Text+Level+Documents

//The resources on this page have been created by Teachers College and others, utilzing information from Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell and their professional books related the A to Z text gradient. The book by these authors __The Continuum of Literacy Learning__ is an essential resource for more information on the text levels and the skills and strategies needed for success at each level.//

Here is a form that outlines the steps when preparing for and using a diagnostic reading assessment like the Benchmark Assessment System. It also has some helpful TIPS to organize and save time wile assessing!

Here is a helpful article that talks to parents about what we know about reading assessment now and how the information gathered through diagnostic reading assessment guides our work with students. Many people have used this to at least give some talking points in parent-friendly language.



Here is the Text Gradient and the grade levels that span these levels. This text gradient has bee updated. Please see the gradient in this white paper:

Here is a Text Level correlation chart, to compare the Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Levels (Benchmark Assessment) to other text leveling systems.



This is a blank conferring guide, created by Oakridge teachers, to populate skills based on instructional reading level. Thanks Oakridge colleagues!


 * This is a resource that provides specific prompts for guiding instruction with readers, levels A-G.

Here are some nice visual support documents by level. They were created by Theresa Augustiniak, Sara Sabourin, and Holly Hazekamp from Beach Elementary School in Fruitport. (We thank you for sharing your incredible work!) They were created for use with students as we teach them skills specific to their instructional level, but teachers who have used them said that it supported their own memory of specific level-based skills just as much!



Here are some flyers that you could send home to families of students at levels A-H. They provide specific skill-based support for families to work on at home. These were created at Oakland Schools.