//Understanding How Texts Are Leveled//
- By: Myrandah Staub
- Jun 10, 2016
- 2 min read
True Story...
A wise woman once taught me a simple way to determine how texts are leveled. She sat me down and placed in front of a level K book and an authentic literature book about Animals A to Z. She instructed me to scan the two books for similarities and differences within them. When turning to the first page in each book I noticed that both pages had the same text structure, meaning the text was organized and presented in a similar manner. Though the topics of the two books were not the same, both books had similar types of illustrations (pictures) that contributed to the meaning of the text. I continued to closely examine the two books and concluded that based on the numerous similarities between the two books the Animals A to Z book was most certainly considered a level K.
This process is extremely simple to do. This exact same process would work with any authentic literature book that is placed next to a leveled book. Now just so that you're aware, the authentic literature book that you randomly select when placed next to any
leveled book may not always match that specific level. If that is the case and the level book seems to be more advanced then the authentic literature book or not advanced enough, then simply go up or down a level and try to compare again until you find numerous similarities between the two.
More on leveled texts...
Fountas and Pinnell are the two brilliant women who created the Instructional Grade-Level Equivalence Chart. In fact, they created the chart by doing a similar process as was mentioned above. This chart shows all of the reading levels starting with level A, which is a Kindergarten level, and ending with a level Z that goes all the way to twelfth grade.
If you are wondering where you can find leveled books for free, check out the website listed below for free leveled book downloads.
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