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69: What Are Kindergarten Reading Levels? The Hidden Problems Behind Levels A–D

From Literacy in Color · Hosted by Michelle Sullivan

2025-11-25·22:34

Episode summary

In this episode of Literacy in Color: In this solo episode, we take an honest, unflinching look at what are traditionally called Kindergarten Reading Levels: Guided Reading Levels A, B, C, and D — and why these levels do not reflect how children actually learn to read.

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In this solo episode, we take an honest, unflinching look at what are traditionally called Kindergarten Reading Levels: Guided Reading Levels A, B, C, and D — and why these levels do not reflect how children actually learn to read. If you’re a kindergarten teacher, literacy coach, interventionist, or a parent of a beginning reader, this episode…