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ML = Multilevel     REV. = Revised
All About Kites  ML   Informational (nonfiction), 636 words
Animals, Animals  ML   Informational (nonfiction), 268 words
Anna and the Magic Coat   Fantasy (fiction), 468 words
Barack Obama  ML   Biography (nonfiction), 372 words
Blackbeard the Pirate  ML   Biography (nonfiction), 591 words
Carlos's Family Celebration   Realistic (fiction), 340 words
Chickens in My Backyard   Personal Narrative (nonfiction), 455 words
Día de los Muertos  ML   Informational (nonfiction), 368 words
Extreme Animals  ML   Informational (nonfiction), 441 words
Fishing in the Rain   Fantasy (fiction), 454 words
Flying Kites   Fantasy (fiction), 459 words
Friends Around the World  ML   Realistic (fiction), 273 words
Good for Thurgood!   Biography (nonfiction), 332 words
Grounded to Earth  ML   Science Fiction (fiction), 393 words
How Glooskap Found Summer  ML   Folktale (fiction), 334 words
How Zebras Got Their Stripes   Folktale (fiction), 432 words
Hugs for Daddy   Realistic (fiction), 273 words
I Fly Hot-Air Balloons   Interview (nonfiction), 419 words
I Love City Parks   Personal Narrative (nonfiction), 418 words
I'd Like To Be  ML   Poetry (fiction), 322 words
I'm Allergic to Peanuts   Interview (nonfiction), 450 words
It's About Time   Informational (nonfiction), 401 words
Leap! A Salmon's Story   Adventure (fiction), 400 words
Maria's Family Celebration   Realistic (fiction), 309 words
Migrating Geese   Informational (nonfiction), 400 words
Mind Game, The   Narrative (fiction), 401 words
Playing It Safe   Informational (nonfiction), 399 words
Police Officers  ML   Informational (nonfiction), 310 words
Ratty Rats   Fantasy (fiction), 414 words
Sam's Fourth of July  ML   Realistic (fiction), 367 words
Ships and Boats  ML   Informational (nonfiction), 342 words
Simple Machines   Informational (nonfiction), 379 words
Slithery and Slimy   Informational (nonfiction), 371 words
Squire's Bride, The   Folktale (fiction), 400 words
Strange Plants   Informational (nonfiction), 445 words
Summer Olympics Events  ML   Informational (nonfiction), 254 words
Tarantula!   Informational (nonfiction), 401 words
To the Circus   Fantasy (fiction), 456 words
To the Pumpkin Patch   Fantasy (fiction), 456 words
What Lives in This Hole?  ML   Informational (nonfiction), 368 words
Where We Get Energy   Informational (nonfiction), 486 words
Benchmark Passages
Benchmark Books
Informational (nonfiction), 219 words
Realistic (fiction), 333 words
Reading A-Z Level Level K Books
Ages 7 - 8
Grade 2
Fountas & Pinnell J
Reading Recovery 17
DRA 18
Lexile 451-550
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Level K Books Feature
  • 18 words maximum per sentence; 9.5 words average
  • 4–14 lines of text per page
  • 350–460 words total
  • Much less concern about repeated use of high-frequency words
  • Paragraph spacing introduced
  • Photo captions more complex
  • Table of contents, captions, index, and glossary in nonfiction books
  • Simple tables and charts
  • 16 pages