All Levels
| Earliest Readers | Emerging Readers | Established Readers |
| Readers who are just starting out on their learn-to-read journey | Readers who are making strides toward reading independence | Readers who are reading independently, or close to it! |
| Shared reading to beginning reading material | Beginning reading to reading with help material | Reading with help to independent and advanced reading material |
| I Can Read! Book Levels (printed on book's cover) | ||
| Reading Skills and Strategies | ||
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Simple vocabulary Sound repetition Simple sentences Familiar words Simple concepts |
More complex stories Some longer sentences Increasingly challenging words Introduction to language play Familiar concepts |
More advanced sentence structures Some brief chapters New and challenging words Thought-provoking themes Language play |
| Subject Matter | ||
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Animals Home Family School Friendship Humor Issues close to the hearts of young readers |
Home Family School Friendship Humor Mysteries Adventure |
Family School Friendship Humor Mysteries Adventure History Science Suspense |
| Guided Reading Levels | ||
| Lexile Level Range | ||
| Example Characters | ||