The Lexile® Framework
Scavenger Hunt
1) Which of these is NOT within the 600L-700L Lexile
range?
a. Corduroy
b. Blubber
c. How Much is a Million?
2) Order these books from the lowest to the highest
Lexile.
a. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
b. The Amazing Octopus
c. The Patchwork Quilt
3) Which book by author Lynne Reid Banks has the
highest Lexile?
4) The publisher of the above book has/has not
reported a age-appropriateness level?
5) Would the book (from question #3) be a “fit” for a
reader with a Lexile score of 900L?
6) The students in your science class range from
300L-1000L. You are beginning a unit on Energy. How
many books within this range are available in the Book
Database?
7) You will be constructing a unit on “Pioneers” for
your fifth-grade class, but you want only non-fiction
books which have been rated by the publisher as “Elementary.” How many books within those parameters
are available?
8) What Lexile text measure would a student with
600L reader measure need in order to achieve a 75%
comprehension rate?
>> Please see the following page for the answers
For more information on Lexile measures,
please visit www.Lexile.com.
9) Your next book report project for your 4th grade
class will be a biography. How many biographies can
possibly be of use to you for your students?
10) A child has a measure of 940L and enjoys adventure and history & social studies texts. You want to
generate a list of summer reading for the child, how
many books are listed to choose from?
11) After logging onto the website, where do you need
to go in order to manage the reading lists you have
previously created?
12) You have found an article in your local newspaper which is perfect for your unit on immigration, but
it does not report a Lexile score. Which Lexile tool
should you use to get a readability measure for that
article?
13) Which two tools do you only have access to by
creating a profile?
14) Which has a higher Lexile, The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn or A Walk in the Woods?
15) Which has a higher Lexile score, The Bad Beginning or A Wrinkle in Time?
16) How many books on “America” are listed in the
Spanish Book Database?
Answers
1) Which of these is NOT within the 600L-700L Lexile range?
a. Corduroy
b. Blubber
c. How Much is a Million?
2) Order these books from the lowest to the highest Lexile.
1. a. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
3. b. The Amazing Octopus
2 c. The Patchwork Quilt
3) Which book by author Lynne Reid Banks has the highest
Lexile?
I. Houdini, 1030L
4) The publisher of the above book has/has not reported a ageappropriateness level?
5) Would the book (from question #3) be a “fit” for a reader
with a Lexile score of 900L?
No, recommended reading range is 100L below to 50L above
a reader’s Lexile level.
6) The students in our science class range from 300L-1000L.
You are beginning a unit on Energy. How many books within
this range are available in the Book Database?
Use the Lexile Book Database to search by Lexile range
and topic. 44 books were given, however only a portion
may be appropriate for your class.
7) You will be constructing a unit on “Pioneers” for your fifthgrade class, but you want only non-fiction books which have
been rated by the publisher as “Elementary.” How many
books within those parameters are available?
Using the Find a Book utility, there are 11
book results for this criteria.
8) What Lexile text measure would
a student with 600L reader measure
need in order to achieve a 75% comprehension rate?
600L. When books are matched to a student’s Lexile reader measure, the student
will have a 75% comprehension rate.
When books are read within a student’s
Lexile range (100L below to 50L above),
comprehension ranges from 65% - 80%.
A reader’s comprehension “sweet spot”
ranges from 65% - 80%. Reading in this
range is challenging enough that you
are encountering new vocabulary and
sentence structures, but easy enough
that you will be able to understand the
content of the text as a comfortable
reading speed.
9) Your next book report project for your 4th grade class will be
a biography. How many biographies can possibly be of use to
you for your students.
Over 1000. Use “Find a Book” to search for books by grade
(4th) and interests (biographies).
10) A child has a measure of 940L and enjoys adventure and
history & social studies texts. You want to generate a list of
summer reading for the child, how many books are listed to
choose from?
21. Use “Find a Book” to search by the child’s Lexile measure
(940L) and reading interests (Adventure and History & Social
Studies).
11) After logging onto the website, where do you need to go in
order to manage the reading lists you have previously created?
Your previously created reading lists can be found in two locations. You can access your reading lists by clicking ‘My Reading Lists’ at the top of the Lexile.com webpage, or by logging
into your account and viewing ‘My Profile’ and then scrolling
to ‘My Reading Lists.’
12) You have found an article in your local newspaper which
is perfect for your unit on immigration, but it does not report a
Lexile score. Which Lexile tool should you use to get a readability measure for that article?
The Lexile Analyzer, a software program that evaluates the
reading demand—or readability—of books, articles and
other materials.
13) Which two tools do you only have access to by
creating a profile?
The two tools you can access upon creating a profile are the Lexile Analyzer and
Creating and Saving reading lists.
14) Which has a higher Lexile, The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or A
Walk in the Woods?
A Walk in the Woods 1210L (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 990L)
15) Which has a higher Lexile score, The
Bad Beginning or A Wrinkle in Time?
The Bad Beginning 1010L (A Wrinkle in
Time 740L)
16) How many books on “America”
are listed in the Spanish Book Database?
Use the Spanish Book Search, 7
books are found.
* Created August 2012. Answers may change as
books are continuously measured and added to
the Lexile Book Database.