Reading Assessment and Literacy Resources
Literacy is vital for all students as they begin school and throughout their careers. We recommend families use our school subscription Reading Eggs to assess students' placement via Lexile Level,
STEP ONE
Log into Reading Eggs with your student account (created by your teacher) and complete the placement test found on this page.
Why Reading Eggs for Improving Student Literacy?
Learning to read is one of the most important skills children can learn. Reading Eggs makes the learning-to-read journey fun, interactive, and highly rewarding for ages 2–13 – and it’s based on solid scientific research. Using the five essential keys to reading success, the program unlocks all aspects of learning to read for your child, focusing on a core curriculum of phonics and phonemic awareness, sight words, vocabulary, comprehension, and reading for meaning. To learn more about the Reading Eggs program, see here.
If you have a student who needs more intensive reading support, please get in touch with your Learning Support Consultant, who will get your students started on RAZ Kids.
STEP TWO
Lexile Levelled Books
Once you have completed the placement test and determined the Lexile Level corresponding to this chart, you can filter resources by Lexile Level in Reading Eggs, in the SORA reading app, and within our Search Portal (for physical copies of easy readers).
- On SORA, here is the process for filtering according to Lexile Level.
- In the Search Portal, refine your search as pictured below:
STEP THREE
Learning Commons Digital Resources
Lexile-level readers on SORA include the Supersonic Readers and the Decodables (both based on the Science of Reading), along with popular homeschool readers, Bob Books. Read-along books are helpful for students who need to listen and read simultaneously.
Supersonic Readers and Decodables
- Level 0 Lilac
- Level 1 Pink
- Level 2 Red
- Level 3 Yellow
- Level 4 Blue
- Level 4-5 Blue-Green
- Level 5 Green
- Level 6 Orange
- Level 7 Turquoise
- Level 8 Purple
- Level 9 Gold
- Level 10 White
- Level 11 Lime
Other Readers
PARENT RESOURCES
- The Ordinary Parent's Guide To Teaching Reading
- Reading in the Brain
- Reading in the Wild
- Orton Gillingham: 72 Classroom-Ready Lessons to Help Struggling Readers with Dyslexia Learn to Love Reading
- Helping your Child with Language-Based Difficulties
- Deconstructing Penguins, Parents, Kids and the Bond of Reading