How Do You Convert Books To A Leveled Library?
A leveled library means that students can choose books at their reading level because books are labeled to indicate their reading level. There are several leveling systems including Guided Reading, Lexile, grade level and DRA. You can level books on one or more systems depending on your school and district policies. Choose your system (or systems). Decide whether you will use Guided Reading, Lexile, DRA or grade-level systems. The Guided Reading and Lexile systems are more specific and will be more helpful to students than the grade-level or DRA systems. Use a database. There are a number of databases on the web where all you have to do is type in the title of your book and you can get its level. The Guided Reading database charges per session, but the Lexile database is free. Scholastic’s free Book Wizard allows you to search for books in all the systems, perfect if you are using more than one system. Write the level. After finding a book’s level, write it down on a sticker. You can c
