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Leveling Chart
 
Page # 
Flesch-Kincaid 
 
 
Grade Level
Interesting Places and Events
9 
2.0
10 
2.4
11 
2.3
12 
2.8
13 
2.0
14 
2.6
15 
2.8
16 
2.6
17 
2.1
18 
2.1
19 
2.8
20 
2.5
21 
2.0
22 
2.9
23 
2.4
24 
2.2
25 
2.4
26 
2.1
27 
2.8
28 
2.1
29 
2.2
30 
2.0
31 
2.3
32 
2.8
33 
2.7
34 
2.0
35 
2.8
36 
2.7
37 
2.1
38 
2.8
Scientifically Speaking
41 
2.3
42 
2.2
43 
2.5
44 
2.9
45 
2.8
46 
2.9
47 
2.8
48 
2.4
49 
2.7
50 
2.0
51 
2.9
52 
2.2
53 
2.8
54 
2.4
55 
2.7
56 
2.0
57 
2.3
58 
2.8
59 
2.3
60 
2.8
61 
2.7
Scientifically Speaking 
(cont.)
62 
2.0
63 
2.8
64 
2.5
65 
2.0
66 
2.1
67 
2.7
68 
2.5
69 
2.7
70 
2.4
From the Past
73 
2.9
74 
2.9
75 
2.3
76 
2.1
77 
2.1
78 
2.6
79 
2.6
80 
2.9
81 
2.1
82 
2.0
83 
2.2
84 
2.5
85 
2.8
86 
2.8
87 
2.9
88 
2.9
89 
2.6
90 
2.7
91 
2.8
92 
2.0
93 
2.9
94 
2.9
95 
2.8
96 
2.1
97 
2.1
98 
2.4
99 
2.1
100 
2.4
101 
2.2
102 
2.3
Did You Know?
105 
2.6
106 
2.1
107 
2.4
108 
2.2
109 
2.5
110 
2.2
111 
2.6
112 
3.0
113 
2.1
114 
2.3
115 
2.1
Did You Know? 
(cont.)
116 
2.3
117 
2.3
118 
2.2
119 
2.8
120 
2.4
121 
2.7
122 
2.5
123 
2.1
124 
2.1
125 
2.3
126 
2.7
127 
3.4*
128 
2.5
129 
2.8
130 
2.1
131 
2.3
132 
2.1
133 
2.4
134 
2.5
Fascinating People
137 
2.1
138 
2.7
139 
2.5
140 
2.1
141 
2.4
142 
2.1
143 
2.7
144 
2.9
145 
2.5
146 
2.4
147 
2.8
148 
2.0
149 
2.0
150 
2.7
151 
2.2
152 
2.7
153 
2.6
154 
2.6
155 
2.1
156 
2.1
157 
2.9
158 
2.3
159 
2.1
160 
2.9
161 
2.5
162 
2.9
163 
2.1
164 
2.0
165 
2.2
166 
2.8
 
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Grade Level
 
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5 
#5032 Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading
Introduction 
(cont.)
Practice First to Build Familiarity
Initial group practice is essential. Read aloud the first passage in each of the five topic areas and do its 
related questions with the whole class. Depending upon the needs of your class, you may choose to 
do the first three passages in each topic area as a whole class. Some teachers like to use five days in a 
row to model the reading and question-answering process at the start of the year. Model pre-reading 
the questions, reading the text, highlighting information that refers to the comprehension questions, and 
eliminating answers that are obviously incorrect. You may also want to model referring back to the text 
to ensure the answers selected are the best ones.
Student Practice Ideas
With
Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading 
you can choose to do whole-class or independent practice.
For example, you can use the passages and questions for the following:
Whichever method you choose for using the book, it’s a good idea to practice as a class how to read 
a passage and respond to the comprehension questions. In this way, you can demonstrate your own 
thought processes by “thinking aloud” to figure out an answer. Essentially, this means that you tell your 
students your thoughts as they come to you.
Record Keeping
In the sun image at the bottom, right-hand corner of each warm-up page, there is a place for you (or 
for students) to write the number of questions answered correctly. This will give consistency to scored 
pages. Use the Tracking Sheet on page 175 to record which warm-up exercises you have given to your 
students. Or distribute copies of the sheet for students to keep their own records. Use the certificate on 
page 176 as you see fit; for example, you can use the certificate as a reward for students who complete a 
certain amount of warm-up exercises. 
How to Make the Most of This Book 
✏
Read each lesson ahead of time before you use it with the class so that you are familiar with it.
This will make it easier to answer students’ questions.
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Set aside ten to twelve minutes at a specific time daily to incorporate 
Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction 
Reading
into your routine.
✏
Make sure the time you spend working on the materials is positive and constructive. This should 
be a time of practicing for success and recognizing it as it is achieved.
The passages and comprehension questions in 
Daily Warm-Ups: Nonfiction Reading 
are time-efficient, 
allowing your students to practice these skills often. The more your students practice reading and 
responding to content-area comprehension questions, the more confident and competent they will 
become.