What are High Noon Readability Levels?
A book’s reading level is an approximation of the skill level a reader will need to understand its contents, or in the case of students learning to decode or sound out a book phonetically, the level of phonics decoding ability. Each set of High Noon Books has a “readability level.” This indicates that a student reading within the skill level for that grade should be able to read books in that series independently and successfully. For classroom reference, the High Noon readability level is indicated by the number of stars on the back cover of each High Noon book. First Grade Readability Close to half of the books with a single star on the back cover are part of the Sound Out series (They are clearly labeled as such.) Sound Out books are phonics-based and decodable to students following the six-level scope and sequence for the series. Students who have progressed through the basic phonetic patterns for each level can successfully read one of the 28-page narrative or informational books.
