Leveled Readers

Text Complexity

There's nothing like authentic fiction and nonfiction to advance students' abilities to manage rich and complex texts as called for in the Common Core State Standards. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt™ helps you focus on text complexity in multiple ways.

HMH Trade Bookrooms

  • Offer high-quality fiction and nonfiction titles written by well-loved authors of classic and contemporary books
  • Feature leveled books that can be used to deliver Guided Reading lessons required or the Common Core focus on text complexity
  • Present opportunities for students to master texts with nuanced characters, unpredictable plot structures, literary devices, and the technical and academic vocabulary to support the science and social studies standards
  • Include text complexity ratings aligned to the recommended Common Core rubric.

Alignment to Common Core Grade Level Reading Standards

Well known by educators for their meticulous leveling, HMH® Leveled Readers have been aligned to the Common Core Grade Level Reading Standards. This means that teachers are able to support and scaffold students in ramping up to the more complex texts called for in the standards by helping them learn to:

  • Cite evidence
  • Make critical connections
  • Evaluate topics and content
  • Analyze ideas and arguments.
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