20. The 8 Step Test to Choose High-Quality Reading Materials

When it comes to selecting reading materials for your class or kids, it can be overwhelming trying to find a selection that fits your needs. Or even worse, you select resources that are a lot of fluff and not what you were expecting them to be. So how do you make sure you’re choosing the right resources? That’s where I come in! In today’s episode, I’m sharing the 8 step test to choose high-quality reading materials.

If you look at your class of students, or your own kids if you’re homeschooling, you know that there’s a variety of academic levels, backgrounds, and literacy skills. That makes it hard in selecting the right reading materials.

This 8 step test helps you evaluate the materials you’re choosing for your classroom to ensure they’re high-quality reading materials. The 8 step test is:

1. Leveling and differentiation
2. Quality of writing and content
3. Appropriate for students
4. Response space and types of responses
5. Variety of topics
6. Types of writing
7. Diversity and representation
8. Fluency tracking

Each of these steps allows you to meet the needs of all your students, while also being enjoyable, a way for them to grow their knowledge on various topics, understand other cultures and backgrounds, and track their reading growth. Finding high-quality reading materials can feel like an impossible task, but with this 8 step test, you’ll find exactly what you were looking for!

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