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Lexiles

Lexiles. Framework for Reading. Velaine Bonebright Henry 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”

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Lexiles

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  1. Lexiles Framework for Reading Velaine Bonebright Henry County Schools

  2. Measurement Tool • Created by MetaMetrics, Inc. • Help connect readers with appropriate books and articles • Two predictors of text difficulty • Word frequency • Sentence length

  3. 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

  4. 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.)

  5. Suggested Lexile Range • 50L above • 100L below

  6. BR: Beginning Reading • Appropriate for Emergent Readers • Lexile measure 0L or lower • Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss

  7. AD: Adult directed • Picture books with unusually high Lexile • Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak • Code is AD740L

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Online Resource • www.lexile.com

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