Level One
Short single narrative followed by reading and comprehension puzzle
32 pages
Up to 150 words
10 words per page (1-3) lines
Sentence length on average 2-8 words
Short single narrative followed by reading and comprehension puzzle
32 pages
Up to 150 words
10 words per page (1-3) lines
Sentence length on average 2-8 words
Themes: Classic tales (ex. Aesop’s Fables) and folktales
Grammar: Present and simple past tenses; modal verb: can; comparative adjectives
Vocabulary: Simple everyday vocabulary, familiar items
Titles Include:
The Fox and the crow
The Fox and the Stork
The Sun and the Wind
Level Two
Single narrative plus character sheets and/or maps, and puzzles
32 pages
Up to 250 words
20 words per page (2-4 lines)
Sentence length on average 6-10 words
Single narrative plus character sheets and/or maps, and puzzles
32 pages
Up to 250 words
20 words per page (2-4 lines)
Sentence length on average 6-10 words
Themes: As Level One, including less familiar folktalkes
Grammar: As Level One plus future; modal verbs: could and must; comparatives and superlatives
Vocabulary: More descriptive and evocative vocabulary, always clear in context
Titles Include:
Breer Rabbit Down the Well
Bears
Level Three
Single Narrative with repeated elements, plus character sheets and/or maps, no puzzles
48 pages
Up to 450 words
30 words per page (2-5 lines)
Sentence length on average 8-12 words
Single Narrative with repeated elements, plus character sheets and/or maps, no puzzles
48 pages
Up to 450 words
30 words per page (2-5 lines)
Sentence length on average 8-12 words
Themes: As Level Two plus original fiction and non-fiction (natural history life cycles)
Grammar: As Level Two plus present and past perfect; range of modal verbs
Vocabulary: Powerful verbs and adjectives, clear in context
Titles Include:
Bugs
The Fish That Talked
The Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly
Level Four
Single narrative
48 pages
Up to 750 words
40 words per page (3-6 lines)
Sentence length on average 8-15 words
Single narrative
48 pages
Up to 750 words
40 words per page (3-6 lines)
Sentence length on average 8-15 words
Themes: As Level Three plus classic fairy tales
Grammar: Full range of tenses
Vocabulary: More exotic elements and controlled use of idiom
Titles Include:
Little Red Riding Hood
Emperor and the Nightingale
Penguins
