Lexiles Framework for Reading Velaine Bonebright Henry County Schools.

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

Online Resource

www.lexile.com