Easy Readers – 1st Reading Level
- Basic sight words
- Repeated words or patterns
- Simple punctuation
- Familiar topics, simple plots
- Simple, easy to read storyline
- Picture clues to assist in comprehension
Easy Readers – 2nd Reading Level
- More variety in language
- More characters
- More challenging ideas and vocabulary
- Pictures used to enhance and extend meaning as well as arouse interest
- 3 – 8 lines of text per page
- Both fiction and nonfiction books
Easy Readers – 3rd Reading Level
- Large amounts of dialogue
- First chapter books
- Texts contain multi-syllable words
- More sophisticated plots and characters
- Longer and more complex texts
- Richer vocabulary and more descriptive language