Leila's Ch 11 Reflection

I liked how Taberski compared choosing the right book for children is like shopping for clothes. It is definitely true! You have to find the right size. You don't want it too small or too big. Similiar to finding the right book for them, you don't want to give a book to a student that is too easy or too hard. Children will get turn off from reading just like that. Our goal is to engage them into reading and help them get better at it. That is why it is important to find that right level book.
Last semester I had the opportunity to look for books for my students. Every week when they have library, I would go through the self and look for books for them to read. I have to look for twenty two new books each week for the students to select from. It was a difficult task. I was considering the range of readers that I had in my kindergarten's class. There were three or so students that can read while the rest are beginning to learn how to read. What I did was that I considered the font size, spacing, and background. Also I considered the word difficulty and the length of the book. That is all I knew at the time about reading strategies for children. However, after reading this chapter I realized that there is a lot more to take into consideration. This chapter had helped me expand my knowledge on selecting the right books for children.