Database Of Leveled Books

Every title listed here can be found in the CleveNet database (of which the Elyria Public Libraries are a part). While all of the titles may not be found in each of our branches, they CAN be obtained by placing a hold through the Elyria Library catalog. (Of course, you will need to have a library card to do this!)

Elyria Public Library

To go to a level, click on the link in the table

  The following is a link to the entire database

Database

Level J
This is a rather large file, so please be patient as it loads!

As we move into the 2nd Grade levels (J-M), the titles become far too numerous for me to set up as I have in the above table. Rather, I will scan one level at a time and post it here as a PDF file.

The database is taken from the seminal work by Irene Fountas & Gay Su Pinnell, "Matching Books to Readers". Once again you will find it possible to reserve all of these from the Elyria Public Library.

[NOTE: Please disregard the little checkmarks you find on the pages. These were from a time when I was attempting to include these titles in the above table. In the end it simply became too unwieldy an objective to accomplish!]

The following will link you to a comparative table that will hopefully help you to better understand how Guided Reading levels compare to the more traditional basal readers of the past.

Comparative Table

Fry's Instant Word List

The '100' First Grade words comprise 50% of everything we will ever read! I present this list here grouped as they are introduced instructionally to the children. I also include an alphabetized list. For our second graders, this alphabetized list will be a part of the personal dictionary they will use as a writing resource.

Fry's Instant Word List - 1st Grade

Fry's 1st Grade List Alphabetized

Also included are the '100' 2nd Grade words in the same format.
These words combined with the '100' 3rd Grade words comprise
65% of all written material we will ever read.

Fry's Instant Word List - 2nd Grade

Fry's 2nd Grade List Alphabetized

I hope it is obvious how powerful having a command of these words is for developing readers. Just think... with the first 300 words from Fry's Instant Word List, our children will know 65% of the words they will ever encounter in print!

In order that you might have a printed copy of each of these, on each page I have provided the option to print it out as a PDF file. However, you will need to have Adobe's Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to be able to do this. Should you need to install this program, I have provided the link to their FREE download.