Finding the Right Book Level: PALS Equivalencies
Different book leveling systems each have unique ways of describing the age- and grade-level appropriateness of books. This chart provides equivalency information across six leveling systems: Basal level/PALS, Guided Reading, DRA, Rigby PM, Reading Recovery, and Lexile.
| Grade Level |
Basal Level/ PALS | Guided Reading | Reading Recovery | Develop- mental Reading (DRA) |
Rigby PM Bench- mark |
Lexile Frame- work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K | Read- iness |
A | 1 | 1 | 1 | NA |
| K/1 | Read- iness cont. |
B | 2 | 2 | 2 | NA |
| K/1 | PP1(A) | C | 3 & 4 | 3 | 3 & 4 | NA |
| 1 | PP2(B) | D | 5 & 6 | 4 | 5 & 6 | NA |
| 1 | PP3(C) | E | 7 & 8 | 6 & 8 | 7 & 8 | NA |
| 1st | (1.1) | F | 9 & 10 | 10 | 9 & 10 | 200L- 400L |
| 1 | 1.1 cont. | G | 11 & 12 | 12 | 11 | 200L- 400L |
| 1/2 | First (1.2) | H | 13 & 14 | 14 | 15 | 200L- 400L |
| 1/2 | 1.2 cont. | I | 15, 16, 17 | 16 | 16 | 200L- 400L |
| 2 | (2.1) | J | 18, 19, 20 | 18 | 17 | 300L- 500L |
| 2 | 2.1 cont. | K | NA | 20 | 18 | 300L- 500L |
| 2/3 | Second (2.2) | L & M | NA | 24 & 28 | 21 & 22 | 300L- 500L |
| 3/4 | Third | N, O, P | NA | 30, 34, 38 | 23, 24, 25 | 500L- 700L |
| 4 | Fourth | Q, R, S | NA | NA | 26, 27 , 28 | 650L- 850L |
Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) at the University of Virginia. (2008). PALS Book Level Equivalencies. Richmond, VA: Author.
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Dr. Joanne Meier
I'm trying to locate a place where I can find the reading level of novels, stories and poetry normally given to students in grades K-5. I'm sure your chart provides the answer; however, the material is so esoteric that I have no idea what your chart actually means.
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