Lexile Leveled Reading Framework
		Matching students to books!
Matching students to texts at appropriate levels helps to increase their confidence, competence, and control over the reading process.  The Lexile Framework is a reliable and tested tool designed to bridge two critical aspects of student reading achievement--leveling text difficulty and assessing the reading skills of each student.
GRADE LEVEL	LEXILE LEVEL	BENCHMARK LITERATURE		SAMPLE TEXT PASSAGES
	1700L	First Inaugural Address by George Washington	1700	The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass It was not long, however, before I began to learn the sad fact that this house of my childhood belonged not to my dear old grandmother, but to someone I had never seen, and who lived a great distance off.  I learned, too, the sadder fact, that not only the home and lot, but that grandmother herself and all the little children around her, belonged to a mysterious personage, called by grandmother, with every mark of reverence, 'old master'. Thus early, did clouds and shadows begin to fall upon my path.
		The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck	1530
		The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass	1400
		Silent Spring by Rachel Carson	1340
	1200L	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens	1200
		The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells	1170	Ethan Frome Ethan's love of nature did not take the form of a taste for agriculture. He had always wanted to be an engineer and to live in towns, where there were lectures and big libraries and "fellows doing things." A slight engineering job in Florida, put in his way during his period of study at Worcester, increased his faith in his ability as well as his eagerness to see the world; and he felt sure that, with a "smart" wife like Zeena, it would not be long before he had made himself a place in it
		Animal Farm by George Orwell	1170
		Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton	1160
		A Separate Peace by John Knowles	1110
	1100L	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin	1100
		Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Hallk	1080	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea What a spectacle! How can I depict it? How describe the aspect of the woods and rocks in this liquid element their lower parts sombre and wild, the upper colored with red tints in the light which the reverberating power of the water doubled? We were climbing rocks which fell in enormous fragments directly afterwards with the noise of an avalanche. Right and left were deep dark galleries where sight was lost. Here opened vast clearing that seemed made by the hand of man, and I asked myself sometimes if some inhabitant of these submarine regions was not about to appear suddenly.
		One More River to Cross: The Stories of Twelve Black Americans by Jim Haskins	1070
		20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne	1030
		The Pearl by John Steinbeck	1010
	1000L	Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick	1100
		Exploring the Titanic by Robert Ballard	980	The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life The Panama Canal disgorged us out into the Pacific Ocean, where I felt right at home. We paused to take on fuel in the bleak Galapagos Islands. I was dimly aware that somewhere in these South American waters Alexander Selkirk had been marooned, inspiring the tale of Robinson Crusoe. I wondered if someday I might use these remote, moody islands as story background, and made a few mental notes. Rocky. Scraggly yellow weeds. Sharks in the bay.
		Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley	970
		The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life by Sid Fleischman	940
		Dogsong by Gary Paulsen	930
	900L	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor	920
		Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave by Virginia Hamilton	860	Julie of the Wolves Propped on her elbows with her chin in her fists, she stared at the black wolf, trying to catch his eye. She had chosen him because he was much larger than the others, and because he walked like her father, Kapugen, with his head high and his chest out. The black wolf also possessed wisdom, she had observed. The pack looked to him when the wind carried strange scents or the birds cried nervously. If he was alarmed, they were alarmed.  If he was calm, they were calm. Long minutes passed, and the black wolf did not look at her.
		Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George	860
		Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes	840
		Call it Courage by Armstrong Speny	830
	800L	By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder	820
		And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold	780	Pacific Crossing Mr. Ono was in the garden, playing a round of backyard golf.  The golf club was rusty, and his single golf ball was chipped and yellow as an old tooth. "I'm on vacation. I can't worry about money," he said, concentrating on his putt and the dent in the earth twenty feet away. He swung the club, and the ball raced like a mouse under a cabbage leaf. He looked at the boys and said, "I need practice. Give me a couple of hours, and you'll see."
		Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-Li Jiang	780
		Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh	760
		Pacific Crossing by Gary Soto	750
	700L	From the Mixed Up Fires of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Kolligsburg	700
		Charlotte's Web by E. B. White	680	... If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 Plants called herbs were the medicine of the Pilgrims. When spring came, the women planted herbs in their gardens. Suppose you cut yourself.  Your mother would make a medicine from the wild daisy. She would mix it with animal fat and smear it on your cut. Suppose you had a headache. Your mother would mix ground-up sage with fat and cornmeal. You would have to eat it, even if you hated the taste. Rose leaves and the fruit of the rose, called rose hips, were said to be good for almost anything.
		Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary	670
		Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr	630
		Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack	610
	600L	… If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern	600
		Buffalo Woman by Paul Goble	590	Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective In the morning he made up his mind. He would go into the detective business and help people. He wouldn't wait until he grew up. It was summer and school was out. He could begin at once. Encyclopedia got out of bed and searched through his closet. He dug out a toy printing press, a Christmas gift from his Uncle Ben two years ago. As soon as Encyclopedia finished breakfast, he printed fifty handbills. When the ink was dry, he put the handbills in all the mailboxes in the neighborhood.
		The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf by Jon Scieszka	570
		Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol	560
		Red Riding Hood by James Marshall	520
	500L	The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth by Joanna Cole	500
		Madeline by Ludwig Bememans	480	How My Parents Learned to Eat One day, the captain of my father's ship said, "John, in three weeks the ship is leaving Japan." My father was sad. He wanted to marry my mother. How can I ask her to marry me? he thought. I don't even know if we like the same food. And if we don't, we'll go hungry. It's hard to be happy if you're hungry. I'll have to find out what food she likes. And I'll have to learn to eat with chopsticks. So he went to a Japanese restaurant.
		Dinosaur Bones by Aliki	460
		How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina R. Friedman	450
		Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea by Cynthia Rylant	420
	400L	Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel	400
		Babushka's Doll by Patricia Polacco	360	The Best Way to Play "My dad said there are too many toys these days," said Kiku. "So, what's wrong with toys?" I said. We sat around and felt sad together. Just then, Andrew came running toward us. "I got the game," he said. "Let's go to my house and play it!" "Let's go!" we shouted.
		The Best Way to Play by Bill Cosby	360
		Arthur's Nose by Marc Brown	350
		Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells	320
	300L	Pet Show! By Ezra Jack Keats	300
		Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow	280	Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia "I know there is a uniform here," said Amelia Bedelia. And there was one. She took a nip here and a tuck there. Soon that uniform was just right.
		The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss	260
		Play Ball, Amelia Bedella by Peggy Parish	220
		Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Normall Bridwell	220
	200L	Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff	200