Reading Level Correlations
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LEVEL NAME
COLOR
GUIDED
READING
R/R INTERVENTION
LEXILE
DRA
Foundation
Lilac
A
1
A-1
Pre-Reading
Pink
A-B
1
BR40L-290L
A-1
Emergent
Magenta
A-C
1-2
BR100L-240L
2
Early 1
Red
B-D
3-5
BR80L-390L
4-6
Early 2
Yellow
C-G
6-8
110L-370L
8
Early 3
Blue
D-H
9-11
150L-490L
10
Early 4
Green
F-K
12-14
250L-510L
14
Fluency 1
Orange
H-M
15-16
310L-600L
16
Fluency 2
Turquoise
H-M
17-18
360L-590L
18
Fluency 3
Purple
I-O
19-20
460L-800L
20
Fluency 4
Gold
J-N
21-22
490L-880L
28
Advanced
Fluency 1
Silver
L-R
23-24
520L-1220L
30-34
Advanced
Fluency 2
Emerald
M-R
25-260
560L-1100L
38-40
Advanced
Fluency 3
Ruby
N-T
27-28
560L-1240L
40
Advanced
Fluency 4
Sapphire
O-U
29-30
630L-1280L
40-50
Red Rocket Readers are organised into levels which are assigned colours to make them easy to identify at a glance. This system originated in New Zealand and has been adopted in many parts of the world as the standard for leveled readers.
Book Bands – the colour levels shown closely match the UK Book Bands in which Magenta is known as Pink, Silver as White and Emerald as Lime.
Guided Reading Levels provided for every Red Rocket Reader are the official levels as independently assessed by Fountas and Pinnell (Heinemann).
LEXILE Measures provided for every Red Rocket Reader are the official levels as independently assessed by MetaMetrics/Lexile.
Each title has been assigned a Red Rocket Intervention Level based on the author’s many years experience teaching Reading Recovery in New Zealand, home of Dame Marie Clay and the Reading Recovery intervention.