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Ziptales Readability Scheme
Ziptales offers its own reading scheme - shown below - which references Reading Recovery,
Lexiles and Flesch.
The 10 stage scheme starts at the very simplest ‘entry’ level, for young children, whose reading amounts to
little more than recognition of simple words and sentences - Zip Stage 1 … through to children who are capable
of totally ‘independent’ reading of sophisticated texts - Zip Stage 10.
The whole range of reading in a elementary school is included - from Kindergarten through to Grade 6 and above.
RR levels Lexile levels Flesch levels
Kindergarten
Zip Stage 1 5 - 10 Kindergarten
0.1 - 2.5
Zip Stage 2 11 - 15 2.0 - 3.5
2.5 - 4.0
Zip Stage 3 16 - 22 3.5 - 4.5
4.0 - 5.5
Zip Stage 4 23 - 27 100 - 200 5.0 - 6.5
6.0 - 7.0
Zip Stage 5 28+ 200 - 400 7+
Zip Stage 6 400 - 500
Zip Stage 7 500 - 700
Zip Stage 8 700 - 950
Zip Stage 9 950 - 1100
Zip Stage 10 1100+
No readability scheme is perfect, and this scheme should be treated as a suggestion only. The teacher is
the one best placed to determine what texts a child will be able to read. Ziptales gives the teacher total
control over what stories and lessons a child accesses.
The ‘library’ allows open access for all
children, but under the personal guidance
of the teacher.
The Reading Levels icon is to be
found in the Teacher Resources section.
It explains the Ziptales reading scheme
and lays out the working of the
‘reading engine’.
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