Reading Pathfinders > The Lexile Framework® for Reading A Lexile is a unit for measuring text difficulty and reader comprehension. MetaMetrics, developer of The Lexile Framework® for Reading, was the first organization to take readability of text and comprehension of students and put the two together. By expressing these two functions on the same scale, teachers and parents are better able to target and personalize reading selections. Lexile scores are linked to Reading Rasch unIT (RIT) scores. Lexile is reported on an equal-interval scale, similar to the RIT scale. 10L is at the low end of the scale and 1700L is at the high end. Books for beginning readers are listed as BR on the scale. The Lexile range is included on several NWEA reports. It allows educators and parents to find appropriately challenging books, periodicals, and other reading material for students. Teachers may print the appropriate Reading Pathfinder for each student. The pathfinders are also useful for parent conferences and for making reading recommendations. The Lexile web site can be accessed at www.lexile.com for more information. Reading Pathfinder Student Name _____________________ Grade ________ Lexile Measure ______________ A Lexile is a unit for measuring text difficulty and reader comprehension. MetaMetrics, developer of The Lexile Framework® for Reading, was the first organization to take readability of text and comprehension of students and put the two together. By expressing these two functions on the same scale, teachers and parents are better able to target and personalize reading selections. The Reading Pathfinder list printed below is a collection of literature titles customized to match the reading achievement of your student. According to your student’s score on the NWEA Reading Achievement Level Test or Measure of Academic Progress, he or she should be able to read any of these titles at an appropriate level of challenge. All of the books on the list are generally available at local schools, public libraries, and bookstores. The Reading Pathfinder list provides a general guide to the age appropriateness of specific titles by noting whether the materials are intended for students in the elementary (E) grades K-5, middle (M) grades 6-8, or high (H) school grades 9-12. LEXILE RANGE = BR LEVEL LEXILE TITLE AUTHOR E BR The 100th Day Maccarone, Grace E BR Addition Annie Gisler, David E BR Albert the Albatross Hoff, Syd E BR April Fool! Ziefert, Harriet E BR Are You My Mother? Eastman, P.D. E BR At Work Geist, Ellen E BR Baby Animals Learn Chanko, Pamela E BR Bears on Wheels Berenstain, Stan and Jan E BR Big Brown Bear McPhail, David E BR Biscuit's New Trick Capucilli, Alyssa Satin E BR Bubble Trouble Hulme, Joy E BR Bug in a Rug Cole, Joanna and Stephanie Calmenson E BR Bugs! McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick Lexile Range = BR www.nwea.org 1 of 2 Lexiles continued LEVEL LEXILE TITLE AUTHOR E BR Catch the Ball! Carle, Eric E BR City Cats, Country Cats Hazen, Barbara Shook E BR Clifford Makes a Friend Bridwell, Norman E BR Clifford’s Animal Sounds Bridwell, Norman E BR David Gets in Trouble Shannon, David E BR A Day With Firefighters Kottke, Jan E BR Dinosaurs Maccarone, Grace E BR Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? Carle, Eric E BR Hop on Pop Dr. Seuss E BR I Like to Win! Simon, Charnan E BR Let’s Paint a Rainbow Carle, Eric E BR Lightning Liz Brimner, Larry Dane E BR Mama’s Little Bears Tafuri, Nancy E BR Math in the Backyard Amato, William E BR My Family Tree Scott, Janine E BR Patterns Are Fun! Algie, Amy E BR Peter’s Picture Gorbachev, Valeri E BR The Puddle McPhail, David E BR Sam Makes Trouble Warner, Gertrude Chandler E BR The Snowman Avery, Dorothy E BR Space Dog Jack and the Haunted Spaceship Schade, Susan E BR Wait, Skates! Johnson, Mildred D. E BR Water Canizares, Susan and Pamela Chanko E BR The Z Was Zapped Van Allsburg, Chris Research shows that reading for as little as 20 minutes a day can help children become better readers and better students. By reading regularly, skills developed during the school year can be maintained or even improved. A Lexile measure refers to text readability only—therefore