Hi everyone! Because we didn't have time to really dig into this last week, let's make it the focus for our conversation this week...
Q1. If you're given $5,000 - what % of that would you give to social studies curriculum support, language arts curriculum support, math curriculum support, science curriculum support, language support (ENL; ELL) fiction (chapter books), fiction (picture books); biography, and/or graphic novels? And other curriculum topics/non-fiction?
Q2. If you have 10% of students reading below grade level, how will you put purchase dollars toward reading materials below grade level (if at all)? (i.e. 50% of entire school population reading on a 2nd grade level). If you have 5% reading at a high school level, how will you put purchase dollars toward reading materials below grade level? If you have 20% of students who can't read yet - and 5% that folks say will never learn how to read, what percent of dollars will you put on wordless books?
One thing I want to share is that I also kept a record of how many books were lost/taken with transfer students, damaged beyond repair - along with their purchase cost. I thought I had a low student to budget ratio (not as low as some of yours... $1 per child - criminal!), but I thought it to be especially low considering my transient population. So, I kept a record to show my administrator that my budget wasn't enough to even "make up" the damaged/lost books. That meant our collection was NEVER growing, just trying to keep up what it had been in the 1980s when money was more plentiful.
And another thing: I used the other elementary school budgets in my district (which were larger) along with "peer institutions" - those rival elementary schools near my district to "make a case" for an increased budget. If everyone else has a larger student to dollar ratio, then we should too! Let the data do the talking, y'all! Build those collections!
Question One: With 5K I would distribute the money in the following ways;
Social Studies Curriculum Support 7% Language Arts Curriculum Support 7% Math Curriculum Support 5% Science Curriculum Support 8% Language Curriculum Support 7% Fiction (Picture) 10% Fiction (Chapter) 30% Biography 3% Graphic Novels 20% Other Curriculum Topics/Non-Fiction 3%
Question Two: Appropriating Funds to distinct reading levels (I’m not sure if I’m answering this one correctly)
10% of Students below reading level: Appropriate 15% of budget funds 5% of Students at high school level: Appropriate 15% of budget funds Below high school level: Appropriate 25% of budget funds 25% of those not at a reading level: 35% of budget funds
Q1. Without extensive research and number crunching I would try to evenly distribute the budget between these categories. This is not how the actual library is broken-down and I am sure that there is a good reason for that, but without actually going through a year of requests and digging through the numbers this is where I would start, as all of the categories are equally weighted in the standards. Also, as a side note - Language Arts should be taught through the teaching of the other subjects - not in isolation, so the 10% allocated to it might be reduced a small amount and absorbed into Social Studies, Math, and Science.
Non-Fiction – 50%
Social Studies – 10%
Language Arts – 10%
Math – 10%
Science – 10%
Biography – 2.5%
Graphic Novels – 2.5%
Other – 2.5%
ESL – 2.5%
Fiction – 50%
Chapter – 19%
Picture – 21%
Graphic Novels – 10%
Q2. I’m not sure if I really understand this question, and maybe it is because I am at an elementary school. We probably have all of these situations, but we are PreK through sixth so our library is already set up with all of these levels of books. We have children reading at levels below and above in all of our grade levels. But I guess to decide what levels of difficulty the reading selections I am making in the above categories I would take the results from the latest STAR report and determine overall what my percentages are per reading level, regardless of what grade the child actually is in and attempt to make purchases in each category in question 1 per reading level.
For example –
% of student population per reading lvl - based on STAR report Grades: 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+ 42% 31% 24% 2% 1%
So for Social Studies I would take that money and spend 42% on books with reading levels in the range of Grade Equivalents 0-2.
Social Studies- 3% Language Arts- 7 Math- 0.5% Science- 0.5% Language Support- 4% Fiction- 50% Biography- 2% Graphic Novels- 15% Non-Fiction- 18% I am coming at this from, what seems to be, a different perspective, simply because I am more familiar with a high school library than an elementary school library. I actually touched on this some when I was discussing budgets with my school librarians last week. In high school, as far as core content support goes, language arts gets the lion's share because they are the content area that has the most need of library services. I thought social studies would get a large chunk as well, but the reality is that they don't do many research projects, and when they do, they tend to use the databases we have-which can be accessed from the classroom and home. At the high school level, science doesn't use library services much either, as everything is experiment based, and math, well, they don't use the library at all. If they (math and science) request materials, the librarians make every effort to accommodate them. Graphic novels, particularly manga, are very popular on my campus, so a fair percentage should be used for building and updating that section. On my campus, a large portion of our non-fiction is in the form of databases, and if it were up to me, I would use the budget to maintain those subscriptions as well as purchasing non-fiction books.
