Choosing a Just Right Book
Description: A very important skill for your chilldren to practice and develop! Practice choosing a just right book with them at Brookside Library and the public library.

EASY / 1.) You can read the words fluently (smooth and with an interesting voice) / 2.) There often are not a lot of words on a page / 3.) You know how to say all the words / 4.) There are not a lot of pages in the book / 5.) You have a lot of prior knowledge for the subject / 6.) Sometimes the book has a larger font (size of the letters) / 7.) You totally understand the story / 8.) Your reading rate may be quicker / 9.) Your thinking comes easy as you read the words	CHALLENGING / 1.) Many of the words are too hard to decode (failed a five finger test) / 2.) You don't know what the tricky words MEAN / 3.) Your reading becomes choppy more than it is fluent / 4.) You don't have any prior knowledge the subject / 5.) There are often a lot of words on the page / 6.) Often the font is small / 7.) You lose focus as you are reading / 8.) You are not enjoying the book because you have to do too much word work / 9.) Your thinking is confused / 10.) Your reading rate slows way down		JUST RIGHT / 1.) You can read most of the words / 2.) You can understand what you are reading / 3.) You enjoy the book / 4.) You may have some prior knowledge for the subject / 5.) You can read the book with smooth fluency but there are some choppy places / 6.) Your reading rate is just right- not too slow and not too fast / 7.) You can figure out the tricky words and still get the meaning of the story