What IS the deal with these Guided Reading Levels at school????
There are several leveled reading, or text gradient, systems utilized in schools, but at most elementary schools these days you will hear teachers refer to Guided Reading Levels A-Z. We prefer guided reading levels to Lexile levels because Lexile levels consider ONLY sentence length and word frequency.while guided reading levels consider a those factors AND content, vocabulary, and language.
There is a range of levels within each grade. Your child’s teacher can address your child's current level and the goals she is working on with your child. With good instruction, your child will steadily become a better reader, even if he is one or two levels behind peers.
We use the guided reading levels to help guide our instruction AND to match readers with texts. Children can read successfully within a range of levels depending on motivation and other factors. During reading instruction, your child will read books within his INSTRUCTIONAL reading range. This means texts he can comprehend AND read with 90-97% accuracy. When reading independently, your child will be reading books at his INDEPENDENT reading level, which means text he can comprehend AND read with 98-100% accuracy.
Lots of independent reading builds fluency, stamina, and vocabulary. We call that HIGH VOLUME / HIGH SUCCESS reading experiences. A balance of independent and instructional level text gives readers a chance to practice new reading skills and stretch themselves.
Look under the FAMILIES tab for a resource that will show you examples of different levels of text according to guided reading levels.
There are several leveled reading, or text gradient, systems utilized in schools, but at most elementary schools these days you will hear teachers refer to Guided Reading Levels A-Z. We prefer guided reading levels to Lexile levels because Lexile levels consider ONLY sentence length and word frequency.while guided reading levels consider a those factors AND content, vocabulary, and language.
There is a range of levels within each grade. Your child’s teacher can address your child's current level and the goals she is working on with your child. With good instruction, your child will steadily become a better reader, even if he is one or two levels behind peers.
We use the guided reading levels to help guide our instruction AND to match readers with texts. Children can read successfully within a range of levels depending on motivation and other factors. During reading instruction, your child will read books within his INSTRUCTIONAL reading range. This means texts he can comprehend AND read with 90-97% accuracy. When reading independently, your child will be reading books at his INDEPENDENT reading level, which means text he can comprehend AND read with 98-100% accuracy.
Lots of independent reading builds fluency, stamina, and vocabulary. We call that HIGH VOLUME / HIGH SUCCESS reading experiences. A balance of independent and instructional level text gives readers a chance to practice new reading skills and stretch themselves.
Look under the FAMILIES tab for a resource that will show you examples of different levels of text according to guided reading levels.
I will come back to MOTIVATION and reading in another week or so. Just wanted to share this info as we close out the first 9 weeks of instruction and will be talking with families about guided reading levels.