Leveling Resource Guide

Use this guide to select motivating books that will realistically meet the instructional needs of all of your readers at any level. For more information about the Guided Reading Levels, Developmental Reading Levels, or Lexile Levels, see below.

Guided Reading Levels
Leveling criteria developed and introduced to educators by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell through their books Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children (Heinemann, 1996), Guiding Readers and Writers Grades 3-6 (Heinemann, 2001), plus others.

DRA Levels
(Developmental Reading Assessment)
Leveling criteria developed and introduced to educators by Joetta Beaver through her various assessment tools such as DRA Developmental Reading Assessment K-3 Teacher Resource Guide (Celebration Press, 2001), plus others.

Lexile® Levels
A leveling criteria developed and introduced by MetaMetrics, Inc.
Books are assigned Lexile levels by the company using their proprietary leveling system. Students are tested with proprietary tests to determine the Lexile level at which they are reading.

Help every child become a successful reader by matching
EACH STUDENT with the RIGHT MATERIAL at the RIGHT TIME!

	Scholastic Guided Reading Level	DRA Level	Lexile^® Level
Kindergarten	A	A–2	200–400
	B	1–2
	C	3
	D	4
First Grade	A	A–2	200–400
	B	1–2
	C	3
	D	4
	E	6–8
	F	10
	G	12
	H	14
	I	16
Second Grade	E	6–8	300–600
	F	10
	G	12
	H	14
	I	16
	J	18-20
	K	18-20
	L	24–28
	M	24–28
	N	30
Third Grade	J	18–20	500–800
	K	18–20
	L	24–28
	M	24–28
	N	30
	O	34–38
	P	34–38
	Q	40
Fourth Grade	M	24–28	600–900
	N	30
	O	34–38
	P	34–38
	Q	40
	R	40
	S	44/50
	T	44/50
Fifth Grade	Q	40	700–1000
	R	40
	S	44/50
	T	40/50
	U	44/50
	V	44/50
Sixth Grade	T	44/50	800–1050
	U	44/50
	V	44/50
	W	60
	X	60
	Y	60
	Z	70–80

Teacher Store

The Teacher Store

Differentiating Reading Instruction

by Laura Robb

Differentiated instruction—matching just-right instruction to the needs of each learner—is a powerful and effective way to help all students be successful. In this resource, reading expert, Laura Robb, invites you into her classroom so you can see differentiated reading instruction in action. She shows you how to teach and manage whole-class reading where each student reads a different book, provide targeted support while working with small-groups, build comprehension through student-

$29.99
Professional Book | Grades 5-12

Differentiating Reading Instruction

Grades 5-12 $29.99

Teacher Store

The Teacher Store

Research-Based Reading Lessons for K-3: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension

by Maureen McLaughlin and Leslie Fisher

Based on current research and fine-tuned in K-3 classrooms, these 25 lessons provide direct instruction as well as guided and independent practice activities that have been demonstrated to improve students? reading skills. Summaries of relevant research, assessment ideas, management tips, and student reproducibles round out this indispensable resource. Meets Reading First and NCLB guidelines. 224 pages.

$25.99
Professional Book | Grades K-3

Research-Based Reading Lessons for K-3: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension

Grades K-3 $25.99

LESSON PLAN	Beautiful Birds Describes a comprehensive lesson in birds. Students learn about the habits and characteristics of birds through reading, playing "memory," and...

UNIT PLAN	Women's Suffrage Students read about the suffrage movement , research and answer dicussion questions, and write essays.

BOOK INFORMATION	The New York Public Library Kid's Guide to Research The New York Public Library Kid's Guide to Research covers all of the researching skills kids need. With the notable involvement of the New York Public Library, it is the only book of its kind on the market.