Did you know …

Did you know on Big Universe users can look for books by …

• Lexile level?
• Fountas and Pinnell rating?
• DRA level?
• Accelerated Reading (AR) reading levels?
• Grade Level?
• Topic?
• Language?

Did you know you could combine some of the above searches by using various search combinations in the Advanced Search area?

Did you know on Big Universe there are books for all the main subjects (Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science)?

Did you know users can find picture books, read-aloud books, chapter books, and many other types of books on Big Universe?

I am sure (well, almost sure) that I have those types of books in my classroom library. However, I can’t search through all my books according to the levels listed above (I do have some of them marked AR but that is about it). I know that I don’t have many books in my library for math and science. I really enjoy reading books aloud. I have my own special books that I read aloud from. I try to keep these away from students, but students often want to read their own copy of book after the book has been read aloud to the class. If I used books from BigUniverse to read aloud, I would not have to worry about students losing or tearing up my books when they want to read the story on their own …

Even though I asked many questions to start this post, I think I have found a possible answer for expanding  … and possibly replacing my classroom library collection.