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A word or two about lexiles
What are they?How can they help?What should we do?
Lexile ranges for grade levels
• Elementary– 200-700
• Intermediate– 700-900
• Middle– 900-1000
• High– 1000-1200
Let's look at some recent books and see…
Which is the higher lexile?
Katherines 5.6/ 890
Higher power of lucky 5.9/ 1010
Which has the higher level?
Cass 3.6 /520
Harry Potter 6.9/980
Higher lexile?
American Born Chinese 3.3 n/a
Criss cross 5.5/ 820
Higher reading level?
Rules 3.9/ 780
Rules of Survival 4.3/660
Why?
• Application of science to art
• Measuring a creative product
• Randomness of passages
• Elimination of the human element
So..how can we use these?
• Guidelines
• Must add:– Reviews– Personal reading– Examination of other’s collections– Online resources