Great Lakes Shipwrecks & Survivals by William Ratigan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was an absolute favorite for our 2nd and 3rd graders in Marianne McWhirter's class in Dimondale, Michigan. We used to sing the song Christmas Tree Ship in class all the time, and because each of the episodes presented in the book is so short, it was very readable even by our young children. A lot of the time, that's the secret with difficult text. If it's short enough, kids will figure it out. It's a great book for challenging the idea of levels based on text alone (vocabulary, grammar), and not considering motivation and engagement in the formula.
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