Reading levels

Helping students reach fluency in reading through balanced literacy and attention to reading levels is an essential part of the reading foundation skills.

Reading Level Chart correlates DRA, Fountas & Pinnel, and Lexile. Shows common characteristics at each level as well as common books and series at each level. Covers levels A-Z.

Looking for children's books sorted by Guided Reading Levels (Fontas & Pinnell)? Compiled by teachers, this site lists the best books for each level.

A LOOK AT LEXILES and Text Complexity While delivering PD yesterday, a teacher asked me, "What's a Lexile?" I wanted to say, "where have you been?" But the reality is--I commend her for not being afraid to ask what we think is such a basic question. We forget that some people have been so busy working in the trenches that they haven't been able to keep up. (They've been too busy administering tests, Student Learning Objective assessments, state exams and more.) So, listed below are the…

So, you're looking for free reading level assessment tests? You've come to the right place! As you may already know, there are a large variety of tests that can determine reading level, reading grade level, reading comprehension level, and phonetic ability. I've compiled the most useful tests into what I hope will be an easy Read More »

Kids connect with friends, parents and teachers to share and recommend their favorite books. They can setup virtual bookshelves, catalogue books, track their reading and win rewards. Students use our online reading logs and teachers assess and monitor reading activity. Search by Lexile level to find books at appropriate reading level.

The best way for disfluent readers to become fluent is by reading! These students need to focus on ACCURATE text reading, use decodable text, repeated readings, systemic daily practice of reading words accurately, modeling of fluent reading and encouraging students to read like they are talking. Students need LOTS of opportunities to read text (at their level) using choral, cloze, echo and partner reading. These are great fluency strategies are for interventions. #fluency #fluencystrategies

FREE Printable Leveled Book List

Find the best ways to test reading level online, tips for getting an accurate score, and what to do with the results!

Lexile levels are important to consider when it comes to choosing what books to read. Lexile levels can be used to find books that are at your child's reading level. This will help them to be able to better understand what they are reading. You can find Lexile levels by grade on the Lexile website. According to the chart, Lexile levels increase as students move up in grade. This means that kids in higher grades have a greater range of texts they can read at their level Click here to read…