Click on "Find A Book" to be transferred to the "Find A Book with Lexiles" website. 

Click here to show a PDF of the directions to follow once you get to the website.

Find A Book that is at your child's appropriate reading level according to their MAP score/lexile #. 

You will need to know your child's lexile

range from their MAP test results.

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• Read to your child.
• Provide a quiet place where your child can work and read.
• Talk to your child about items of interest you have seen in the newspaper or magazines.
• Label items.  Post signs, words, and notes for your child to read.
• Permit your child to read the grocery list and locate items in the store.
• Play reading related games, such as bingo, concentration, or Scrabble.
• Arrange mixed up sentences to make a story.
• Help your child write stories or books.
• Read poetry to your child and assist your child in memorizing it.
• Encourage your child to find a circle known words in the newspaper.  Circle compound words.  Circle words with the ______ sound.  (phonics such as short a words, short e words,. . . )
• Allow your child to prepare a meal by reading a following the recipe.
• Reading directions for making things such as models develops a sense of purpose of the act of reading.
• Place children's books and magazines around the house.
• Place a limit on the amount of time your child may spend watching TV.  Use TV programs as discussion points to get your child interested in books.
• Use puppets for story telling.
• Be sure to help your child select books s/he can read.  These should be easy enough that your child knows 99% of the words without your help.
• Put your child's name on mailing lists.  If mail comes in your child's name, s/he is more likely to read it.
• Don't compare your child to other children in the family.  Remember s/he is a unique individual with specific likes, dislikes, and abilities.
• Encourage your child to read to younger siblings or children in the neighborhood.
• Explain the meaning of words to your child.  Use actual pictures or objects when possible.

Adapted from Remediating Reading Difficulties

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