Question 2: If I had 10% of students reading below grade level, I would use 7% of the fiction budget to purchase lower level fiction books and children's/picture books. The nonfiction databases cover a range of reading levels, so nonfiction wouldn't be as big an issue. Again, working with what I am familiar with, a high school library, I don't know that I would invest in wordless books. I mean, I could, but would they be checked out by anyone besides the "daycare children" that come for the early childhood classes? A high school student who can't read is not that likely to check out books that would cause his peers to question his reading ability and invite ridicule.
Question 1 For a Middle School Campus Non Fiction: 2,500 Language Support 15% Biography 10% Graphic Novels 10% Social Studies 10% Curriculum 20% Specialty Topics 3% Magazines 2% Online Subscriptions (databases) 15%
Fiction: 2,500 Language Support 15% Fiction (Chapter Books) 50% Fiction (Picture books) 10% Graphic Novels 20% Other 5% Question 2 If 10% of the students in my school were below grade level, I would use about 10% of my budget for below grade level textbooks. I figure that some students who are on level readers would also use these books and resources. However, I would have approximately 5% for above grade level as well for the students who are reading on a high school level or enjoy more complex texts.
Question 1: My school is a very affluent EC-8, Catholic School, so I am taking into consideration the current clientele that I serve. So my numbers might seem a little unfair, especially in the Language Support. However, that is just because there are very few students who would need the Language support books. Besides that fact, I would try to fairly even in all the different curriculum.
8% Social Studies 8% Language Arts 8% Math 8% Science 2% Language support 15% chapter books 15% picture books 12% biography (very popular for different grade level projects) 10% graphic novels (also very popular among many different grade levels) 14% other non-fiction
Question 2: I agree with Michelle that to me this question is a little confusing. :o) However, since my school already has books for all different grade levels, I feel that we would not need to buy many books below level, since our school already houses these books. I would put maybe 5% toward lower level reading.
Question 1: When starting to plan my hypothetical budget, I began by thinking about my clientele I serve on my campus (elementary) and what resources I would need to best suit their needs and interest. I would spend 5% on ELL resources because my campus is only 4% ELL, not a large population on my campus. I would put 10% of the budget toward math resources that would include fiction and nonfiction text. In reality, I have a list of math books I am ordering that teachers have come to me looking for that we don’t currently have in our library. I would use the same 10% amount for Language Arts and I would include poetry in this category. I would use a larger portion for science because there is always new information in science and they need more frequent updating. I would put 25% toward social studies, including biographies. I feel it is important to have biographies on current people that the students are interested in along with the historical figures. I would use the remaining 30% for fiction. I included chapter books, picture books, and graphic novels in this category. My goal is to have available the most diverse and current popular books for the students to read.
Question 2: I also am not sure about this question, but using the example from question 1, I would make sure that within my order there was a good variety of different reading levels for each category. With the percentages given, I would order more that were on a second grade level, but I would put some money toward wordless books because students who can’t read need books available just like the other students. I would also have a small amount aside for the high school readers who can read the more challenging books. Basically, based on these numbers the larger monetary amount and priority of books would go to the higher percentage groups, but I would make sure that all groups are represented in the types of books ordered.
This is a really hard question, and even though I am working in a library, I'm struggling. Here is what I came up with based on my library and sitting in the Tampa Bay airport waiting for my 3 hour delayed flight: Language - 5% Math - 5% Science - 15% Fiction chapter - 20% Fiction picture - 15% Biography - 10% Graphic novels - 5% Social Studies - 15% Other non fiction - 10%
In terms of struggling readers, if 10% are reading below grade level, wouldn't you spend 10% of you budget on these readers? If I had some kids who were probably not going to learn to read, I might invest in playaways or audiobooks. These are expensive options, but would provide a service to this community. It really depends on the need.
This question was hard for me as I have never had to budget for a library before, but these numbers make sense in my head. I thought of the student population of my current school when writing my hypothetical budget. My campus does not have a large ELL population, thus the reason for my low language support percentage. Am I wrong in thinking that the budget would also be based on materials already in the collection? For example, if my library had a strong collection of materials to support the science curriculum, wouldn’t I want to allot more money to an area that lacked in materials? Social Studies 8% Language Arts 8% Math curriculum 8% Science 8% Language Support (ENL; ELL) 5% Fiction chapter books 20% Fiction picture books 15% Biography 10% Graphic novels 8% Periodicals 10% Q2. I’m not sure if I am thinking correctly on this, but it makes sense to me to spend 10% of my budget on lower level books if 10% of my student population was reading below grade level. However, I feel that our library already has a large collection of lower level books, so I would take that into consideration as well. Our school uses the Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) program to help increase the reading levels for struggling readers which also comes with quite a few books for each reading level.
