Level K

What are some indicators of a Level K text?

• Includes longer, slightly more complex chapter books with more characters

• Books have one plot, but many episodes are carried over a period of time

• Shorter books have more difficult vocabulary (not often used in speech by children), challenging content or more complex themes

• Genres include realistic fiction, fantasy and nonfiction

• Some fables or legends and historical fiction may be included (not requiring extensive background knowledge to understand)

• Large amount of dialogue used to determine what is going on in the plot

• Characters show various perspectives

• Books have many characters that change a little in the story

• Illustrations are placed throughout the text and are used to enhance enjoyment and helps students visualize

• Readers explore the various connotations of words

How do I know if my child is a Level K reader?

• Read many types of texts (informational, biographies, realistic fiction, fantasy, traditional literature, simple)

• Read many illustrated chapter books

• Must remember many details

• Understand dialogue and the use of quotation marks

• Read stories with diverse cultures

• Use strategies to figure out hard words (go back and reread, use picture clues, find smaller words inside bigger words, use word parts like prefixes/suffixes)

• Read silently during independent reading but can read fluently aloud

• Automatically read a large number of high frequency words (from all previous levels)

• Read out loud & sound like a normal speaker (not like a robot)

• Read out loud & sound like an actor (pauses, reads with expression)

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"Level K" Books