Level L

What are some indicators of a Level L text?

• Includes chapter books with fewer illustrations and complex picture books

• Texts contain many multi-syllable and technical words

• Words are used for a range of connotative meanings

• Print size is varied but often much smaller

• Includes a full range of genres from realistic fiction to biography

• More characters are speaking with dialogue not always assigned

• Plots and characters are more sophisticated

• Characters develop and change in response to events in the story

• Events in chapters build on each other requiring the reader to recall and keep track of information

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

• Read easy chapter books with less pictures

• Read short informational & fiction books

• Read slower or faster - depending on the book

• Learn new concepts through reading

• Use what they already know to help their reading

• Use pictures and text to help understand

• Connect known facts to new information

• Understand difficult ideas

• Understand a large number of words (plurals, contractions, possessives, multi-syllable words, content-specific words and technical words)

• Understand difficult sentences

• Read silently during independent reading

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

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

Check out River Vale Library's
"Level L" Books