JMF, There’s a lot to chew on when it comes to budgets. Based on the needs of what I see in my campus, this is what I came up with.
Lang. Arts- 10% Math- 10% Science- 10% Lang. Support (ELL)- 10% Fiction (Chapter Books)- 30% Biography- 5% Graphic Novels- 15 % Other Non Fiction- 10%
Q.2- Not sure if I’m on track, but based on the needs of my campus, I would make sure I do have at least 10% in wordless books for non-readers, 30% for the emerging readers, 45% of reading materials for those reading below grade level (this will cover each grade level), and at least 15% on materials for those at high school level.
Social Studies Curriculum Support 5% Language Arts Curriculum Support 5% Math Curriculum Support 10% Science Curriculum Support 5% Language Curriculum Support 5% Fiction (Picture) 10% Fiction (Chapter) 30% Biography 5% Graphic Novels 20% Other Curriculum Topics/Non-Fiction 5%
Question 2: If 10% of students reading below grade level, I would use 15% for below grade level and 5% above grade level. As the librarian, I will invest in additional resources that support the classroom curriculums..
Question 1 Response: If I had $5,000 for a budget at an Elementary campus I would give Social Studies Curriculum Support: 3% Language Arts Curriculum Support: 10% Math Curriculum Support: 7% Science Curriculum Support: 12% Language Support (ELL): 20% Fiction (Chapter Books): 15% Fiction (Picture Books): 10% Biography: 7% Graphic Novels: 8% Other Curriculum/ Non-fiction: 8%
Question 2 Response: Our campus has books for grade levels Pre-K through 5th grade so I wouldn’t use my budget to purchase below grade level books. However, I would use 10% of my budget to purchase books that are wordless for those students who are struggling with reading.
Question 1 Lang. Arts- 10% Math- 10% Science- 10% Social Studies: 10% Lang. Support (ELL) - 10% Fiction picture books - 15% Fiction chapter Books - 15% Biography- 5% Graphic Novels- 10 % Other Non Fiction- 5%
Question 2 I feel there is little need to purchase below grade level books since my library already accommodates Pk-5th grade readers. However I would maybe place 5% of the budget for above grade level readers.
If given a budget of $5,000, I would appropriate the following percentages per area: Social Studies Curriculum Support= 10% Language Arts Curriculum Support= 5% Math Curriculum Support= 10% Science Curriculum Support= 10% Language Support (ELL) = 10% Fiction (Chapter Books) = 20% Fiction (Picture Books) = 5% Biographies= 10% Graphic Novels= 10% Other Curriculum Topics/Non-Fiction= 10%
Question #2
I feel that before I designate any type of budget to any area, I will need to evaluate the reading statistics of my campus in order to be able to use that data in helping me plan out percentages and within those designated percentages, be able to determine what type of reading level material would be appropriate to order for said area to fulfill my campus needs. I hope this makes sense, so in other words, what I mean is that first of all we must know the needs of our campus and then determine how much we will allocate to each area, then use that info to determine how much on level, below level, and above level material would be appropriate to include in our order.
For practical reasons, given the numbers you stated, I would use the following: *For the 20% that can’t read, I feel that I would be fulfilling this need with the 5% that is under the area of Fiction (Pic Books) *For the 10% that are reading below I would use 5% out of the 20% under Fiction (Chapter Bks) to purchase books under the indicated reading level (2nd grade) *I would also take 3% out of the 20% under Fiction (Chapter Bks) to purchase books that are considered above level (high school) *After distributing the 20% under Fiction (Chapter Books) that break down would be as follows: 5% for below reading level (2nd grade material) 3% for above reading level (high school) 12% for Fiction Chapter Books (variety of diff grade levels) =20% in total
Hi everyone! Because we didn't have time to really dig into this last week, let's make it the focus for our conversation this week...
ReplyDeleteQ1. If you're given $5,000 - what % of that would you give to social studies curriculum support, language arts curriculum support, math curriculum support, science curriculum support, language support (ENL; ELL) fiction (chapter books), fiction (picture books); biography, and/or graphic novels? And other curriculum topics/non-fiction?
