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Lexile Leveled Reading Framework
Matching students to books!
Matching students to texts at appropriate levels helps to increase their conf idence, competence, and control over the reading process . The Lexile Framework is a reliable and tested tool designed to bridge
aspects of student reading achievement--leveling text diff iculty and assess ing the reading skills of each student.
GRADE LEVEL LEXILE LEVEL BENCHMARK LI TERATURE SAMPLE TEXT PASSAGES
1700L First Inaugural Address by George Washington 1700The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
It was not long, how ever, before I began to learn the sad fact that this house of my
belonged not to my dear old grandmother, but to someone I had never seen, and w h
distance of f. I learned, too, the sadder fact, that not only the home and lot, but that g
herself and all the little children around her, belonged to a mysterious personage, cal
grandmother, with ever y mark of reverence, 'old master'. Thus early , did clouds and
begin to fall upon my path.
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck 1530
The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass 1400
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson 1340
1200L Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 1200
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells 1170Ethan Frome
Ethan's love of nature did not take the form of a taste for agriculture. He had always
an engineer and to live in towns, w here there w ere lectures and big libraries and "f e
things." A s light engineering job in Florida, put in his way during his period of study a
increased his faith in his ability as w ell as his eagerness to see the world; and he fe
w ith a "smart" w ife like Zeena, it w ould not be long before he had made himself a pl
Animal Farm by George Orwell 1170
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 1160
A Separate Peace by John Knowles 1110
1100L Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin 1100
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Hallk 108020,000 Leagues Under the Sea
What a spectacle! How can I depict it? How describe the aspect of the w oods and r
liquid element their lower par ts sombre and wild, the upper colored w ith red tints in t
the reverberating power of the w ater doubled? We were climbing rocks w hich fell in
fragments directly afterw ards w ith the noise of an avalanche. Right and left w ere d
galleries w here sight w as lost. Here opened vast clearing that seemed made by the
and I asked myself sometimes if some inhabitant of these submarine regions w as no
appear suddenly.
One More River to Cross: The Stories of Twelve Black Americans by Jim Haskins 1070
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 1030
The Pearl by John Steinbeck 1010
1000L Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick 1100
Exploring the Titanic by Robert Ballard 980The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life
The Panama Canal disgorged us out into the Pacific Ocean, w here I felt r ight at home
to take on fuel in the bleak Galapagos Islands. I was dimly aw are that somewhere inAmerican w aters A lexander Selkirk had been marooned, inspiring the tale of Robins
w ondered if someday I might use these remote, moody islands as story background,
few mental notes. Rocky. Scraggly yellow w eeds. Sharks in the bay.
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley 970
The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life by Sid Fleischman 940
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen 930
900L Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor 920
Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave by Virginia Hamilton 860Julie of the Wolves
Propped on her elbows w ith her chin in her fists , she stared at the black wolf, try ing
eye. She had chosen him because he w as much larger than the others, and becaus
like her father, Kapugen, w ith his head high and his chest out. The black wolf als o p
w isdom, she had observed. The pack looked to him w hen the wind car ried strange
birds cried nervously. If he w as alarmed, they w ere alarmed. If he w as calm, they
Long minutes passed, and the black wolf did not look at her.
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George 860
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes 840
Call it Courage by Armstrong Speny 830
800L By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder 820
And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold 780Pacific Crossing
Mr. Ono w as in the garden, playing a round of backyard golf. The golf club w as rus
single golf ball was chipped and yellow as an old tooth. "I'm on vacation. I can't worr
money," he said, concentrating on his putt and the dent in the earth tw enty feet aw a
the club, and the ball raced like a mouse under a cabbage leaf. He looked at the boys
need practice. Give me a couple of hours, and you'll see."
Red Scarf Girl : A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-Li Jiang 780
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh 760
Pacific Crossing by Gary Soto 750
700L From the Mixed Up Fires of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Kolligsburg 700
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White 680... If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620
Plants called herbs w ere the medicine of the Pilgrims. When spring came, the wome
herbs in their gardens. Suppose you cut yourself . Your mother would make a medic
w ild daisy. She would mix it with animal fat and smear it on your cut. Suppose you h
headache. Your mother w ould mix ground-up sage w ith fat and cornmeal. You w ou
it, even if you hated the taste. Rose leaves and the fruit of the rose, called rose hips
be good for almost anything.
Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary 670
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr 630
Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack 610
600L If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern 600
Buffalo Woman by Paul Goble 590 Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
In the morning he made up his mind. He would go into the detect ive business and hel
w ouldn't w ait until he grew up. It was summer and school w as out. He could begin
Encyclopedia got out of bed and searched through his closet. He dug out a toy printi
Christmas gif t f rom his Uncle Ben tw o years ago. As soon as Encyclopedia finished
printed fif ty handbills. When the ink was dry, he put the handbills in all the mailboxes
neighborhood.
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf by Jon Scieszka 570
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol 560
Red Riding Hood by James Marshall 520
500L The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by Joanna Cole 500
Madeline by Ludw ig Bememans 480How My Parents Learned to Eat
One day, the captain of my father 's ship said, "John, in three w eeks the ship is leavi
father w as sad. He w anted to marry my mother. How can I ask her to marry me? he
don't even know if w e like the same food. And if w e don't, we'll go hungry. It's hardyou're hungry . I'll have to find out what food she likes. And I'll have to learn to eat wi
So he went to a Japanese restaurant.
Dinosaur Bones by Aliki 460
How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman 450
Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea by Cynthia Rylant 420
400L Frog and Toad are Friends by A rnold Lobel 400
Babushka's Doll by Patricia Polacco 360The Best Way to Play
"My dad said there are too many toys these days," said Kiku. "So, what's w rong w it
We sat around and felt sad together. Just then, Andrew came running toward us. "I
he said. "Let's go to my house and play it!" "Let's go!" we shouted. The Best Way to Play by Bill Cosby 360
Arthur's Nose by Marc Brow n 350
Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells 320
300L Pet Show! By Ezra Jack Keats 300
Mr. Rabbi t and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow 280Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia
"I know there is a uniform here," said Amelia Bedelia. And there w as one. She took
a tuck there. Soon that uniform was just right. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss 260
Play Ball, Amelia Bedella by Peggy Parish 220
Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Normall Bridw ell 220
200L Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff 200
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