Research- How Kids can Research by Reading Level



Hi Literacy Land Friends!  Before Christmas Break, we were doing some research to help us write our All About Books.  I have a tip to share with you today.  While doing our research, we talked about where we can find information and of course the internet is a great way to go.  However, the material that the students have to read is just way too difficult for my first graders.  I am here to show you a way to help with that problem.  Is it full proof?  No- but it is a start.


Here some easy steps to follow.

Step 1:  Go to www.google.com

Step 2:  Type in the topic that you want to search.


Step 3:  Click on Search Tools and then tab that says All Results and go to Reading Level.


Step 4:  Click on the reading level that you want.  For my first graders, I would click on Basic.

Step 5:  The posts that will come up at the top will be the easiest to read and most kid-friendly. 

I searched Bats and I got websites such as:
Bats for Kids
National Geographic
Animal Discovery
It at least makes research a little easier:)





6 comments

  1. I am so glad you shared this! I had no idea this was an option, but for struggling readers, it's a huge help! Our kids are not allowed to Google search according to our AUP, but it will help ME in narrowing the content to just what my kids need.

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  2. This is awesome! I am passing this on to our media specialist and all of our teachers. So simple and easy! Thanks much, Jennie!

    Andrea
    Reading Toward the Stars

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  3. This is VERY helpful. Thank you for taking the time to explain it. The pics of each step helped me greatly.

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  4. I never knew this existed! Thanks so much for sharing.

    Amanda
    A Very Curious Class

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  5. Thank you so much Jennie - I had no idea you could do this :)
    Kylie
    Ripper Reading Resources
    http://ripperresources.blogspot.com.au/

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  6. We will begin our study of Arctic Animals and report writing unit when we get back in January! This information just made my life so much easier! Thank you!
    ~Jennifer
    Stories and Songs in Second

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