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  • I have been reading all of these posts about reading levels at public schools. Can explain to me what all these public school reading levels are. What is G level, Z level? My DC is at private so I don't get it. For example, what would Charlotte's Web be on that level system?

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    05.22.09, 04:24 PM [ Flag ]

    • my dd is at a private school, but they use the leveled books for K and 1st grade. don't know what Charlotte's Web is, but Amelia Bedilia is "L". BTW, my school stops using them at M. They feel over that point they aren't really helpful.

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      05.22.09, 04:26 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • Thanks. I just couldnt understand it. Our school doesn't use a system like that. They are just assigned reading. They can however choose what they want at the Library.

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        05.22.09, 04:38 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Charlotte's web is reading level R

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      05.22.09, 05:46 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • I'm pretty sure this is not correct. It's probably more like level W. Have you actually read Charlotte's Web recently? It's not a simple book.

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        05.22.09, 07:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • ^^^Oops, I stand corrected -- just checked and it is an R. I thought I recalled it being more difficult, but I was wrong.

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          05.22.09, 07:10 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • i think you also need to take into account the subject matter. the story revolves around preventing one of the main characters from being slaughtered with an ax. (the first illustration is actually of fern trying to wrest said ax from her father's hands.) i wouldn't read this to a k dc, but that's just me.

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            05.23.09, 01:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • my son is 6 and is reading Mary Pope Osbourne (of Magic Tree House fame) Odysseus series. Can someone tell me what level that is? How would I find out?

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      05.22.09, 05:56 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • My dc's private doesn't use levels either. Google "lexile" and you can find sites where you can find what your dc is reading and other books at that level.

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      05.22.09, 06:01 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • If your school is not giving you a lexile number for your dc they are in the dark ages.

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      05.22.09, 06:42 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • I think Lexile numbers are absolutely ridiculous. It seems like an "easy" way to track kids abilities in classrooms that are overcrowded with teachers who are overwhelmed

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        05.23.09, 06:51 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • np How's that? My dc's teacher never even mentioned lexiles or levels to me. I looked them up as I wanted to find other books that might be appropriate for dc.

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          05.23.09, 08:18 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • scholastic has a great website for figuring this out: http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do according to them, Charlotte's Web is R.

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      05.22.09, 07:13 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Charlotte's Web is a beautifully written classic book. if you child is reading this, there's no need to ask about reading levels. Just keep supplying great books.

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      05.23.09, 07:22 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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