Primary Grades

Reading Levels Correlation Chart

Grade DRA2 Guided Reading Lexile
Level Reading DRA2 Text Levels Level
Levels (bold denotes nonfiction) (Fountas & Pinnell)
Equivalent Ranges
A Can You Sing? A
Things That Go
Kindergarten 1 What is Red? A ---
(Readiness)
I Can See
2 Bath Time B
The “I Like” Game
3 Look at Me B
Kindergarten- Get Your Umbrella
4 Where is My Hat? C
First Grade Time To Play
(Pre-primer) 6 Why Are We Stopping? D
Duke
8 The Lost Book E
Grandma’s Surprise
10 F 100-350
First Grade Shoe Boxes
(Primer) Allie’s Wish
12 Robert’s New Friend G
A New School
14 The Wagon H
Chip to the Rescue
First Grade Monkey’s Stepping Stones
16 Animal Homes I
Baby Birds
Game Day
18 A Giant in the Forest J
Green Freddie
20 Turtle’s Big Race K
Thin as a Stick
Second Grade 24 The Wonderful Day L 300-450
Missing Sneakers
You Don’t Look Beautiful to Me
28 Animals Can Help M
From Peanuts to Peanut Butter
Busy Helpers
30 Tiger’s Whirlwind Day N
The Mystery at Mays’ House
34 Summer Discovery O
Third Grade A Trip Through Time 500-650
Trouble at Beaver Pond
38 Mae Jemison: Shooting for the Stars P
Slammin’ Sammy: A Real Hero
All information provided is approximate correlation for classroom use. Adapted for use in Poudre School District
From DRA2 Inservice Booklet, Boston Public Schools, Harcourt Achieve Educational Support Services Department, Beaverton School District, and Wiscasset School District.
 Intermediate Grades
Reading Levels Correlation Chart
Grade DRA2 Guided Reading Lexile
Level Reading DRA2 Text Levels Level
Levels (bold denotes nonfiction) (Fountas & Pinnell)
Equivalent Ranges
A Pack of Wolves
The Amazing Octopus
All the Way Under O-T
Fourth Grade 40 600-750
A Journey to Freedom
Cry Foul
Friends in America
Storm Chasers S-W
Fifth Grade 50 700-850
Lights! Camera! Action!: Alyssa Buecker
Froggy and Princess
Mike Fink
Linda Greenlaw: Swordfishing Boat Captain V-Y
Sixth Grade 60 800-915
One Brave Heart: Rudy Garcia-Tolson
Alaska Major
Seventh Lost!
70 Mount Washington Z
Grade
Thrills and Chills: Roller Coaster Madness
875-1025
The Missing Link
Upar and the Great Nut Tree
Eighth Grade 80 Duel of the Dinosaur Hunters Z
Surtsey: Birth of an Island

Bridge Texts for Struggling Intermediate Grade Readers

Grade DRA2 Guided Reading Lexile
Level Reading DRA2 Text Levels Level
Levels (bold denotes nonfiction) (Fountas & Pinnell)
Equivalent Ranges
20 Hero
24 What Carlos Wants H-M 300-450
Energy from the Sun
28 Incredible Journeys: Animal Migration
30 The Blasters
34 The Flood L-P 500-650
Amelia Earhart: Woman Who Wanted to Fly
38 The Navajo Way

All information provided is approximate correlation for classroom use. Adapted for use in Poudre School District
From DRA2 Inservice Booklet, Boston Public Schools, Harcourt Achieve Educational Support Services Department, Beaverton School District, and Wiscasset School District.