The Little Yellow Chicken's House Story Basket Guided Reading Level

NEW! Guided Reading Short Reads Fiction

NEW! Guided Reading Short Reads Fiction provides a unique solution for effective differentiated instruction through short form fiction texts. Versatile, engaging and innovative, this newest edition of Guided Reading Short Reads provides all K-6 students with multiple opportunities for deep, critical reading at every level.

• Brings the best selection of short fiction texts to encourage engaged, independent readers.
• Provides access to various themes and perspectives through compelling excerpts.
• Promotes close reading of literature and deep comprehension of character, plot and structure

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Kindergarten (4 levels, A–D)

40 cards, 6 copies each, 240 cards

Grade 1 (9 levels, A–I)

90 cards, 6 copies each, 540 cards

Grade 2 (10 levels, E–N)

100 cards, 6 copies each, 600 cards

Grade 3 (8 levels, J–Q)

80 cards, 6 copies each, 480 cards

Grade 4 (8 levels, M–T)

80 cards, 6 copies each, 480 cards

Grade 5 (7 levels, Q–W)

70 cards, 6 copies each, 420 cards

Grade 6 (7 levels, T–Z)

70 cards, 6 copies each, 420 cards

Complete Set (26 levels, A–Z)

260 cards, 6 copies each; 1,560 cards

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Short Reads Reading Levels

Level A

Simple texts with one line of one to six words per page, easy-to-see print, and ample space between words. Children can focus on print and gradually increase their control over words. Most of the texts in Level A focus on topics familiar to children.

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Level A Titles

• Let's Make Soup
• Little Animals Go!
• Look Out!
• Sam the Seagull
• Two Ducks

• The Way to Go
• The Aquarium
• Let's Bake
• Play Time
• Teeny Tiny Farm

Level B

Texts focus on a simple story line or single idea, with direct correspondence between text and pictures; one or two lines of print per page, with a variety of punctuation; many texts at this level feature repeating patterns in the text.

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Level B Titles

• Hats for Sale
• I Love Books
• Jumping!
• Mix It Up!
• Tall Towers

• Zebra Zooms
• Jake's Story
• My Cat
• My Rainy Day
• Score!

Level C

Texts explore familiar topics in a variety of ways to offer new viewpoints to the reader; simple sentences may have introductory clauses set off by punctuation; text may be patterned but is not as predictable as in Levels A and B.

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Level C Titles

• Addie and Albert
• Little Bears
• Little Fawn and Doe
• My Truck Is Stuck
• Meet Ollie

• Where Is My Mitten?
• Beach Time!
• Molly and Her Robot
• My Costume
• Where Is Jax?

Level D

Texts cover familiar topics but introduce new, more abstract ideas; illustrations support the text, but more attention to print is required; text contains more compound and multisyllabic words and a full range of punctuation.

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Level D Titles

• Good for Us!
• The Night Owl and the Sleepy Squirrel
• Two Squirrels
• "What Did the Bear Share?"
• The Fox and the Stork

• Brave Brad and the Dragon
• "Catch That Fly!"
• Grandma's Farm
• Ready to March
• The Three Brothers

Level E

Stories have more or longer episodes; informational texts present more complex ideas; texts are longer than in previous levels, with more pages or more lines of text on each page; with more complex punctuation.

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Level E Titles

• Just in Time!
• Moving On
• Mountain Neighbors
• Silly Geese
• A Tale of Three Robins

• What Did Cody Like?
• Milton and Mona
• Baseball, Bubbles, and Boats
• The New Blue Backpack
• Bell

Level F

Concepts presented in texts at this level are more distant from familiar topics; larger variety of frequently used words and many more new words; text reflects patterns of written, rather than oral, language.

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Level F Titles

• Don't Be Late!
• A Little Shark Tale
• Sky High!
• The Ant and the Grasshopper
• The Nightingale

• Hank: The Duckling That Honked
• My Home Is a Houseboat
• The Very Late Lester Lane
• What's Cooking?
• You Didn't Say Please!

Level G

In texts at this level, the language changes on each page, rather than repeating in patterns; texts offer challenges in ideas and vocabulary, with some introduction to technical language; variety of print styles and text layouts require reader's close attention and flexibility.

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Level G Titles

• Are We There Yet?
• Caterpillar Dreams
• Please Don't Take My Picture!
• The Bell and the Cat
• The Princess and the Pea

• Five Foolish Frogs
• A Perfect Day at the Beach
• Martin Bloom Had a Messy Room
• The New Car
• Thank You, Suki!]

