Reading just right books is important for students to feel like successful readers.
They should be able to read most words (less than 5 errors on a sample of the text), and be able to understand or retell the important parts. It is a good idea to post book levels on the inside of books. When posted on the outside of a book, students may not be thinking about their interests or purpose for reading when choosing a book. Classroom libraries are best organized when they are sorted using a combination of genre, series, and/or author. We want our students to think of themselves as "readers", not just a letter.
Below are some resources to help you find book levels...
Fountas and Pinnell (FnP) use various factors to determine a book's level.
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FnP doesn't have the book you're looking for? Find the lexile, then use a conversion chart to find the approximate FnP level.
Lexile determines a book level only on semantic (vocabulary) and syntactic (sentence structure) elements of a text. Its better than nothing, but not as accurate as FnP.
Conversion chart
They should be able to read most words (less than 5 errors on a sample of the text), and be able to understand or retell the important parts. It is a good idea to post book levels on the inside of books. When posted on the outside of a book, students may not be thinking about their interests or purpose for reading when choosing a book. Classroom libraries are best organized when they are sorted using a combination of genre, series, and/or author. We want our students to think of themselves as "readers", not just a letter.
Below are some resources to help you find book levels...
Fountas and Pinnell (FnP) use various factors to determine a book's level.
____________________________________
FnP doesn't have the book you're looking for? Find the lexile, then use a conversion chart to find the approximate FnP level.
Lexile determines a book level only on semantic (vocabulary) and syntactic (sentence structure) elements of a text. Its better than nothing, but not as accurate as FnP.
Conversion chart
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