parents/educators are encouraged to preview books that a child reads to make sure they are at the appropriate development level for the child and also meet community standards. Please encourage your child to read more this school year. Lexile Range = BR www.nwea.org 2 of 2 Reading Pathfinder Student Name _____________________ Grade ________ Lexile Measure ______________ A Lexile is a unit for measuring text difficulty and reader comprehension. MetaMetrics, developer of The Lexile Framework® for Reading, was the first organization to take readability of text and comprehension of students and put the two together. By expressing these two functions on the same scale, teachers and parents are better able to target and personalize reading selections. The Reading Pathfinder list printed below is a collection of literature titles customized to match the reading achievement of your student. According to your student’s score on the NWEA Reading Achievement Level Test or Measure of Academic Progress, he or she should be able to read any of these titles at an appropriate level of challenge. All of the books on the list are generally available at local schools, public libraries, and bookstores. The Reading Pathfinder list provides a general guide to the age appropriateness of specific titles by noting whether the materials are intended for students in the elementary (E) grades K-5, middle (M) grades 6-8, or high (H) school grades 9-12. LEXILE RANGE = 10-90 LEVEL LEXILE TITLE AUTHOR E 10 Harry Takes a Bath Ziefert, Harriet E 10 I Am a Star Marzollo, Jean E 10 Snake Hair: The Story of Medusa Spinner, Stephanie E 10 Wrinkles Hessell, Jenny E 20 Biscuit Wants to Play Capucilli, Alyssa Satin E 20 Have You Seen My Duckling? Tafuri, Nancy E 20 Pickles in My Soup Pearson, Mary E 20 Words Are Everywhere Lowe, David E 30 Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss E 30 Living on an Island Winne, Joanne E 30 Monster Math Maccarone, Grace E 30 No Place Like Home Tripp, Valerie E 40 The Berenstain Bears on the Moon Berenstain, Stan and Jan Lexile Range = 10-90 www.nwea.org 1 of 2 Lexiles continued LEVEL LEXILE TITLE AUTHOR E 40 Eletelephony Richards, Laura E. E 40 Snow Ward, Kristin E 40 The Ugly Duckling Ziefert, Harriet E 50 Clifford and the Halloween Parade Bridwell, Norman E 50 Deer at the Brook Arnosky, Jim E 50 D.W. All Wet Brown, Marc E 50 The Riddle of the Red Purse Giff, Patricia Reilly E 50 Two Eyes, Two Ears Smith, Annette E 60 Bananas Klingel, Cynthia and Robert B. Noyed E 60 A Hat for Minerva Louise Stoeke, Janet Morgan E 60 The Stray Dog Simont, Marc E 60 We Are Best Friends Aliki E 70 The Gingerbread Boy Ziefert, Harriet E 70 No More Monsters For Me! Parish, Peggy E 70 The Valentine Star Giff, Patricia Reilly E 70 Whales and Dolphins Roop, Peter and Connie E 70 What a Hungry Puppy! Herman, Gail E 80 Amelia Bedelia and the Baby Parish, Peggy E 80 Biscuit Finds a Friend Capucilli, Alyssa Satin E 80 From Head to Toe Carle, Eric E 80 George Washington Abraham, Philip E 90 The Flying Horse: The Story of Pegasus Mason, Jane B. E 90 Polar Bears Canizares, Susan E 90 Toby, Where are You? Steig, William Research shows that reading for as little as 20 minutes a day can help children become better readers and better students. By reading regularly, skills developed during the school year can be maintained or even improved. A Lexile measure refers to text readability only—therefore parents/educators are encouraged to preview books that a child reads to make sure they are at the appropriate development level for the child and also meet community standards. Please encourage your child to read more this school year. Lexile Range = 10-90 www.nwea.org 2 of 2 Reading Pathfinder Student Name _____________________ Grade ________ Lexile Measure ______________ A Lexile is a unit for measuring text difficulty and reader comprehension. MetaMetrics, developer of The Lexile Framework® for Reading, was the first organization to take readability of text and comprehension of students and put the two together. By expressing these two functions on the same scale, teachers and parents are better able to target and personalize reading selections. The Reading Pathfinder list printed below