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Too Hard Books |
If you can answer YES to these questions,
this book is probably a Have fun reading one |
If you can answer YES to these questions,
this book is probably a Just Right book for you.
Enjoy and learn from it! |
If you can answer YES to these questions, this book
is probably a Too Hard book for you.
Give it another try later! |
| 1. Have I read it lots of times before? |
1. Is this book new to me? | 1. Is this book new to me? |
| 2. Do I understand the story VERY well? | 2. Do I understand what I've read so far? | 2. Am I confused about what is happening in this book? |
| 3. Do I know and understand almost every word? | 3. Are there just a few words I don't know on a page? | 3. Are there more than a few words on a page that I don't know? |
| 4. Can I read it smoothly to myself and others? | 4. When I read it to myself or others, are some places smooth and some choppy? |
4. When I read it to myself or others, does it sound pretty choppy? |
Adapted from: Ohlhausen, M.M. & Jepsen, M. (Winter 1992). Lessons from Goldilocks: Somebody's been choosing my books but I can make my own choices now! The New Advocate, 5 (1), 36.