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NEW! Guided Reading Lecturas Cortas

The all-new Guided Reading Lecturas Cortas brings the same high-quality nonfiction of the original Guided Reading Short Reads to both Spanish and English-speaking learners. Access to short informational texts builds vocabulary acquisition and content area knowledge for all students, providing rich support for students who are learning Spanish, and building confidence in Spanish-speaking learners that they will carry over to their English instruction.

  • Builds rich domain-specific vocabulary across content areas
  • Engages students with thematically linked passages across text types
  • Provides sufficiently complex, short informational texts worthy of being read, reread, and analyzed

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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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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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Lecturas Cortas Reading Levels

Example Sheets: "How Many Deer" and "Make a Fruit Face"

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

  • Mi día de lluvia
  • La letra C
  • Dibuja una cara
  • ¡Quiero una mascota!
  • Animales verdes
  • Guía a los gatos
  • ¿Quién duerme?
  • Revista de crías de animales
  • ¿Qué puedo hacer?
  • Álbum de recortes de mi familia
Example Sheets: "How Many Deer" and "Make a Fruit Face" View Sample Page
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Example Sheets: "Newsies" and "Deer Dog"

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

  • ¡Ejercicio!
  • Mi diccionario ilustrado
  • Cómo dibujar un conejito
  • Correo sobre la escuela
  • Animales grandes y pequeños
  • Guía sobre osos
  • Día y noche
  • ¡Arriba!
  • ¿Qué forma es esta?
  • Estamos en movimiento
Example Sheets: "Newsies" and "Deer Dog" View Sample Page
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Example Sheets: "Farm Animal Sounds" and "My Ball Game"

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

  • Álbum de mascotas
  • Guía sobre peces
  • Datos sobre perros
  • ¿Cuántos venados hay?
  • Mi día en la granja?
  • Revista de plantas
  • Veo que el tiempo cambia
  • Mi correo para Ben
  • Tipos de juguetes
  • Haz una cara de fruta
Example Sheets: "Farm Animal Sounds" and "My Ball Game" View Sample Page
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Example Sheets: "What's the Sport" and "Express News"

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

  • ¡Nuevo mercado de frutas!
  • ¡Usa figuras para hacer un ratón!
  • Correo de Maxi para Ana
  • Mi diccionario ilustrado
  • ¿Cuántos animales hay?
  • En el campo
  • Mi día en la ciudad
  • Los nidos de los pájaros
  • Guía sobre ranas
  • El cielo de noche
Example Sheets: "What's the Sport" and "Express News" View Sample Page
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Example Sheets: "Camel" and "The Evening News"

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

  • Haz una cara de verduras
  • Camel
  • Correos electrónicos desde la playas
  • Vimos animales marinos: El diario de la clase
  • Mi juego de pelota
  • ¿Qué ves?
  • Datos sobre patas de animales
  • Sonidos de animales de granja
  • Mariposas?
  • ¡Abre la biblioteca para niños!
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Example Sheets: "Penguins"

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

  • Pez de carton
  • Diccionario de frutas y vegetales
  • Correos electrónicos de un día ocupado
  • Frutas de otoño
  • Mi día en el parque
  • ¿Vuela, nada o salta?
  • Qué necesita un cachorro
  • Diversión en casa
  • ¿Qué deporte es?
  • ¡Abre la estación de bomberos!
Example Sheets: "Penguins" View Sample Page
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Example Sheets: "Think About Size" and "Teeth"

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

  • Mi día en el aeropuerto
  • Camello
  • Correo desde las montañas
  • Todo el año
  • Pintar es divertido
  • Cómo mezclar colores para pintar
  • ¿Es un animal de verdad?
  • Nuestros perros ayudan
  • ¿Qué hay en el árbol?
  • ¡A limpiar el parque!
Example Sheets: "Think About Size" and "Teeth" View Sample Page
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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

  • Cómo hacer diseños parejos
  • ¡Llega el Show de los Aviones!!
  • La costa
  • Leones
  • ¿Es un animal un ser vivo?
  • Un día bajo el sol
  • Una caminata
  • Pingüinos
  • Crecer y cambiar
  • En el rancho
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Example Sheets: "Martin Luther King, Jr." and "Do Butterflies like Turtle Tears?"