is a collection of literature titles customized to match the reading achievement of your student. According to your student’s score on the NWEA Reading Achievement Level Test or Measure of Academic Progress, he or she should be able to read any of these titles at an appropriate level of challenge. All of the books on the list are generally available at local schools, public libraries, and bookstores. The Reading Pathfinder list provides a general guide to the age appropriateness of specific titles by noting whether the materials are intended for students in the elementary (E) grades K-5, middle (M) grades 6-8, or high (H) school grades 9-12. LEXILE RANGE = 100-190 LEVEL LEXILE TITLE AUTHOR E 100 Arthur in a Pickle Brown, Marc E 100 Glasses for D.W. Brown, Marc E 100 A Kiss for Little Bear Minarik, Else Holmelund E 100 My Life Pistone, Paul E 110 Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping Parish, Peggy E 110 Dark Night, Sleepy Night Ziefert, Harriet E 110 I Can Play Soccer Eckart, Edana E 120 Clifford, We Love You Bridwell, Norman E 120 Sammy the Seal Hoff, Syd E 120 Scooby-Doo! Football Fright Herman, Gail E 120 Spiders and Webs Lunn, Carolyn E 130 Dinosaur’s Day Thomas, Ruth E 130 My Brother, Ant Byars, Betsy Lexile Range = 100-190 www.nwea.org 1 of 2 Lexiles continued LEVEL LEXILE TITLE AUTHOR E 130 Nate the Great Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman E 140 Amelia Bedelia Parish, Peggy E 140 A Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher Thaler, Mike E 140 We Need Water Frost, Helen E 150 B-E-S-T Friends Giff, Patricia Reilly E 150 Benjamin Franklin Abraham, Philip E 150 Kit and Kat DePaola, Tomie E 150 If I Were an Ant Moses, Amy E 160 The Bears’ Vacation Berenstain, Stan and Jan E 160 Curious George in the Big City Rey, Margret and H. A. E 160 The Littles Get Trapped! Peterson, John E 160 Trucks Saunders-Smith, Gail E 170 Chester Hoff, Syd E 170 Draw Me a Star Carle, Eric E 170 Germs, Germs, Germs Katz, Bobbi E 170 Our Book of Maps Flint, David E 180 Diving Dolphin Wallace, Karen E 180 Henry and Mudge and Annie’s Perfect Pet Rylant, Cynthia E 180 One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Dr. Seuss E 180 The Turnip Ziefert, Harriet E 190 Aaron’s Hair Munsch, Robert E 190 BMX Billy Beck, Jennifer E 190 Too Many Cooks! Buckless, Andrea E 190 Trouble on the T-Ball Team Bunting, Eve Research shows that reading for as little as 20 minutes a day can help children become better readers and better students. By reading regularly, skills developed during the school year can be maintained or even improved. A Lexile measure refers to text readability only—therefore parents/educators are encouraged to preview books that a child reads to make sure they are at the appropriate development level for the child and also meet community standards. Please encourage your child to read more this school year. Lexile Range = 100-190 www.nwea.org 2 of 2 Reading Pathfinder Student Name _____________________ Grade ________ Lexile Measure ______________ A Lexile is a unit for measuring text difficulty and reader comprehension. MetaMetrics, developer of The Lexile Framework® for Reading, was the first organization to take readability of text and comprehension of students and put the two together. By expressing these two functions on the same scale, teachers and parents are better able to target and personalize reading selections. The Reading Pathfinder list printed below is a collection of literature titles customized to match the reading achievement of your student. According to your student’s score on the NWEA Reading Achievement Level Test or Measure of Academic Progress, he or she should be able to read any of these titles at an appropriate level of challenge. All of the books on the list are generally available at local schools, public libraries, and bookstores. The Reading Pathfinder list provides a general guide to the age appropriateness of specific titles by noting whether the materials are intended for students in the elementary (E) grades K-5, middle (M) grades 6-8, or high (H) school grades 9-12. LEXILE RANGE = 200-290 LEVEL LEXILE TITLE AUTHOR E 200 Danny and the Dinosaur Hoff, Syd E 200 Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat Giff, Patricia Reilly E 200 Tiger Woods Walker, Pamela E 210 Amelia Bedelia Helps Out Parish, Peggy E 210 Big Birds Penner, Lucille Recent E 210 The Golly Sisters Go West Byars, Betsy E 220 Clifford, The Big Red Dog Bridwell, Norman E 220 D.W. Flips Brown, Marc E 220 What Makes a Shadow? Bulla, Clyde Robert E 230 Babar’s Little Circus Star De Brunhoff, Laurent E 230 Curious George Goes to the Beach Rey, Margret and H.A. E 230 Do Pigs Have Stripes? Walsh, Melanie E 230 What Makes Day and Night? Branley, Franklyn M. Lexile Range = 200-290 www.nwea.org 1 of 2 Lexiles continued LEVEL LEXILE TITLE AUTHOR E 240 Circles and Squares Everywhere! Grover, Max E 240 The Cow That Got Her Wish Hillert, Margaret E 240 The Littles Go Around the World Peterson, John E 240 The Puppet Club Thaler, Mike E 250 Boss for a Day De Paola, Tomie E 250 George Washington’s Mother Fritz, Jean E 250 Junie B., First Grader (At Last!) Park, Barbara E 260 Arthur’s Birthday Brown, Marc E 260 The Candy Corn Contest Giff, Patricia Reilly E 260 The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss E 260 Nate the Great and the Tardy Tortoise Sharmat Marjorie Weinman and Craig E 260 Pumpkin Pumpkin Titherington, Jeanne E 260 Spiders Otto, Carolyn B. E 270 Amelia Bedelia and the Surprise Shower Parish, Peggy E 270 Just Me and My Cousin Mayer, Gina and Mercer E 270 Planets Dussling, Jennifer E 280 Abraham Lincoln Mara, Wil E 280 It’s Justin Time, Amber Brown Danziger, Paula E 280 Night of the Ninjas Osborne, Mary Pope E 280 Nobody is Perfick Waber, Bernard E 290 50 Below Zero Munsch, Robert E 290 Boat Book Gibbons, Gail E 290 Henry and Mudge and the Tall Tree House Rylant, Cynthia E 290 The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm Cole, Joanna Research shows that reading for as little as 20 minutes a day can help children become better readers and better students. By reading regularly, skills developed during the school year can be maintained or even improved. A Lexile measure refers to text readability only—therefore parents/educators are encouraged to preview books that a child reads to make sure they are at the appropriate development level for the child and also meet community standards. Please encourage your child to read more this school year. Lexile Range = 200-290 www.nwea.org 2 of 2 Reading Pathfinder Student Name _____________________ Grade ________ Lexile Measure ______________ A Lexile is a unit for measuring text difficulty and reader comprehension. MetaMetrics, developer of The Lexile Framework® for Reading, was the first organization to take readability of text and comprehension of students and put the two together. By expressing these two functions on the same scale, teachers and parents are better able to target and personalize reading selections. The Reading Pathfinder list printed below is a collection of literature titles customized to match the reading achievement of your student. According to your student’s score on the NWEA Reading Achievement Level Test or Measure of Academic Progress, he or she should be able to read any of these titles at an appropriate level of challenge. All of the books on the list are generally available at local schools, public libraries, and bookstores. The Reading Pathfinder list provides a general guide to the age appropriateness of specific titles by noting whether the materials are intended for students in the elementary (E) grades K-5, middle (M) grades 6-8, or high (H) school grades 9-12. LEXILE RANGE = 300-390 LEVEL LEXILE TITLE AUTHOR E 300 Clifford at the Circus Bridwell, Norman E 300 Frog and Toad All Year Lobel, Arnold E 300 Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery Adler, David A. E 310 Born to Be a Butterfly Wallace, Karen E 310 Curious George Goes Camping Rey, Margret and H.A. E 310 Iktomi and the Coyote Goble, Paul E 310 My Hairiest Adventure Stine, R.L. E 320 Clara Barton Mara, Wil E 320 December Secrets Giff, Patricia Reilly E 320 There’s a Wocket in My Pocket Dr. Seuss E 330 Air is All Around You Branley, Franklyn M. E 330 Junie B. Jones Smells Something Fishy Park, Barbara E 330 White Bird Bulla, Clyde Robert Lexile Range = 300-390 www.nwea.org 1 of 2