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Pathways Guided Reading Selections

Early Fluent Titles
End of Grade 1

  Ants 

 

Ants 

From the queen ant to the worker ants, learn how ants cooperate with one another and complete different jobs to ensure that the ant colony survives.

Reading Recovery® Levels 17-18
Guided Reading Level I
Nonfiction/8 pages/142 words

  Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs 

Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs 

Read about the lives of these endangered primates as the photographs take you into the treetops.

Reading Recovery® Levels 10-11
Guided Reading Level F
Nonfiction/8 pages/94 words 

  Crocodile or Alligator? 

Crocodile or Alligator? 

Readers will learn the differences between crocodiles and alligators. Companion to "Crocodile's Smile."

Reading Recovery® Levels 11-12
Guided Reading Level G
Nonfiction/8 pages/113 words 

  Free to Fly 

Free to Fly 

Everyone tells the boy that the butterfly in his jar needs to be free. Finally he releases it.

Reading Recovery® Levels 8-9
Guided Reading Level FG
Nonfiction/8 pages/96 words 

  Hawks 

Hawks 

Learn many facts about these birds of prey, including how they care for their young.

Reading Recovery® Levels 11-12
Guided Reading Level G
Nonfiction/8 pages/87 words

  Hope Not 

 

Hope Not 

The "worries" of a child-empty cereal boxes, rain today, spinach for dinner-are forgotten when his best friend is ready to play.

Reading Recovery® Levels 9-10
Guided Reading Level FG
Fiction/8 pages/70 words

  Hopscotch 

Hopscotch 

Hop along as Meg teaches a young boy to play the traditional game.

Reading Recovery® Levels 11-12
Guided Reading Level G
Fiction/8 pages/110 words

  A Leaf 

A Leaf 

When a leaf lands on a sleeping cat, a wild tale begins. Great introduction to circular stories.

Reading Recovery® Levels 9-10
Guided Reading Level F
Fiction/8 pages/88 words

  Nettie's Spaghetti 

 

Nettie's Spaghetti 

Nettie's imagination has gone wild. She dreams of all the things she'll do with her long, long spaghetti - rope a calf, fly a kite - all to her mother's exasperation.

Reading Recovery® Level 10
Guided Reading Level F
Fiction/12 pages/135 words

  No Luck! 

 

No Luck! 

The neighborhood joins in to help get the Frisbee out of the tree. Chased by the dog, the cat frees the Frisbee and other items too.

Reading Recovery® Level 10*
Guided Reading Level FG
Fiction/12 pages/120 words

  Notes from Mom 

Notes from Mom 

Through a note each day of the week, a working mom communicates to her daughter an after-school activity.

Reading Recovery® Level 10*
Guided Reading Level FG
Fiction/16 pages/100 words

  Notes to Dad 

Notes to Dad 

Dad delights in receiving messages from his son - functional notes as well as an I Love You banner.

Reading Recovery® Level 9*
Guided Reading Level FG
Fiction/12 pages/114 words

  The Peanut Hunt 

 

The Peanut Hunt 

Mom solves a problem with a peanut hunt. Find the colored peanuts and calculate their values. Math practice includes making charts.

Reading Recovery® Levels 11-12
Guided Reading Level G
Fiction/12 pages/162 words 

  Play Ball, Sherman 

Play Ball, Sherman 

This frisky dog takes to the soccer field and in his enthusiasm scores a goal for Brad's team.

Reading Recovery® Level 9*
Guided Reading Level FG
Fiction/12 pages/88 words 

  Prairie Town 

Prairie Town 

Photographs take the reader right into the prairie dog's town.

Reading Recovery® Levels 8-9
Guided Reading Level F
Nonfiction/8 pages/61 words 

  Sherman's Lost and Found 

 

Sherman's Lost and Found 

Another story about that frisky dog, Sherman. This time he wanders into Brad's school. As usual, Sherman gets involved in a humorous way.

Reading Recovery® Levels 11-12
Guided Reading Level G
Fiction/12 pages/188 words 

  Staying With Grandma Norma 

Staying With Grandma Norma 

Just what every child dreams of, a day with a special person who plays, reads, and makes everything he wants.

Reading Recovery® Level 10*
Guided Reading Level FG
Fiction/16 pages/168 words 

  Turtle Trouble 

Turtle Trouble 

When a turtle stops for a nap in the middle of the road, a traffic jam results.

Reading Recovery® Levels 9-10
Guided Reading Level F
Fiction/12 pages/157 words 

  Use Your Beak! 

Use Your Beak! 

Observe the accomplishments of Baby Cardinal as Dad teaches him to use his beak to crack seeds and feed himself.

Reading Recovery® Levels 11-12
Guided Reading Level GG
Nonfiction/8 pages/106 words 

  What a School 

What a School 

A boy's viewpoint of the principal's day and what the school would be like if he became the principal.

Reading Recovery® Level 10*
Guided Reading Level FG
Fiction/16 pages/101 words 

  Zap! 

 

Zap! 

A toad enjoys a yummy meal on a warm summer night until the porch light goes off!

Reading Recovery® Level 11*
Guided Reading Level G
Fiction/8 pages/83 words 

 

*Officially leveled by Reading Recovery®.