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