Q2. If you have 10% of students reading below grade level, how will you put purchase dollars toward reading materials below grade level (if at all)? (i.e. 50% of entire school population reading on a 2nd grade level). If you have 5% reading at a high school level, how will you put purchase dollars toward reading materials below grade level? If you have 20% of students who can't read yet - and 5% that folks say will never learn how to read, what percent of dollars will you put on wordless books?
Throw out some percents for us to chew on ;)
One thing I want to share is that I also kept a record of how many books were lost/taken with transfer students, damaged beyond repair - along with their purchase cost. I thought I had a low student to budget ratio (not as low as some of yours... $1 per child - criminal!), but I thought it to be especially low considering my transient population. So, I kept a record to show my administrator that my budget wasn't enough to even "make up" the damaged/lost books. That meant our collection was NEVER growing, just trying to keep up what it had been in the 1980s when money was more plentiful.
ReplyDeleteAnd another thing: I used the other elementary school budgets in my district (which were larger) along with "peer institutions" - those rival elementary schools near my district to "make a case" for an increased budget. If everyone else has a larger student to dollar ratio, then we should too! Let the data do the talking, y'all! Build those collections!
~jmf
Question One: With 5K I would distribute the money in the following ways;
ReplyDeleteSocial Studies Curriculum Support 7%
Language Arts Curriculum Support 7%
Math Curriculum Support 5%
Science Curriculum Support 8%
Language Curriculum Support 7%
Fiction (Picture) 10%
Fiction (Chapter) 30%
Biography 3%
Graphic Novels 20%
Other Curriculum Topics/Non-Fiction 3%
Question Two: Appropriating Funds to distinct reading levels (I’m not sure if I’m answering this one correctly)
10% of Students below reading level: Appropriate 15% of budget funds
5% of Students at high school level: Appropriate 15% of budget funds
Below high school level: Appropriate 25% of budget funds
25% of those not at a reading level: 35% of budget funds
Q1. Without extensive research and number crunching I would try to evenly distribute the budget between these categories. This is not how the actual library is broken-down and I am sure that there is a good reason for that, but without actually going through a year of requests and digging through the numbers this is where I would start, as all of the categories are equally weighted in the standards. Also, as a side note - Language Arts should be taught through the teaching of the other subjects - not in isolation, so the 10% allocated to it might be reduced a small amount and absorbed into Social Studies, Math, and Science.
ReplyDeleteNon-Fiction – 50%
Social Studies – 10%
Language Arts – 10%
Math – 10%
Science – 10%
Biography – 2.5%
Graphic Novels – 2.5%
Other – 2.5%
ESL – 2.5%
Fiction – 50%
Chapter – 19%
Picture – 21%
Graphic Novels – 10%
Q2. I’m not sure if I really understand this question, and maybe it is because I am at an elementary school. We probably have all of these situations, but we are PreK through sixth so our library is already set up with all of these levels of books. We have children reading at levels below and above in all of our grade levels. But I guess to decide what levels of difficulty the reading selections I am making in the above categories I would take the results from the latest STAR report and determine overall what my percentages are per reading level, regardless of what grade the child actually is in and attempt to make purchases in each category in question 1 per reading level.
For example –
% of student population per reading lvl - based on STAR report
Grades:
0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9+
42% 31% 24% 2% 1%
So for Social Studies I would take that money and spend 42% on books with reading levels in the range of Grade Equivalents 0-2.
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DeleteSocial Studies- 3%
ReplyDeleteLanguage Arts- 7
Math- 0.5%
Science- 0.5%
Language Support- 4%
Fiction- 50%
Biography- 2%
Graphic Novels- 15%
Non-Fiction- 18%
I am coming at this from, what seems to be, a different perspective, simply because I am more familiar with a high school library than an elementary school library. I actually touched on this some when I was discussing budgets with my school librarians last week. In high school, as far as core content support goes, language arts gets the lion's share because they are the content area that has the most need of library services. I thought social studies would get a large chunk as well, but the reality is that they don't do many research projects, and when they do, they tend to use the databases we have-which can be accessed from the classroom and home. At the high school level, science doesn't use library services much either, as everything is experiment based, and math, well, they don't use the library at all. If they (math and science) request materials, the librarians make every effort to accommodate them.
Graphic novels, particularly manga, are very popular on my campus, so a fair percentage should be used for building and updating that section.
On my campus, a large portion of our non-fiction is in the form of databases, and if it were up to me, I would use the budget to maintain those subscriptions as well as purchasing non-fiction books.
