This Year's Reads
This year, we are very lucky to have such amazing literature awaiting us. Below is the opportunity to become more familiar with the pieces we will be reading this year. Click on a book cover to be taken to a description of the book. Then, be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page to find print outs of great reading resources.
Reading Lexile
- Finding A Book's Reading Level (Approximation)
- Select a page from your book and find a sample of 100 words.
- Count the number of sentences in that 100 words - THIS = L (for average sentence length)
- Count the number of words with 3 or more syllables - This = S
- Divide100 by whatever you got for S - THIS = N (for number of words)
- .4(L+N) = Grade level or G (Approximate)
- 100(G) +100 = LEXILE (Approximate)
How to find your personal lexile:
1. Go to first quarter's grades and look for the box that says MAPS lexile score. There you will find your reading lexile
2. Your reading level is one grade less than the first number of your lexile score. For example, if your lexil score is 907, your reading level is 8th grade (8 is one less than 9)
How to find your book's lexile:
1. One way to find your book's lexile is by looking on the back of your book. Some books will list it there. If it does not, try one of these other two options.
2. Google it! Type into the google slot, "What is the lexile of (yourbook title and author.) Usually, google will have that information.
3. Use the lexile finder located in the READING section of the site.There are step by step instructions on how to find your book and its lexile.