Kanin Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I could swear I've read threads on this exact topic, but I can't find them. Spelling the word "chatper books" didn't help, either, but even spelled correctly I can't find what I *think* I remember reading. Anywho, fav chapter books for early-mid 2nd grade? Hoping for boy-friendly, and not too many words on a page. So far I've got: High Noon Scholastic Branches Marvin Redpost (DRA 20 - but seems harder!) I think Scholastic Branches could last us a long while, but options are good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Well I've been thinking I need some variety for ds. I tried MTH (magic treehouse) but he's not loving them. That ship may have sailed, dunno. There's the Big Nate series, which our library has as ebooks. He liked Amulet, but I think they're like level O for F&P, check your lexile. Here the issue is he's staying more chilled with picture supports.So like MTH will have less pictures. Someone had mentioned Geronimo Stilton and I'm not sure what's holding him back there as they would seem to fit the criteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storygirl Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Try The Stories Julian Tells. It's the first in a series and was a favorite of DS14 when he was at that reading level (though he was in fifth grade at the time). We were having trouble getting DS to read anything from beginning to end, and Julian and its sequels worked when nothing else did. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) Is the Billy and Blaze series too young? Edited December 10, 2018 by Heathermomster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Kingdom of Wrenly books are loved by my struggling reader. I'm not exactly sure what their reading level is, but they seem close to the same as Scholastic Branches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanin Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) On 12/9/2018 at 5:15 PM, PeterPan said: Well I've been thinking I need some variety for ds. I tried MTH (magic treehouse) but he's not loving them. That ship may have sailed, dunno. There's the Big Nate series, which our library has as ebooks. He liked Amulet, but I think they're like level O for F&P, check your lexile. Here the issue is he's staying more chilled with picture supports.So like MTH will have less pictures. Someone had mentioned Geronimo Stilton and I'm not sure what's holding him back there as they would seem to fit the criteria. I think lots of pictures + fewer words on a page is key - lessens anxiety which would only jam him up. Keep going with what you're doing! 🙂 Edited December 10, 2018 by Mainer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanin Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 8 hours ago, Heathermomster said: Is the Billy and Blaze series too young? Oh, I love Billy and Blaze 🙂 Forgot about that - thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exercise_guru Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Ricky Ricotta robot series "Nate the great" early readers that transfer into Big Nate later Galaxy Zack My son read almost all of the books recomended here He really took off when he started to read the Humphrey the hamster series but for early readers we went and found the tiny chapter books and went for level 3. Then jumped to Hank the cow dog etc. A-Z mysteries was a big favorite and heavy on site words , very readable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Oh that's funny, I hadn't made the connection that Nate the Great turned into Big Nate, lol. It's occurring to me that I need to get around to finding some books that ds can do as immersion reading. I think maybe he's finally ready. I think the language level is still driving a lot of the suitability on these books more than the decoding level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I'm not sure exactly what reading level it is, but Dragon in a Sock Drawer series might fit the bill. It's pretty high interest, has nice sized print and a fair number of illustrations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exercise_guru Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) Also can I suggest two other ideas This level is difficult. you need a lot of content with ready to decode words a few vocabulary mixed in. I purchasing some leveled classroom readers off of ebay is really helpful. I also like the all about reading books ( don't need to buy the workbooks the readers are great to get past the decoding to reading level) those might be a bit to low but they are very useful Also find a book and pick out the vocabulary or words that are hard to decode. Cover those words in lesson as good vocabulary words to know. Many authors use the same writing style throughout the series and they also write those books so they do not have to be read in order. This is handy because the later ones are a bit higher AR level. You could pick like book 36 in the A-Z mysteries as a read aloud and then leave the first book out laying around to peak the child interest. Then they can climb into the series and grow with it. If the child is struggling with free reading then I really like to use A-Z reading and raz-kids. They have leveled readers on the ipad or online for up to 6th grade level. Many of the books you can listen to while you read which is really helpful for fluency. Edited December 11, 2018 by exercise_guru 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I did some checking tonight and Overdrive has a format option called ReadAlong. I haven't figured out if it works on the ipad or kindle yet. Gotta wait till morning when tech reappears, lol. So anything I can get like that through the library for immersion reading would be free, boom. I just hadn't figured out how to do that yet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Well we tried a read-along via Overdrive, and he LIKES it! Now the bummer is it looks like devices have to be online to do the read-along version, which stinks. I'll keep working on it. That's just Overdrive, and I think audiobooks that check out through amazon from the library won't be that way. Then I just need to have both versions. Overdrive just has a nice, easily searchable selection. I will probably set that up on a computer for him, boom. We need things he goes to his office to do, so that's perfect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanin Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 14 hours ago, exercise_guru said: Also can I suggest two other ideas This level is difficult. you need a lot of content with ready to decode words a few vocabulary mixed in. I purchasing some leveled classroom readers off of ebay is really helpful. I also like the all about reading books ( don't need to buy the workbooks the readers are great to get past the decoding to reading level) those might be a bit to low but they are very useful Also find a book and pick out the vocabulary or words that are hard to decode. Cover those words in lesson as good vocabulary words to know. Many authors use the same writing style throughout the series and they also write those books so they do not have to be read in order. This is handy because the later ones are a bit higher AR level. You could pick like book 36 in the A-Z mysteries as a read aloud and then leave the first book out laying around to peak the child interest. Then they can climb into the series and grow with it. If the child is struggling with free reading then I really like to use A-Z reading and raz-kids. They have leveled readers on the ipad or online for up to 6th grade level. Many of the books you can listen to while you read which is really helpful for fluency. I love Raz-Kids, too. My kids are also enjoying Epic - the books are "real" books, not written-for-Raz-books. There's a small monthly fee for Epic. Lots of books have "read to me" options, and there are also audiobooks! Nancy Drew... if only I was 12 again!!!! 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecka Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 We tried Epic, and right now my kids aren’t interested because they have books we already own, library books, or books on Kindle from Overdrive, etc. But they send me emails about turning our account back on, and I think we will try it again in another few months. It looks nice to me, but it didn’t have the exact books my kids wanted and we have access to books in other ways. I downloaded the app onto my phone and it’s very readable there, I like that it doesn’t have to be on a tablet since we don’t have a tablet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecka Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 https://www.getepic.com/ On the app it says it would cost $7.99/month to turn my subscription on, but I get emails for 1-month or 3-month offers that are better. I signed up for the one-month trial and then didn’t renew. I have a great impression, though, lol. But we have a lot of books and go to the library often, and I also don’t think my kids have ended up using it at school. I think it’s an option at school but they choose other books. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanin Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 16 hours ago, Lecka said: https://www.getepic.com/ On the app it says it would cost $7.99/month to turn my subscription on, but I get emails for 1-month or 3-month offers that are better. I signed up for the one-month trial and then didn’t renew. I have a great impression, though, lol. But we have a lot of books and go to the library often, and I also don’t think my kids have ended up using it at school. I think it’s an option at school but they choose other books. There are just so many THINGS... Raz, Epic, Overdrive, etc... we can't do them all 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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