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

  • ¡El Museo del Juguete abre el sábado!
  • ¿Es un caimán o es un cocodrilo?
  • ¡Piensa en el tamaño!
  • La vida en un pantano
  • Todo tipo de lugares
  • Fotos del bosque
  • ¡Arriba, vamos!
  • En la granja de calabazas
  • Los dientes
  • Hacer una marioneta de bolsa de papel
Example Sheets: "Martin Luther King, Jr." and "Do Butterflies like Turtle Tears?" View Sample Page
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Example Sheets: "Doreen Cronin" and "Very Strange Fish"

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

  • Animales en las noticias
  • Recuerdos de cuervos
  • Comparar insectos
  • Herramientas científicas para obervar
  • Animales parecidos
  • El oso polar
  • Mi colección de piedras
  • Cultiva una planta de frijol
  • Elefantes africanos
  • Saludos desde la costa
Example Sheets: "Doreen Cronin" and "Very Strange Fish" View Sample Page
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Example Sheets: "Purrfect Pals" and "How to Grow Sweet Potatoes"

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

  • En esta fecha, 4 de julio
  • ¿Les gustan a las mariposas las lágrimas de tortuga?
  • Plantas extrañas
  • Perros de asistencia
  • Aves geniales
  • Jane Goodall
  • Valle de los Monumentos
  • Mezclar ciencia y arte
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.: Un hombre con un sueño
  • Viaje a la luna
Example Sheets: "Purrfect Pals" and "How to Grow Sweet Potatoes" View Sample Page
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Example Sheets: "Golden Gate Bridge"

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

  • ¡Hoy es el Día Nacional de la Avena!
  • Construir para el futuro
  • Peces muy extraños
  • ¿Qué es un volcán?
  • Cuando eran niños
  • Estrellas después de clase
  • Observar la luna
  • Entrevista a la autora Doreen Cronin
  • ¡Electrizados!
  • Sueños
Example Sheets: "Golden Gate Bridge" View Sample Page
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Example Sheets: "The Giant Panda" and "An Origami Fish"

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

  • Niños héroes salvan vidas
  • ¡Hacia Marte!
  • Mi visita a la Estatua de la Libertad
  • Cometas
  • Ballenas
  • La Gran Barrera de Coral
  • La historia del Ping-Pong
  • Cómo cultivar camotes
  • Felinos fantásticos
  • Guía sobre nubes
Example Sheets: "The Giant Panda" and "An Origami Fish" View Sample Page
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Example Sheets: "Make a Garden in a Jar" and "The Bugle"

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

  • La torre Eiffel cumple 125 años/li>
  • El puente Golden Gate
  • Guía sobre béisbol
  • ¡Un koala muy fresco!
  • Instrumentos musicales
  • La cueva Mammoth
  • Eclipse solar
  • Cómo construir una casa de aves
  • Academia de ciclismo
  • Entrevista al científico Jeremy Owen
Example Sheets: "Make a Garden in a Jar" and "The Bugle" View Sample Page
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Example Sheets: "A City Under the Sea" and "Dinosaur Days"

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

  • Hombre escapa de una osa parda y trepa a un árbol
  • ¿El color amarillo te hace sonreír?
  • El panda gigante
  • Reptiles
  • ¡No temas!
  • Cómo hacer un pez de origami
  • Entrevista a una experta en animales salvajes
  • Mary McLeod Bethune
  • Granja de Arces Azucareros
  • Agua
Example Sheets: "A City Under the Sea" and "Dinosaur Days" View Sample Page
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Example Sheets: "Weather" and "Smile and say Kimchi!"

