grade level guided reading dra
TRANSCRIPT
The chart on the
left shows the
equivalency
between the
Guided Reading
Levels (letters)
and the DRA
Levels (numbers)
at each grade
level.
Please refer to
this chart when
helping children
select books at
their independent
reading level.
LEVELEDTEXTCHARTGrade Level Guided Reading DRA
Kindergarten A A-1
Kindergarten-
Grade 1
B 2-3
C 4
Grade 1
D 6
E 8
F 10
G 12
Grades 1-2 H 14
I 16
Grade 2 J 18
K 20
Grades 2-3 L 2
M 28
Grade 3 N 30
Grades 3-4 O 34
P 38
Grade 4 Q
40 R
Grades 4-5 S
T
50 Grade 5 U
Grades 5-6 V
W
60 Grades 6-8
X
Y
Grades 7-8 Z 80
Page 1
Page 2 MEM FOX’S Ten Read-Aloud Commandments
1. 1. Spend at least ten wildly happy minutes every single day reading aloud.
2. Read at least three stories a day: it may be the same story three times. Children need to hear a thousand stories before they can begin to learn to read.
3. Read aloud with animation. Listen to your own voice and don’t be dull, or flat, or boring. Hang loose and be loud, have fun and laugh a lot.
4. Read with joy and enjoyment: real enjoyment for yourself and great joy for listeners.
5. Read the stories that the kids love, over and over and over again, and always read in the same ‘tune’ for each book: i.e. with the same intonations on each page, each time.
6. Let children hear lots of language by talking to them constantly about the pictures, or anything else connected to the book; or sing any old song that you can remember; or say nursery rhymes in a bouncy way; or be noisy together doing clapping games.
7. Look for rhyme, rhythm or repetition in books for young children, and make sure the books are really short.
8. Play games with the things that you and the child can see on the page, such as letting kids finish rhymes, and finding the letters that start the child’s name and yours, remembering that it’s never work, it’s always a fabulous game.
9. Never, ever teach reading, or get tense around books.
10. Please read aloud every day, mums and dads, because you just love being with your child, not because it’s the right thing to do.
Suggested ReadSuggested Read--Aloud TitlesAloud Titles Teachers College Reading and Wri ng Project
Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart Vera B. Williams
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Barbara Robinson
Birdsongs Betsy Franco
But That’s Another Story Sandy Asher
Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes Floyd Cooper
Exploding Ants Joanne Se el
Falling Down the Page Georgia Heard
Flush Carl Hiaasen
The Flying Bed: A Magical Adventure Nancy Willard
Grandmama's Pride Becky Birtha
Hiromi’s Hands Lynne Barasch
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq Jeane e Winter
Li le Louie the Baby Bloomer Robert Kraus
One Green Apple Eve Bun ng
Sacagawea Liselo e Erdrich
This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort Georgia Heard
Those Shoes Maribeth Boelts
While No One Was Watching Jane Leslie Conly
LEVELILeveled Read Aloud Titles
LEVELJ Bippity Bop Barbershop Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
Circus Family Dog Andrew Clements
Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest Gerald McDermo
I Have A Sister My Sister Is Deaf Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson
Ish Peter Reynolds
The Dark Robert Munsch
Henny Penny Paul Galdone
How I Spent My Summer Vaca on Mark Teague
How to Lose All Your Friends Nancy Carlson
Knuffle Bunny Mo Willems
Leo the Late Bloomer Robert Kraus
The Li le Engine That Could Wa y Piper
Trouble in the Barkers’ Class Tomie dePaola
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LEVELN
LEVELL
Leveled Read Aloud Titles
LEVELMLEVELK A Day’s Work Eve Bun ng
Fireflies Julie Brinkloe
Jamaica’s Find Jaunita Havill
A Le er to Amy Ezra Jack Keats
The Wednesday Surprise Eve Bun ng
Chrysanthemum Kevin Henkes
Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky: Animal Poems Georgia Heard
Dancing in the Wings Debbie Allen
Hurricane! Jonathan London
Making the World Douglas Wood
Fly Away Home Eve Bun ng
Freedom Summer Deborah Wiles
Hip Cat Jonathan London
Knots on a Coun ng Rope Bill Mar n
The Old Woman Who Named Things Cynthia Rylant
The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo Judy Blume
Patrol: An American Soldier in Vietnam Walter Dean Myers
Rats on the Roof and Other Stories James Marshall
Saturdays and Teacakes Lester Laminack
Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon Paula Danziger
The Chalk Box Kid Clyde Robert Bulla
Donovan’s Word Jar Monalisa Degross
Flight Robert Burleigh
My Name is Maria Isabel Alma Flor Ada
Sidewalk Story Sharon Bell Mathias
The Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron
LEVELO Almost Starring Skinny Bones Barbara Parks
Amber Brown Goes Fourth Paula Danziger
Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds Cynthia Rylant
Lavender Karen Hesse
The Most Beau ful Place in the World Ann Cameron
Rats! Paul Zindel
Seven Kisses in a Row Patricia MacLachlan
Skinnybones Leo Lionni and Barbara Park
Story of Ruby Bridges Robert Coles
Under the Sunday Tree Eloise Greenfield
Wings Christopher Meyers
LEVELP Brown Angles: An Album of Pictures and Verse Walter Dean Myers Fantas c Mr. Fox Roald Dahl The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes The Hundred Penny Box Sharon Mathis Smoky Night Eve Bun ng
Songs of Myself: An Anthology of Poems and Art Georgia Heard Who Stole The Wizard of Oz? Avi Wilma Unlimited Kathleen Krull
LEVELQ Fourth Grade Rats Jerry Spinelli
Fudge‐a‐Mania Judy Blume
Just Juice Karen Hesse
Mr. Popper’s Penguins Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater
The Sunsets of Miss Olivia Wiggins Lester Laminack
“The single most important activity
for building the knowledge required for
eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children.”
