What is a Guided Reading Level?
Guided Reading is an instructional approach that involves a teacher working with a small group of students who demonstrate similar reading behaviors and can all read similar levels of texts. A Guided Reading Level (GRL) for a book in English is a measure ranging from A (the simplest texts) to Z (the most difficult). A GRL takes into account several factors in assessing a text’s difficulty, such as accessibility of topic, complexity of story structure, and spacing. Some books, especially for higher grades, are not recommended for Guided Reading and have a GRL of “NR” which stands for Not Recommended.
A. Guided Reading is an instructional approach that involves a teacher working with a small group of students who demonstrate similar reading behaviors and can all read similar levels of texts. A Guided Reading Level (GRL) for a book in English is a measure ranging from A (the simplest texts) to Z (the most difficult). A GRL takes into account several factors in assessing a texts difficulty, such as accessibility of topic, complexity of story structure, and spacing. Some books, especially for higher grades, are not recommended for Guided Reading and have a GRL of NR which stands for Not Recommended.