WELCOME TO THE HOMEPAGE

OF

 THE MIDDLE GRADES READING NETWORK

The Middle Grades Reading Network is dedicated to the promotion of voluntary reading of books, newspapers, and other print materials among young adolescents; the reinstitution of reading as a subject taught in Indiana's middle-grades schools by licensed reading teachers; and the updating and expansion of Indiana's school library book collections.

FUNDED BY THE LILLY ENDOWMENT INC.

 

BOOKS LISTS

1. TEACHERS UNDER COVER BOOK LIST

2. Middle Grades High Interest/Low Readability Books

3. Books for advanced middle grades readers

4. Summer Reading Log

 

Library

1. 2004 Trend Analysis of Indiana K-12 Library Services

2. Library Report 2006

3. Talking Points for Restoring The School Library Materials Grant

4. Additional Talking Points for Restoring The School Library Materials Grant

5. Indiana State Reading Association School Library Resolution

6. Students Per School Librarian

7. YHBA Titles for Charts

 

reading license

1. APPROVED PROGRAMS: READING AND READING SPECIALISTS

2.  Counts of Original Rules 2002 Reading Licenses Issued as of June 2006 by Recommending Indiana Colleges and School Setting

 

teaching

1.  Licensed Reading Teachers Needed for Middle Grades 

2.Book Award Student Teachers Engage Students with Books

3. Indiana 5,6,7,8 Reading  Course Descriptions for  2008

4. Enrollment 2007-2008 in 0480 Reading Classes

 

 

 

 

 

                    

MONTHLY UPDATES

NETWORDS (SPRING 2008 issue)

 

featured articles

 

YOUR OWN STUDENTS MAY BE THE KEY TO PREVENTING SUMMER READING LOSS

 

YOUNG HOOSIER BOOK AWARD PARTICIPATION: MAKE IT A REALITY

 

FACE THE FACTS SPEND MONEY ON BOOKS

 

Letter to Parents

 

 

 

features

 

DIRECTORIES

1. Directory of Indiana College and University Reading Professors

2. Directory of Middle

Grades Reading Teachers

 

REPORTS AND STUDIES

1. Study of Reading in Indiana Middle, Junior and Senior High Schools

2. Enrollment 2005-2006 in 0480 Reading Classes

 

SECOND EDITION MIDDLE GRADES READING ASSESSMENT

9a. Middle Grades Reading Assessment Second Edition.

9b. How to obtain a copy of Middle Grades Reading Assessment Second Edition

 

1.Key Legislative Reading Issues 2008

2.Reading Bill of Rights for Indiana's Young Adolescents

3. Reading Blueprint for the State of Indiana

 

SUMMER READING

1. Summer Reading Log

2. Summer Reading: Antidote to

Summer learning Loss

3.  DON'T LEAVE SUMMER READING TO CHANCE

4. INCREASE READING ACHIEVEMENT BY PROMOTING SUMMER READING TO MIDDLE GRADES STUDENTS

5. practicing READING WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MOM AND DAD