Just Right Books

Reading Rockets has an article that has some helps on how to help your child choose a good fit book.

A child needs to be reading a book independently with 99% accuracy to increase their fluency and comprehension skills. 99% may seem like the book is easy for them to read, but if they are frustrated when they are reading (90% accuracy) they will become disheartened and might not want to even try to read.

Scholastic Book Search

Scholastic has created a great way for you to determine if the books they are reading at home are a "Good Fit Book." Just type the name of the book you are wondering about in the widget found at the bottom of this page and it will redirect you to the Scholastic web site. In the top right hand corner of the page make sure you select the "Guided Reading Level" radial button and then click set. If Scholastic has that book in their system, it will tell you the guided reading level of that particular book.


Our goal is to have all our first graders reading at an "G" by January, and an "I" or "J" reading level by the end of first grade. I would be happy to share with you your child's reading level at school to help you in your endeavors.