Reading and Writing Resources
As you would with any recommended reading, please preview these resources before giving them to your child. In addition to text difficulty considerations, some texts might deal with mature content or controversial topics.
As you would with any recommended reading, please preview these resources before giving them to your child. In addition to text difficulty considerations, some texts might deal with mature content or controversial topics.
Lexile levels are numbers designed to estimate the difficulty of a text. Our target reading levels per grade level are:
- grades 2-3 420-820 Lexile
- grades 4-5 740-1010 Lexile
- grades 6-8 650-1000 Lexile
- grades 9-10 1050-1335 Lexile
For success on the ACT and in college, a reader should independently comprehend texts at the 1200-1300 Lexile range.
Work with your student to create a reading plan: Commit to 30 minutes every night.
Work with your student to create a reading plan: Commit to 30 minutes every night.
Choose a balance of informative to fiction text that follows College and Career Readiness guidelines:
Choose a balance of informative to fiction text that follows College and Career Readiness guidelines:
* grade 4 50% informative to 50% fiction
* grade 4 50% informative to 50% fiction
*grades 5-8 55% informative to 45% fiction
*grades 5-8 55% informative to 45% fiction
*grades 9-12 70% informative to 30% fiction
*grades 9-12 70% informative to 30% fiction
Common Lit provides fiction and non-fiction texts for grades 5-12.
Common Lit provides fiction and non-fiction texts for grades 5-12.
Read Works provides fiction and non-fiction texts for k-12 students. They also have audio support for struggling and EL readers, as well as "Step Reads," which provides a less difficult version of the same text.
Read Works provides fiction and non-fiction texts for k-12 students. They also have audio support for struggling and EL readers, as well as "Step Reads," which provides a less difficult version of the same text.
NewsELA provides current news articles for grades 2-12 that can be adapted from more to less difficult.
NewsELA provides current news articles for grades 2-12 that can be adapted from more to less difficult.
Tween Tribune offers middle-school appropriate texts that can be adapted from more to less difficult.
Tween Tribune offers middle-school appropriate texts that can be adapted from more to less difficult.
Teen Ink publishes student writing. This is a great place for students to read what other students write and a platform for them to publish their own writing.
Teen Ink publishes student writing. This is a great place for students to read what other students write and a platform for them to publish their own writing.