ALL STUDENTS Lexile Reading Ranges LEXILE LEVELS A

ALL STUDENTS Lexile Reading Ranges

LEXILE LEVELS • A Lexile level is a prediction of how difficult a text (word frequency and sentence strength) will be for a reader to comprehend. • A student’s Lexile measure is his/her instructional reading level. • Ideally, match a reader and text to the assessed Lexile measure. For example, an appropriate level of text difficulty would be for a reader assessed at a Lexile level of 770 reading a book or magazine with a 770 L measure. www. lexile. com

Lexiles and Grade Levels GRADE LEVEL APPROXIMATION LEXILE RANGES 1 ST Up to 300 L 2 ND 140 L to 500 L 3 RD 330 L to 700 L 4 TH 445 L to 810 L 5 TH 565 L to 910 L 6 TH 665 L to 1000 L 7 TH 735 L to 1065 L 8 TH 805 L to 1100 L 9 TH 855 L to 1165 L 10 TH 905 L to 1195 L 11/12 940 L to 1210 L

In the Classroom LEXILE RANGE PURPOSE CONTEXT STUDENT EXPERIENCE Easy 100 L or more below -Build confidence -Motivates all readers to engage Fluency On-Level 100 L below to 50 L above -Practice reading skills - Independent reading Targeted -neither frustration nor boredom Challenging 50 L and more above -Build a little more independence -Introduce new or difficult topics/reading strategies -Use for read aloud Challenged -may experience -When you can frustration unless -Increase rigor support them one- they have a deep interest in topic -Expand vocabulary on-one -Reinforce topics already introduced