Graduate Project Title
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1984
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Calvin Greatsinger
Second Committee Member
Doris E Jakubek
Third Committee Member
Helen Rogers
Abstract
Books were identified with first grade readability in the Vale Elementary School library, Cashmere, Washington, utilizing the computerized Spache formula. Listing of supplementary books and ways the supplementary books could be used in the classroom were also studied. Forty-one books with first grade readability were found in the 8,000 voiume collection. ·Three bibliographies were included: (a) Vale books with first grade readabili_ty, (b) publishers with first grade supplementary materials, and (c) a list of book selection aids. The writer concludes that trade books with first grade readability were difficult to identify.
Recommended Citation
Rogers, Doris Jean Byerley, "Identifying the Readability of the First Grade Books in the Vale School Library using the Computerized Spache Formula" (1984). All Graduate Projects. 260.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/260
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