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Queen's School of English

Includes resources of support teaching and learning in the Queen's School of English.

Express Reads and other Leveled Readers

The following titles can be found on the 1st floor of the Education Library -- Children and Youth Collection -- Express Reads.  

"The ORCA Series for Reluctant Readers has three series which are leveled: Orca Currents (books for reluctant middle-school readers), Orca Soundings (books for reluctant teen readers) and Orca Sports (high-interest sports stories for readers ten and older). These are all high-interest books with controlled vocabulary that appeal to students striving to read.

Reading levels for all three reluctant-reader series (Orca Currents / Orca Soundings / Orca Sports) range between grades 2.0 and 4.5, although the age of the targeted readers varies." (Orcabooks.com)

ORCA READERS

  • Orca Currents are short high-interest novels with contemporary themes, written expressly for middle-school students reading below grade level. Individual teachers' guides and resource guides are available on the Orca website. Library Holdings Series (Orca Currents)
  • Orca Soundings With contemporary themes and exciting stories, these books for reluctant teen readers will make teens want to read. Library Holdings Series (Orca Soundings)
  •  Orca Sports Perfect for reluctant readers ages 10 and up, these  titles offer exciting, easy-to-read adventures in team sports such as hockey, baseball, football and soccer; and solo sports such as climbing, scuba diving, running, sailing, and even race-car driving.   Library Holdings Series (Orca Sports)

    

Pearson English Readers

Pearson English Readers (formerly Penguin Leveled Readers), maintain the reading coding and we will inter file all new purchases of the Pearson books with the older Penguin books (Call number: PE1126.N43) We have moved the leveled readers to the first floor across from the book shelves for easy access.

If you have a suggestion for a purchase send me an email and I will try to get it for you. You can browse the leveled readers offerings by clicking on the link above.

illustration of 6 leveled readers