Question 2: If I had 10% of students reading below grade level, I would use 7% of the fiction budget to purchase lower level fiction books and children's/picture books. The nonfiction databases cover a range of reading levels, so nonfiction wouldn't be as big an issue.
Again, working with what I am familiar with, a high school library, I don't know that I would invest in wordless books. I mean, I could, but would they be checked out by anyone besides the "daycare children" that come for the early childhood classes? A high school student who can't read is not that likely to check out books that would cause his peers to question his reading ability and invite ridicule.
Question 1
ReplyDeleteFor a Middle School Campus
Non Fiction: 2,500
Language Support 15%
Biography 10%
Graphic Novels 10%
Social Studies 10%
Curriculum 20%
Specialty Topics 3%
Magazines 2%
Online Subscriptions (databases) 15%
Fiction: 2,500
Language Support 15%
Fiction (Chapter Books) 50%
Fiction (Picture books) 10%
Graphic Novels 20%
Other 5%
Question 2
If 10% of the students in my school were below grade level, I would use about 10% of my budget for below grade level textbooks. I figure that some students who are on level readers would also use these books and resources. However, I would have approximately 5% for above grade level as well for the students who are reading on a high school level or enjoy more complex texts.
Question 1:
ReplyDeleteMy school is a very affluent EC-8, Catholic School, so I am taking into consideration the current clientele that I serve. So my numbers might seem a little unfair, especially in the Language Support. However, that is just because there are very few students who would need the Language support books. Besides that fact, I would try to fairly even in all the different curriculum.
8% Social Studies
8% Language Arts
8% Math
8% Science
2% Language support
15% chapter books
15% picture books
12% biography (very popular for different grade level projects)
10% graphic novels (also very popular among many different grade levels)
14% other non-fiction
Question 2:
I agree with Michelle that to me this question is a little confusing. :o) However, since my school already has books for all different grade levels, I feel that we would not need to buy many books below level, since our school already houses these books. I would put maybe 5% toward lower level reading.
Question 1:
ReplyDeleteWhen starting to plan my hypothetical budget, I began by thinking about my clientele I serve on my campus (elementary) and what resources I would need to best suit their needs and interest. I would spend 5% on ELL resources because my campus is only 4% ELL, not a large population on my campus. I would put 10% of the budget toward math resources that would include fiction and nonfiction text. In reality, I have a list of math books I am ordering that teachers have come to me looking for that we don’t currently have in our library. I would use the same 10% amount for Language Arts and I would include poetry in this category. I would use a larger portion for science because there is always new information in science and they need more frequent updating. I would put 25% toward social studies, including biographies. I feel it is important to have biographies on current people that the students are interested in along with the historical figures. I would use the remaining 30% for fiction. I included chapter books, picture books, and graphic novels in this category. My goal is to have available the most diverse and current popular books for the students to read.
Question 2:
I also am not sure about this question, but using the example from question 1, I would make sure that within my order there was a good variety of different reading levels for each category. With the percentages given, I would order more that were on a second grade level, but I would put some money toward wordless books because students who can’t read need books available just like the other students. I would also have a small amount aside for the high school readers who can read the more challenging books. Basically, based on these numbers the larger monetary amount and priority of books would go to the higher percentage groups, but I would make sure that all groups are represented in the types of books ordered.
This is a really hard question, and even though I am working in a library, I'm struggling. Here is what I came up with based on my library and sitting in the Tampa Bay airport waiting for my 3 hour delayed flight:
ReplyDeleteLanguage - 5%
Math - 5%
Science - 15%
Fiction chapter - 20%
Fiction picture - 15%
Biography - 10%
Graphic novels - 5%
Social Studies - 15%
Other non fiction - 10%
In terms of struggling readers, if 10% are reading below grade level, wouldn't you spend 10% of you budget on these readers? If I had some kids who were probably not going to learn to read, I might invest in playaways or audiobooks. These are expensive options, but would provide a service to this community. It really depends on the need.
This question was hard for me as I have never had to budget for a library before, but these numbers make sense in my head. I thought of the student population of my current school when writing my hypothetical budget. My campus does not have a large ELL population, thus the reason for my low language support percentage. Am I wrong in thinking that the budget would also be based on materials already in the collection? For example, if my library had a strong collection of materials to support the science curriculum, wouldn’t I want to allot more money to an area that lacked in materials?
