Leveled Readings
Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to Leveled Readings
Welcome to Leveled Readings!
This page provides specific content-related information for Albert's Leveled Readings course, including how it is organized, what standards it is aligned to, and ideas for classroom uses. If you need technical assistance, please visit our Help Center or contact hello@albert.io.
Subject Organization
Albert's Leveled Readings course is organized by genre, then by topic, and finally by subtopic according to Lexile level.
Themes
Leveled Readings includes the following themes:
- Arts and Culture | Biography
- Arts and Culture | Books, Media, and Ethics
- Arts and Culture | Culture, Sports, and Food
- Arts and Culture | Visual Art, Film, and Nature
- Social Studies | Government and Politics
- Social Studies | The Geological and Archaeological Past
- Social Studies | United States and World History
- STEM | Animals, Plants, and Natural Science
- STEM | Earth, the Universe, and Beyond
- STEM | Engineering and Technology
- STEM | Ethics, Law, and Philosophy of Science
- STEM | Health and Medicine
- STEM | Human Nature and Philosophy
Topics
Each theme contains a range of specific topics anchored by an Essential Question that engages students to think critically. For example, here are some topics within Arts and Culture | Visual Art, Film, and Nature.
- The Dying Arts: What has caused this recent decline in once popular forms of entertainment?
- Presidential Portraits: How have these portraits changed throughout time and what do these changes say about our society?
- Videogames as Works of Art: Are video games works of art? What does it mean for art "viewers" to become participants when they play as a character?
Subtopics
Each topic contains four subtopics: the same passage, written at varying Lexile levels so that teachers can meet each student where they are while still having a unified classroom discussion.
Here’s an example from "College Requirements for Athletes: Should the NBA/NFL make attending college a requirement?":
- 550L The Rules Have Changed
- 780L Is This Fair?
- 900L The Pros and Cons
- 1110L Risks to Sports
Free Response Questions
Leveled Readings also includes written response questions tied to each topic's Essential Question so that teachers can check for student understanding at the end of a reading.
Using Standards and Tags to Find Questions
Standards
All Albert questions are aligned to state standards relevant to the subject matter. Albert’s English Language Arts questions are aligned to Common Core Standards for English Language Arts.
This standards alignment provides another easy way to find useful questions besides the Theme and Topic organization. Using the Standards button at the top left corner of any subject page, you can filter for just your state’s standard set then simply search for your state’s standards to find all questions in our course library aligned to that standard! For more details, please see this article in our Help section.
In addition to searching by the standards’ names, you can also search by their content! Simply type in a few words from the standard description to see all relevant standards pertaining to that content.
Tags
Albert’s Leveled Readings course includes three types of tags: skills tags, content tags, and Lexile level tags. These are words or phrases that provide information about what a question covers, such as context-clues, 20th-century, or 1220L. Tags provide another easy way to search for relevant content in our course library. Simply search using the Tags button at the top left corner of any guide level.
Question Types
Leveled Readings uses a variety of question types to test students’ understanding of content and provide meaningful practice of important skills.
- Multiple Choice
- Multiple Select
- Two-Way Tables
- Fill-in-the-blank
- Snippet Select
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