Class+Presentations

Chapter 27 - Text Difficulty Dickinson, D., & Neuman, S. (Eds.). (2006). //Handbook of Early Literacy Research// (2nd ed.). New York, NY: The Gilford Press. []

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Manual calculation [] Kalpana's Chapter - I shall show how to calculate the readability level and then ask the groups to calculate the same by providing them with texts from the primary grades.I mau use my children's writing samples.

Chapter 27 - Graphic Organizer http://www.lefthandlogic.com/htmdocs/tools/okapi/okapimanual/spacheWorksheet.PDF

Fry Readability Chart []

Mohan's paragraph for Spach Activity Chiku By   Mohan M. Iyengar

2nd Grade/San Antonio Academy

Hello, my name is Chiku. I am an orphan from Hassan. Why am I an orphan? Good question. Well, it all happened a few years ago. It was a regular day and my da was selling jewelry while my mother was cooking and my sister was playing with her dolls. It was all quiet when I heard some shooting. I turned around and realized it wasn’t one of those cats that always came in our garden stealthily. It was a gunman! I tried to warn my family, but it was a minute too late. The robbers stole everyting they could and also killed everybody in my family. I wish I could have done something, but I had to run. As I stormed out of the door, I hoped my family would forgive me. After that the years passed by and I had earned enough money to take a trip to my grandmother’s village. While I was on the train, I remembered how I used to play with my sister in the yard. We used to catch frogs and feed them bugs. Oh! How I missed my sister. I feel asleep crying and dreaming about my family…