Bonnie Campbell Hill's (BCH) Reading Continuum
roughly compared to other leveling systems
(with a proposed graduated color code for each stage)
Printouts of BCH's Reading and Writing Continuums
Continuum
Stage by
Bonnie
Campbell Hill |
Reading
Levels by
Fountas
& Pinnell
(& End of Yr
Grade
Level
Proficiency)
|
Sample Books
|
Cliff
Moon
|
PM
Benchmarks |
Reading Recovery Levels
|
Oxford
Reading
Tree
|
Book Bands
(Inst of Ed)
|
|
Preconventional
RED
|
A |
|
red |
Starters 1 |
1 |
Stage 1 |
0 Lilac
1 Pink A
|
|
Emerging
ORANGE
|
B
C (Kindy)
|
|
yellow
white
|
Starters 2
3
4
|
2
3
4
|
Stage 1+ |
1 Pink B
2 Red
|
|
Developing (Early)
YELLOW
|
D
E
F
|
|
blue/
lt pink
|
5 & 6
7 & 8
9 & 10
|
5 - 8
9 - 10
|
Stage 2
Stage 3
|
3 Yellow |
|
Developing (Later)
YELLOW
|
F
G
|
|
brown |
9 & 10
11 & 12
|
9 - 10
11 - 12
|
Stage 4 |
4 Blue
|
|
Beginning (Early)
GREEN
|
H
I, J
(1st Gr)
|
|
green
grey
|
13 & 14
15 & 16
|
13 - 14
15 - 16
|
Stage 5
Stage 6
Stage 7
|
5 Green
6 Orange
|
|
Beginning (Later)
GREEN
|
J
K
|
Frog and Toad -- Lobel
Green Bananas
|
orange |
17 & 18
19 & 20
|
17
18
|
Stage 7
Stage 8
|
7 Turquoise
|
|
Expanding
BLUE
|
L
M
(2nd Gr)
|
Freckle Juice -- Blume
Marvin Redpost -- Sachar
Blue Bananas
"I am Reading"
"Solo Scholastic"
Junie B. Jones series
Magic Tree House series
Cam Jansen series
|
black |
21
22
|
19
20
|
Stage 8
Stage 9
|
8 Purple
|
|
Expanding (Later)
BLUE
|
N
O
|
Catwings -- Le Guin
Boxcar Children -- Warner
|
beige |
23
24
|
21
22
|
Stage 10 |
9 Gold
|
|
Bridging (Early)
PURPLE
|
O
P
(3rd Gr)
|
Harry's Mad -- Dick King-Smith
Dogs Don't Tell Jokes -- Sachar
Red Bananas
|
beige |
24
25
|
22
23
|
Stage 11 |
20 White |
|
Bridging (Later)
PURPLE
|
Q
R
(4th Gr)
|
Dear Mr. Henshaw -- Cleary
Charlotte's Web -- White
|
dk pink
|
26
27
|
24
25
|
Stage 12 |
|
|
Fluent
|
S
T
(5th Gr)
|
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key -- Gantos
Poppy -- Avi
Yellow Bananas -- Fluent (white)
|
dk pink |
28
29
|
26
27
|
|
|
|
Proficient
|
U
V
(6th Gr)
|
Tuck Everlasting -- Babbitt
Mrs. Frisby and the Secret of NIMH -- O'Brien
Holes -- Sachar
|
lt blue |
30 |
28
29
|
|
|
|
Connecting
|
W
X
(7th Gr)
|
|
gold |
|
|
|
|
|
Independent
|
Y & Z
(8th Gr)
|
Clockwork -- Pullman
The Hobbit -- Tolkiien
|
|
|
|
|
|
Correlation of the Bonnie Campbell Hill reading continuum with other reading level systems (from Bonnie Campbell Hill's website)
Correlation of Cliff Moon (a popular UK reading level system) with other systems (from Barbara Philip, the Tanglin Trust junior librarian)
Overview of Cliff Moon system
Big Cat Collins series -- list of books sorted by Book Bands
Big Cat Collins series -- color poster of books sorted by Book Bands
PM Benchmark correlation chart -- from a Canadian bookseller
Rigby Harcourt correlation chart -- includes Fountas/Pinnell, PM Levels, Rigby levels, and Sails (among others)
Approximate Text, Spelling, and Writing Level Conversion/Comparison Table -- from Southern Utah University (USA)
MORE RESOURCES: Good collection of links to various comparison charts and information about different levelled reading schemes (from a US school district)
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