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Nonfiction Focus Program:Levels A-F

Jump to Level: | A | B | C | D | E | F |

LEVEL A:

Simple books with one line of one to six words per page, easy-to-see print, and ample space between words. Children can focus on print and gradually increase their control over words. Most of the books in Level A focus on topics familiar to children.

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Level A titles:

Big and Little Berger & Chanko
Games Berger & Moreton
I Can, We Can Curry
In the Woods Gibson
Kittens Curry
Let's Go! Mann
My Color Mann
School Pinnell
We Can! Pinnell
What Bears Like Cherrington



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LEVEL B:

Books focus on a simple story line or single idea, with direct correspondence between text and pictures; one or two lines of text per page, with a variety of punctuation; many books at this level feature repeating patterns in the text.

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Level B titles:

Kites Ling
Baby Animals Learn Chanko
Two Can Do It Canizares & Chessen
We Are Painting Alexander
We Like to Play! Tarlow
Water Canizares & Chanko
What Am I? Frizado
Goldilocks Tarlow
Hop In! Small-Gamby
Carrots Saunders-Smith



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LEVEL C:

Books explore familiar topics in a variety of ways to offer new viewpoints to the reader; simple sentences may have introductory clauses set off by punctuation; text may be patterned but is not as predictable as in Levels A and B.

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Level C titles:

From Egg to Robin Canizares & Chessen
Joshua James Likes Trucks Petrie
Bugs! McKissack
Pancakes, Crackers, and Pizza Eberts & Gisler
Rain Kalan
I See Fish Curry
I Can Run Pinnell
At Work Geist
It's a Party Moreton & Berger
How Many Can Play? Canizares & Chessen



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LEVEL D:

Books cover familiar topics but introduce new, more abstract ideas; illustrations support the text but more attention to print is required; text contains more compound and multisyllable words and a full range of punctuation.

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Level D titles:

Nests, Nests, Nests Canizares & Reid
Where Do Birds Live? Chessen
Who Am I? Lee
I Know Karate Packard
Footprints In the Snow Benjamin
One Happy Classroom Simon
Paul the Pitcher Sharp
Too Many Balloons Matthias
Rain! Rain! Greene
Ten Cats Have Hats Marzollo



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LEVEL E:

Stories have more or longer episodes; informational books present more complex ideas; books are longer than in previous levels, with more pages or more lines of text on each page; sentences carry over several pages, with more complex punctuation.

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Level E titles:

The Voyage of Mae Jemison Canizares & Berger
Clay Art Chanko & Chessen
Up, Up, and Away Canizares & Chanko
Look, I Can Read! Hood
Polar Babies Ring
I Can See Cervantes
Animal Babies Hamsa
A Buzz Is Part of a Bee Lunn
A Box Can Be Many Things Rau
Just Like Me Neasi



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LEVEL F:

Concepts presented in books at this level are more distant from familiar topics; larger variety of frequently used words and many more new words; text reflects patterns of written, rather than oral, language.

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Level F titles:

Frog's Lunch Lillegard
Harry's House Medearis
Firehouse Sal Brimner
Pizza Party Maccarone
Soccer Game Maccarone
Amy Loves the Snow Huban
I Am Fire Marzollo
Shine, Sun! Greene
Is This You? Krauss
Cookie's Week Ward



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