Level H

Texts are similar in difficulty to level G, but the texts vary more widely in size of print, length of sentences, and type of language; texts are less repetitious in events and language structures, with expanded vocabulary.

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Level H Titles

• Is It Spring?
• Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
• The Fox and the Crows
• Little Red Riding Hood

• Johnny Appleseed
• Detective Sam
• Olivia's Painting
• A Fine Day
• Saving Spotty the

Level I

Longer and more complex stories than in levels G and H, with more highly elaborated information; multisyllabic words arranged in longer sentences and paragraphs that require complex word solving; illustrations enhance meaning but provide less support for understanding the meaning of the text.

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Level I Titles

• Hi! Fly Guy
• Anansi the Spider's Thin Legs
• The Hare and the Crocodile
• The Not-So-True Story of the Little Red Hen
• The Birthday Party

• Eat Your Greens!
• The Bookstore Ghost
• Whose Big Foot Is That?
• How Our Garden Grew
• The Millers Clean Up

Level J

Beginning chapter texts appear for the first time at this level, requiring readers to recall information over more than one sitting; fewer illustrations with whole pages of text in some texts.

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Level J Titles

• The Fire Cat
• Mouse Tales
• Our Town Bookstore
• The Bundle of Sticks

• The Elves and the Shoemaker
• CinderFELLA
• Catfish Carlos and the Sitting Contest
• Young Cam Jansen and the Spotted Cat Mystery
• Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane
• Snow Night

Level K

This level includes chapter texts and short informational texts with difficult concepts; readers learn about concepts and events outside their own experiences; readers need to use a variety of strategies to figure out different writing styles.

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Level K Titles

• The Birds of Killingworth
• The Lion and the Mouse
• The Tortoise and the Hare
• The Frog Prince
• Clark the Shark: Tooth Trouble

• How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner
• Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
• Amelia Bedelia Joins the Club
• Our Cool School (First Grade Friends Forever)
• Cornelia and the Show-and-Tell Showdown ]

Level L

Texts at this level are much longer and more complex and include biographies; longer texts include many multisyllabic words and expand readers' vocabularies; some texts present abstract or symbolic themes.

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Level L Titles

• The Emperor's New Clothes
• Yeh-Shen
• The Quilt Story
• Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown (A Is for Amber)
• The Triple Rotten Day (It's Robert!)

• Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball
• A Birthday Basket for Tía
• Fooled You! (Appleville Elementary)
• Grumpy Pumpkins (Pee Wee Scouts)
• Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel]

Level M

Text includes more complex language and requires reader to make interpretations; most texts at this level have greatly expanded vocabulary; many texts at this level have smaller print with narrower word spacing.

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Level M Titles

• Dragons Don't Throw Snowballs (Bailey School Kids)
• No Messin' With My Lesson (Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo)
• The Tale of Two Bad Mice
• Issun Boshi, the One-Inch Boy
• Stone Soup

• Why the Bear Has a Short Tail
• The Case of the Groaning Ghost (Jigsaw Jones Mystery)
• Sophie the Awesome
• Too Many Tamales
• Attack of the Giant Hamster (Dr. Roach's Monstrous Stories)]

Level N

Vocabulary continues to expand and go beyond readers' own experiences; variety of texts offer readers a chance to interpret information and speculate on alternate meanings.

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Level N Titles

• The Fox and the Grapes
• Secret of the Water Dragon (Dragon Masters)
• Why the Sun and Moon Live in the Sky
• The Winning of Daylight
• The Field Day from the Black Lagoon (Black Lagoon Adventures)

• Homework Hassles (Ready, Freddy)
• Judy Moody, Girl Detective (Judy Moody)
• A Spy in the White House (Capital Mysteries)
• Suitcase
• Racing the Waves (Tales of the Time Dragon)

Level O

Longer texts at this level present varied vocabulary that will require readers to interpret the meaning of the text; texts have more sophisticated subjects and more complex sentence structures.

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Level O Titles

• The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
• Pinocchio
• Journey to the Volcano Palace (Secrets of Droon)
• Domingo's Cat
• King Midas and the Golden Touch

• The Starving Time: Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary (My America)
• Pippi Longstocking
• Ivy & Bean Take the Case
• Jake Drake: Bully Buster
• The Year of the Book]

Level P

Informational texts at this level include history and biography, enabling readers to learn how to gain information from a variety of structures; concepts may include issues of early adolescence.

