Guided reading is the ONLY instructional context in which you would use leveled texts.   (continue reading)

We don't want students thinking, this is my level. No kid is a level G, or a level M. Levels are for books, not students.   (continue reading)

When children look at the books in the classroom library, they must be able to see themselves.   (continue reading)

Levels have a critical role in the hands of teachers who understand their complexity and use them to make good decisions in instruction. But levels are complicated!   (continue reading)

A level is for books, not for children.   (continue reading)

Three Ways to Support Emergent Readers in the PreK Classroom   (continue reading)