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

  • Incendios forestales
  • En esta noche: 26 de abril de 1777
  • Animales de la selva tropical
  • Una cuestión de gusto
  • Océanos
  • Ajedrez: una batalla en miniatura
  • Entrevista a un entrenador de perros
  • Crea un jardín en un tarro
  • Granja avícola Picos y Plumas
  • Eleanor Roosevelt
Example Sheets: "Weather" and "Smile and say Kimchi!" View Sample Page
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Example Sheets: "Animal Record Breakers" and "Creatures of the Deep"

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

  • Muy pronto: La rueda de la fortuna más grande del mundo
  • ¡Uy! Historias de dos inventos
  • Animales del desierto
  • ¿Qué es un nutricionista del zoológico?
  • Una ciudad debajo del mar
  • La mariposa monarca
  • Entrevista a un reportero del tiempo
  • Días de dinosaurios
  • Reseña de libro: Mi sueño de América
  • Haz tu propio papel de regalo
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Example Sheets: "Landed on Ellis Island"

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

  • En este día: 14 de abril de 1912
  • ¡Tormenta!
  • El desierto de Sonora
  • Peces fantásticos
  • ¿Qué es tan divertido?
  • ¿Por qué reinan las cucarachas?
  • El tiempo atmosférico
  • ¡Sonríe y di kimchi!
  • Mercado Agrícola de la Calle Roble
  • Cuidadora de animales
Example Sheets: "Landed on Ellis Island" View Sample Page
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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

  • Criaturas del fondo del mar
  • Héroes adolescentes
  • Manual de aves del desierto
  • Humedales
  • Los árboles
  • ¡Palabras y más palabras!
  • Cómo dar un discurso y ganar votos
  • Animales que baten récords
  • El largo camino del béisbol
  • Estimado editor
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Example Sheets: "Marie Curie"

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

  • Desembarco en la isla Ellis
  • La historia de la goma de mascar
  • Guía de lechuzas
  • Anfibios asombrosos
  • ¿Qué son los trenes maglev?
  • Robots
  • Entrevista a Avi
  • Experimento con planta y luz
  • Señales y símbolos
  • Carta de Frances Perkins
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Example Sheets: "The Day After Pearl Harbor"

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

  • Una máquina que vuela
  • Animales salvajes a la venta
  • Lugares asombrosos de los Estados Unidos
  • Visita Washington, D.C.
  • ¿Qué es una figura simétrica?
  • Deportes extremose
  • ¡Despiértate!
  • Entrevista a Pam Muñoz Ryan
  • Cartas entre Grace Bedell y Abe Lincoln
  • El baile del robot
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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

  • Cazador afirma haber visto un monstruo prehistórico
  • Marie Curie: una mujer adelantada a su época
  • Invertebrados increíbles
  • Tiempo atmosférico extremo
  • Safaris en las Llanuras Africanas
  • Ciberacoso
  • Mujer Búfalo Pájaro
  • El dinero
  • El más valiente de los valientes
  • Sonia Sotomayor
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Example Sheet: "Fighting Crime"

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

  • La tormenta de nieve de 1888
  • Frank O. Gehry: Un arquitecto innovador
  • Puentes y túneles de los Estados Unidos
  • Salud y bienestar
  • Excursión por el Sendero de los Apalaches
  • Cómo leer el lenguaje corporal
  • César Chávez
  • El día después de Pearl Harbor
  • Dos líderes mundiales, una guerra mundial
  • Bosques tropicales
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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

  • El terremoto de San Francisco
  • Los increíbles animales de Australia
  • El lago más profundo y la cascada más alta
  • Inventos e inventoress
  • Atrapado en el tiempo
  • La asombrosa América del Sur
  • Ellen Lauri Ochoa
  • El efecto ácido
  • La conservación como deber nacional
  • Una carta de Rachel Carson
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Example Sheet: "Environment"

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

  • Disparo a Theodore Roosevelt
  • Lucha contra el crimen
  • ¿Qué es un estadounidense?
  • Cómo atrapan los surfistas las olas
  • ¿Qué tan inteligentes son los animales?
  • Lugares extremos de Sudamérica
  • El Gran Incendio
  • A la señorita Anne Mansfield Sullivan
  • ¿Qué es un teselado?
  • ¿Qué mató a los dinosaurios?
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Example Sheets: "Mongolia"

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

  • Lugares extremos de Rusia
  • Desastres
  • Alimentos con un toque diferente
  • Crea tus propias geodas de cristal de huevo
  • Reseñas de Jack London
  • Discurso pronunciado en la inauguración del cementerio de Gettysburg
  • Maya Lin habla sobre el Monumento a los Veteranos de Vietnam
  • El volcán que sacudió el mundo: Krakatoa, 1883
  • Chichén Itzá
  • Esta es su historia
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