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Level P Titles

• The Wind and the Sun
• The Leaping Contest
• The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy (Time Warp Trio)
• Icarus and Daedalus

• Riding Freedom
• Wayside School Is Falling Down
• The Sword in the Stone
• Framed in France (Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures)
• Ellray Jakes Walks the Plank!
• Freddie Ramos Springs Into Action (Zapato Power)

Level Q

Selections contain themes to foster group discussion; relationship of illustrations to text also offers opportunities for exploration and discussion; texts contain difficult words, some from languages other than English.

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Level Q Titles

• James and the Giant Peach
• Mr. Popper's Penguins
• The Two Foolish Frogs
• Abby Takes a Stand
• Little House in the Big Woods

• Bobby the Brave (Sometimes)
• The Legend of William Tell
• The Clue at the Bottom of the Lake (Cabin Creek Mysteries)
• The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street
• Earthquake Shock (Disaster Strikes)

Level R

Texts in this level contain sophisticated vocabulary to challenge readers; some of the longer chapter texts require sustained reading effort over several sittings; texts represent a range of times in history.

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Level R Titles

• Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
• Charlotte's Web
• Get Into Gear, Stilton!
• The Pied Piper
• Sarah, Plain and Tall

• The Titanic Disaster, 1912 (I Survived: True Stories)
• Frindle
• Gaby, Lost and Found
• Hatchet
• Rules

Level S

Selections challenge readers to make connections with previous reading and with historical events; words present many shades of meaning that require readers' interpretation; this level includes chapter books in a variety of genres.

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Level S Titles

• Island
• The Borrowers
• The Orphan of Ellis Island
• Why Monkeys Live in Trees
• Atalanta

• Hiroshima
• One Crazy Summer
• Jake
• Off and Running
• Salsa Stories]

Level T

At this level, readers encounter a variety of nonfiction text structures; expanded vocabulary requires readers to consider both literal and connotative meaning.

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Level T Titles

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
• The Secret Garden
• How the Buffalo Were Released on Earth
• Athena and Arachne
• The Shakespeare Stealer

• One Day at HorrorLand (Goosebumps)
• Pickle
• Amalee
• Athlete vs. Mathlete
• Drita, My Homegirl]

Level U

Texts cover a breadth of topics and present specific, technical information; illustrations require interpretation and connection to text; text requires readers to employ a wide range of reading strategies.

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Level U Titles

• The BFG
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
• Prometheus: The Fire Giver
• Inside Out & Back Again
• The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues)

• The Red-Headed League
• David Copperfield
• Faith, Hope, and Ivy June
• The Gift of the Magi
• The Girl with the Silver Eyes]

Level V

Texts present complex issues and use technical language; topics are distant from students' experience in terms of time and geographic area and may include realistic historical information and more difficult themes.

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Level V Titles

• Bearwalker
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• The Capture (Guardians of Ga'Hoole)
• The Wind in the Willows
• Theseus and the Minotaur

• Abby Spencer Goes to Bollywood
• Anne of Green Gables
• Esperanza Rising
• Oliver Twist
• Slam Dunk (Standing Tall and Talented)

Level W

Texts present complex information requiring readers to employ a wide range of content knowledge and to understand the basic organizational structures of nonfiction; topics explore the human condition and social issues; texts vary in length; print is generally in a small font.

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Level W Titles

• Max the Mighty
• The Son of Neptune
• The Three Tasks
• Tuck Everlasting
• Rip Van Winkle

• Dracula
• The Case of the Missing Marquess
• Great Expectations
• The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
• Frankenstein

Level X

Texts cover increasingly mature themes and require extensive prior knowledge; texts are designed to present a significant amount of new information.

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Level X Titles

• Call It Courage
• Robin Hood
• Gulliver's Travels
• Peter Pan
• Hou Yi: The Grand Archer

• Before We Were Free
• Out of the Dust
• Bone Dance
• Kira-Kira
• Where the Red Fern Grows

Level Y

Texts feature similar themes to previous levels, with more explicit detail; this level requires critical reading skills to evaluate the quality and objectivity of the text.

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Level Y Titles

• Touching Spirit Bear
• Ulysses and Telemachus
• Artemis Fowl
• The Red Pyramid
• Bull Run

• Yellow Star
• The Great Greene Heist
• Zen and the Art of Faking It
• The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
• The Giver

Level Z

A challenge for more widely read students, requiring critical reading skills; topics include controversial social and political issues; readers experience complex examples of nonfiction organizational structure.

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Level Z Titles

• Stormbreaker: The First Alex Rider Adventure
• Escaping Sirens and Monsters
• Green Angel
• Tales from Outer Suburbia
• War Horse

• Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• Ripper
• Scorpions
• Mockingjay (The Hunger Games)
• War of the Worlds

The Little Yellow Chicken's House Story Basket Guided Reading Level

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