lexiles framework for reading velaine bonebright henry county schools
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Lexiles
Framework for Reading
Velaine BonebrightHenry County Schools
Measurement Tool
Created by MetaMetrics, Inc. Help connect readers with appropriate
books and articles Two predictors of text difficulty
Word frequency Sentence length
Lexile measure
Number followed by “L” From below 200L
Beginning Readers Above 1700L
Advanced Readers
Note: Not an instructional program Useful tool in managing resources
Book Level Equivalencies
University of Virginia *Created and Maintained by Jenni Ballow with the Curry
School, University of Virginia (with the exception of AR ATOS reading levels.)
Grade Levels Basal Levels Reading Recovery
Developmental Reading (DRA)
Lexile Framework AR (ATOS)
Kindergarten Readiness 1 1 BR .1 - .9
Kindergarten / 1st Grade
Readiness (cont.)
2 2 BR .1 - .9
Kindergarten / 1st Grade
PP1 (a) 3 & 4 3 BR .5 – 1.5
1st Grade PP2 (b) 5 & 6 4 BR 1.0 – 1.9
1st Grade PP3 (c) 7 & 8 6 & 8 BR 1.0 – 1.9
1st Grade Primer (1.1) 9 & 10 10 200 – 400 1.0 – 1.9
1st Grade 1.1 (cont.) 11 & 12 12 200 – 400 1.0 – 1.9
1st / 2nd Grade First 1.2 13 & 14 14 200 – 400 1.5 – 2.5
1st / 2nd Grade 1.2 (cont.) 15, 16, & 17 16 200 – 400 1.5 – 2.5
2nd Grade Second (2.1) 18, 19, & 20 18 300 – 500 2.0 – 2.9
2nd Grade 2.1 (cont.) NA 20 300 – 500 2.0 – 2.9
2nd / 3rd Grade Second (2.2) NA 24 & 28 300 - 500 2.5 – 3.5
3rd / 4th Grade Third NA 30, 34, & 38 500 – 700 3.5 – 4.5
4th Grade Fourth NA NA 650 - 850 4.0 – 4.9
5th Grade NA NA NA 730 - 960 5.0 – 5.9
6th Grade NA NA NA 800 - 1030 6.0 – 6.9
7th Grade NA NA NA 880 - 1090 7.0 – 7.9
8th Grade NA NA NA 910 - 1140 8.0 – 8.9
9th Grade NA NA NA 1030 - 1160 9.0 – 9.9
10th Grade NA NA NA 1080 - 1210 10.0 – 10.9
11th Grade NA NA NA 1130 - 1260 11.0 – 11.9
12th Grade NA NA Na 1180 - 1300 12.0 – 12.9
Suggested Lexile Range 50L above 100L below
BR: Beginning Reading Appropriate for
Emergent Readers Lexile measure 0L
or lower Hop on Pop by Dr.
Seuss
AD: Adult directed
Picture books with unusually high Lexile
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Code is AD740L
HL: High-Low
High-interest plus low-readability Lexile range is much lower than intended
age range of intended readers Sticks and Stones by Goobie
Young Adult book Code is HL430L
GN: Graphic Novel
Comic book Text appears in voice or thought bubbles Large percentage of dialogue Impact of picture support on reading
comprehension is not captured in Lexile
NP: Non-Prose
Text with non-standard or absent punctuation Where more than 50% is non-standard or
non-conforming prose Poems Plays Songs Recipes
