1. Leveled Classroom Library K - 2

2. Choosing Independent Reading Books  Interest  Just-Right  DRA Level

3. What Does a Just-Right Book Feel Like?  Pretty smooth  You can get through the tricky spots  It makes sense

4. Strong Readers…

5. Text Characteristics  Genre  Text Structure  Content  Theme & Ideas  Language & Literary Features (e.g., dialogue, figurative language)  Sentence Complexity  Vocabulary  Difficulty of Words

6. Features of Book Levels  Prompts for instruction  Leveled Book Guide for Parents

7. Tips for Organizing  Baskets – label  DRA Level  Author/Series  Topic  Books  Colored Dots  BUSD ELA Wiki – Leveled Book Page

8. Resources for Leveling  Scholastic Book WizardScholastic Book Wizard  Fountas & Pinnell WebsiteFountas & Pinnell Website  Apps O Book Wizard – free! O Literacy Leveler - $3.99