ReplyDeleteSocial Studies 8%
Language Arts 8%
Math curriculum 8%
Science 8%
Language Support (ENL; ELL) 5%
Fiction chapter books 20%
Fiction picture books 15%
Biography 10%
Graphic novels 8%
Periodicals 10%
Q2. I’m not sure if I am thinking correctly on this, but it makes sense to me to spend 10% of my budget on lower level books if 10% of my student population was reading below grade level. However, I feel that our library already has a large collection of lower level books, so I would take that into consideration as well. Our school uses the Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) program to help increase the reading levels for struggling readers which also comes with quite a few books for each reading level.
JMF,
ReplyDeleteThere’s a lot to chew on when it comes to budgets. Based on the needs of what I see in my campus, this is what I came up with.
Lang. Arts- 10%
Math- 10%
Science- 10%
Lang. Support (ELL)- 10%
Fiction (Chapter Books)- 30%
Biography- 5%
Graphic Novels- 15 %
Other Non Fiction- 10%
Q.2-
Not sure if I’m on track, but based on the needs of my campus, I would make sure I do have at least 10% in wordless books for non-readers, 30% for the emerging readers, 45% of reading materials for those reading below grade level (this will cover each grade level), and at least 15% on materials for those at high school level.
Question #1 $5,000 Budget
ReplyDeleteSocial Studies Curriculum Support 5%
Language Arts Curriculum Support 5%
Math Curriculum Support 10%
Science Curriculum Support 5%
Language Curriculum Support 5%
Fiction (Picture) 10%
Fiction (Chapter) 30%
Biography 5%
Graphic Novels 20%
Other Curriculum Topics/Non-Fiction 5%
Question 2:
If 10% of students reading below grade level, I would use 15% for below grade level and 5% above grade level. As the librarian, I will invest in additional resources that support the classroom curriculums..
Not sure about question #2.
Question 1 Response:
ReplyDeleteIf I had $5,000 for a budget at an Elementary campus I would give
Social Studies Curriculum Support: 3%
Language Arts Curriculum Support: 10%
Math Curriculum Support: 7%
Science Curriculum Support: 12%
Language Support (ELL): 20%
Fiction (Chapter Books): 15%
Fiction (Picture Books): 10%
Biography: 7%
Graphic Novels: 8%
Other Curriculum/ Non-fiction: 8%
Question 2 Response:
Our campus has books for grade levels Pre-K through 5th grade so I wouldn’t use my budget to purchase below grade level books. However, I would use 10% of my budget to purchase books that are wordless for those students who are struggling with reading.
Question 1
ReplyDeleteLang. Arts- 10%
Math- 10%
Science- 10%
Social Studies: 10%
Lang. Support (ELL) - 10%
Fiction picture books - 15%
Fiction chapter Books - 15%
Biography- 5%
Graphic Novels- 10 %
Other Non Fiction- 5%
Question 2
I feel there is little need to purchase below grade level books since my library already accommodates Pk-5th grade readers. However I would maybe place 5% of the budget for above grade level readers.
Question #1
ReplyDeleteIf given a budget of $5,000, I would appropriate the following percentages per area:
Social Studies Curriculum Support= 10%
Language Arts Curriculum Support= 5%
Math Curriculum Support= 10%
Science Curriculum Support= 10%
Language Support (ELL) = 10%
Fiction (Chapter Books) = 20%
Fiction (Picture Books) = 5%
Biographies= 10%
Graphic Novels= 10%
Other Curriculum Topics/Non-Fiction= 10%
Question #2
I feel that before I designate any type of budget to any area, I will need to evaluate the reading statistics of my campus in order to be able to use that data in helping me plan out percentages and within those designated percentages, be able to determine what type of reading level material would be appropriate to order for said area to fulfill my campus needs. I hope this makes sense, so in other words, what I mean is that first of all we must know the needs of our campus and then determine how much we will allocate to each area, then use that info to determine how much on level, below level, and above level material would be appropriate to include in our order.
For practical reasons, given the numbers you stated, I would use the following:
*For the 20% that can’t read, I feel that I would be fulfilling this need with the 5% that is under the area of Fiction (Pic Books)
*For the 10% that are reading below I would use 5% out of the 20% under Fiction (Chapter Bks) to purchase books under the indicated reading level (2nd grade)
*I would also take 3% out of the 20% under Fiction (Chapter Bks) to purchase books that are considered above level (high school)
*After distributing the 20% under Fiction (Chapter Books) that break down would be as follows:
5% for below reading level (2nd grade material)
3% for above reading level (high school)
12% for Fiction Chapter Books (variety of diff grade levels) =20% in total