I came across a book that assesses your child's reading level at www.timberdoodle.com that was $15. I am really curious at where Noah is, so I was thinking about ordering it. Then I started googling it. I found this link http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/articles/060899.htm . It tells you a way to determine your child's level. It also tells you how to look on the back of the book, and a lot of them will tell you the level it is for.
This is what is said...... One quick way is to look at the reading level designation of their favorite books. Usually placed near the list price on the back cover of children's books you'll see something like this: RL 3.2. This would indicate that the book was written with the reading vocabulary of a typical child in the second month of the third grade. I'd average the "RL's" of their favorite books, as homeschooled kids tend to read all over the map. This system, however, tends to stop at about the end of the 6th grade level.
I went and got one of Leah's Junie B. Jones books, and sure enough, it had RL 2.3. So that means it is for a child in it's 3rd month, of 2nd grade. Cool, huh?
i LOVE this site!
ReplyDeletelove lookin' at your school stuff!!
and will definitely be going over to check out the reading level. of course!