Little Blue Readers are specially designed for beginning readers. They are available at two levels:
Working in conjunction with reading specialists, our editors have developed the following guidelines for each guided reading level:
A
- One sentence/line of text per page.
- Simple sight words.
- Predictable, repeating language patterns with one word changing from page to page.
- Immediate text-to-image match, enabling readers to check their own accuracy by looking at the image for support.
B
- Two sentences/lines of text per page. Sentences do not continue onto a second line.
- Simple sight words.
- Predictable, repeating language patterns with 1–2 words changing from page to page.
- Immediate text-to-image match, enabling readers to check their own accuracy by looking at the image for support.
C
- Two to three sentences per page. Sentences may continue onto a second line.
- Greater variety of high-frequency sight words.
- Predictable, repeating language patterns with 3–4 words changing from page to page.
- Immediate text-to-image match, enabling readers to check their own accuracy by looking at the image for support.
D
- Two to four sentences per page. Sentences may continue onto a second line.
- Greater variety of high-frequency sight words, including more multisyllable words.
- Fewer repetitive language patterns.
- Close text-to-image match.
E
- Two to four sentences per page. Sentences may continue onto multiple lines.
- Greater variety of sight words, including more multisyllable words.
- Fewer repetitive language patterns and more complicated sentence structures.
- Introduction of more complex concepts.
- Close text-to-image match.
F
- Two to four sentences per page. Many sentences continue onto multiple lines.
- Greater variety of sight words, including more multisyllable words.
- Little repetition and more complex sentence structures.
- More complex concepts and vocabulary.
- Close text-to-image match.
G
- Two to four sentences per pages. Many sentences continue onto multiple lines.
- Greater variety of sight words, including multisyllable and content-specific words.
- No repetition. More complex sentence structures include clauses and embedded phrases.
- More complex concepts and vocabulary.
- Close text-to-image match.
H
- Two to four sentences per page. Most sentences continue onto multiple lines.
- Many multisyllable and content-specific words.
- No repetition. More complex sentence structures include clauses and embedded phrases.
- Complex concepts with less support from images.