-Commission on Reading
Leveled Read Aloud Titles Page 4
LEVELT
LEVELR LEVELS America Street: A Mul cultural Anthology of Stories Anne Mazer
Bat Boy and His Violin Gavin Cur s
Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo
Charlo e’s Web E.B. White
Fig Pudding Ralph Fletcher
Frindle Andrew Clements
Hatchet Gary Paulsen
The Landry News Andrew Clements
Rules Cynthia Lord
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Eleanor Coerr
Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan
The Secret Soldier Ann McGovern
Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Sun and Spoon Kevin Henkes
Amelia to Zora: Twenty‐Six Women Who Changed the World Jacqueline Woodson
The Gi Giver Joyce Hansen
The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson
Journey Patricia MacLachlan
Mick Harte was Here Barbara Park
Pink and Say Patricia Polacco
Taste of Blackberries Doris Buchanan Smith
Yellow Bird and Me Joyce Hansen Laminack
Baby Patricia MacLachlan
Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson
Cassie Binegar Patricia MacLachlan
Danny, The Champion of the World Roald Dahl
I’ve Seen the Promise Land Walter Dean Myers
The Islander Cynthia Rylant
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief Wendelin Van Draanen
Sing Down the Moon Sco O’Dell
LEVELU The Boy Who Owned the School Gary Paulsen
Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Cur s
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo
The View From Saturday E.L. Konigsburg
Wringer Jerry Spinelli
LEVELW
LEVELV
Freak the Mighty Rodman Philbrick
Home of the Brave Katherine Applegate
Hoot Carl Hiaasen
Missing May Cynthia Rylant
Through My Eyes Ruby Bridges
Walk Two Moons Sharon Creech
13 : Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen James Howe
The Devil’s Arithme c Jane Yolen
Out of the Dust Karen Hesse
Where The Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls
Becoming Naomi Leon Pam M. Ryan
Burning Up Caroline Cooney
The Giver Lois Lowry
The Monument Gary Paulsen
Slake's Limbo Felice Holman
The Birthday Room Kevin Henkes
Crash Jerry Spinelli
Holes Lois Sachar
Locomo on Jacqueline Woodson
A Long Way From Chicago Richard Peck
The Music of Dolphins Karen Hesse
Stargirl Jerry Spinelli
Tuck Everlas ng Natalie Babbi
A Year Down Yonder Richard Peck
Yolanda’s Genius Carol Fenner
LEVELX LEVELY
Mathema cs Titles Page 5
MEASUREMENT&DATA
NUMBERSINBASETEN OPERATIONS&ALGEBRAICTHINKING
How much, How many, How Far, How heavy, How long, How tall is 1000? Tracy Walker (Grades K-4) How many seeds in a Pumpkin? Margaret Mcnamara (Grades PreK-2) Great Estimations Bruce Goldstone (Grades 2-5) Let’s Count to 100! Masayuki Sebe (Grades PreK-2)
Mission: Addition Loreen Leedy (Grades K-4) Subtraction Action Loreen Leedy (Grades K-2) Rooster’s Off to See the World Eric Carle (Grades PreK-2)
Each Orange Had 8 Slices Paul Giganti (Grades K-3) The Great Divide: A Mathematical Marathon Dayle Ann Dodds (Grades K-6) Domino Addition Lynette Long (Grades 2-5)
The Coin Counting Book Rozanne Lanczak Williams (Grades 2-5) Benny’s Pennies Pat Brisson (Grades K-2) Telling Time: How to Tell Time on Digital and Analog Clocks Jules Older (Grades 2-4) A Second is a Hiccup Hazel Hutchins (Grades Prek-2) Me Counting Time: From Seconds to Centuries Joan Sweeny (Grades PreK-3)
Millions to Measure David Schwartz & Steven Kellogg (Grades K-3) Me and the Measure of Things Joan Sweeny (Grades PreK-3) Inch by Inch Leo Leonni (Grades K-3) How Big is a Foot? Rolf Myller (Grades 1-3) Bananas! Jaqueline Farmer (Grades K-4) Spaghetti and Meatballs for All Marilyn Burns (Grades PreK-5)
GEOMETRY
The Greedy Triangle Marilyn Burns (Grades K-5) A Cloak for the Dreamer Aileen Friedman (Grades K-5) Windows, Rings, and Grapes- A Look at Different Shapes Brian Cleary (Grades K-3)
The Pizza Counting Book Christina Dobson (Grades K-4) Fraction Action Loreen Leedy (Grades 3-5) The Wishing Club Donna JoNapoli (Grades 2-5)
If You Were a Fraction Trisha Speed Shaskan (Grades 2-4) Apple Fractions Jerry Pallotta (Grades K-3)
FRACTIONS
LOOKFORTHESESERIES!
Pigs Will be Pigs Amy Axelrod Warlord’s Virginia Walton Pilegard
Math Start Books Stuart Murphy Sir Cumference Cindy Neuwschwander & Wayne Geehan