be successful with them, and do them in small groups, each of us working with 6 or 7 kids. So far so good...but I need some suggestions about activities that will lend themselves to this program.

 

Any ideas? If there is interest, I will post a hit.

 

Thanks in advance for whatever you are able to share.

 

Mary Helen

 

 

Mary Helen Fischer

District Librarian

Buckeye Union School District

Shingle Springs CA 95682