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51 minutes ago, JHLWTM said:

not sure what you mean by reading levels?

Here are the reading lists sorted by grade levels- scroll to the bottom of the page

https://www.mensaforkids.org/achieve/excellence-in-reading/

 

On the k-3 one we read the lower reading levels first like Goodnight Moon and worked out way up to the higher reading levels like Little House on the Prairie. I wanted to read the ones geared more toward 4th grade 1st.

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Here is your Mensa list for grades 4-6, listed by grade level of interest first, and then listed by Lexile reading level within the interest range. Note: Lexile rankings do not mean that the books at the top of the list are necessarily best for the younger grade of that range, or the last books are necessarily best for the older grade of that range... 😉 

grade range: 3-5

600L - The Hundred Penny Box
600L - The Rescuers
640L - Front Desk
700L - The Moffats
750L - Misty of Chincoteague
780L - The Borrowers
790L - Dog on Barkham Street
810L - Roller Skates
810L - Thimble Summer
840L - Matilda
860L - Matchlock Gun
1010L - Ben and Me
1030L - Wonderful Wizard of Oz

grade range: 4-6
570L - Lad A Dog
610L - Swiss Family Robinson
700L - From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
740L - Gentle Ben
760L - Harriet the Spy
780L - Lassie Come Home
830L - Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
850L - Black Beauty
880L - Children of Green Knowe
890L - Caddie Woodlawn

grade range 5-7
680L - The Black Stallion
760L - 790L - first 3 books of The Chronicles of Prydain
790L-970L - the 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia
790L - Esperanza Rising
830L - Mary Poppins
830L - Summer of the Swans
960L - Heidi
970L - The Secret Garden
970L - Hans Brinker, or, The Silver Skates
1020L - Hatchet
????    - You Don’t Know Everything Jilly P!

grade range: 6-8
740L - Tuck Everlasting
740L - The Jungle Book
770L-1010L - Redwall series
870L-900L - last 2 books of The Chronicles of Prydain
950L - Alice in Wonderland
950L - Bud Not Buddy
ATOS 6.6 - D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
1050L - Pushcart War
1070L - Twenty-One Balloons

Grade 7+
670L - The House of Dies Drear
800L-920L - the 5 books of The Dark is Rising series
810L - Bridge to Terabithia
890L - Cheaper By the Dozen
970L - Anne of Green Gables

Edited by Lori D.
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1 hour ago, Lori D. said:

Here is your Mensa list for grades 4-6, listed by grade level of interest first, and then listed by Lexile reading level within the interest range. Note: Lexile rankings do not mean that the books at the top of the list are necessarily best for the younger grade of that range, or the last books are necessarily best for the older grade of that range... 😉 

grade range: 3-5

600L - The Hundred Penny Box
600L - The Rescuers
640L - Front Desk
700L - The Moffats
750L - Misty of Chincoteague
780L - The Borrowers
790L - Dog on Barkham Street
810L - Roller Skates
810L - Thimble Summer
840L - Matilda
860L - Matchlock Gun
1010L - Ben and Me
1030L - Wonderful Wizard of Oz

grade range: 4-6
570L - Lad A Dog
610L - Swiss Family Robinson
670L - The House of Dies Drear
700L - From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
740L - Gentle Ben
760L - Harriet the Spy
780L - Lassie Come Home
830L - Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
850L - Black Beauty
880L - Children of Green Knowe
890L - Caddie Woodlawn

grade range 5-7
680L - The Black Stallion
760L - 790L - first 3 books of The Chronicles of Prydain
790L-970L - the 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia
790L - Esperanza Rising
830L - Mary Poppins
830L - Summer of the Swans
960L - Heidi
970L - The Secret Garden
970L - Hans Brinker, or, The Silver Skates
1020L - Hatchet
????    - You Don’t Know Everything Jilly P!

grade range: 6-8
740L - Tuck Everlasting
740L - The Jungle Book
770L-1010L - Redwall series
870L-900L - last 2 books of The Chronicles of Prydain
950L - Alice in Wonderland
950L - Bud Not Buddy
ATOS 6.6 - D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
1050L - Pushcart War
1070L - Twenty-One Balloons

Grade 7+
800L-920L - the 5 books of The Dark is Rising series
810L - Bridge to Terabithia
890L - Cheaper By the Dozen
970L - Anne of Green Gables

My hero!!!

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Posted
4 hours ago, Lori D. said:

Here is your Mensa list for grades 4-6, listed by grade level of interest first, and then listed by Lexile reading level within the interest range. Note: Lexile rankings do not mean that the books at the top of the list are necessarily best for the younger grade of that range, or the last books are necessarily best for the older grade of that range... 😉 

grade range: 3-5

600L - The Hundred Penny Box
600L - The Rescuers
640L - Front Desk
700L - The Moffats
750L - Misty of Chincoteague
780L - The Borrowers
790L - Dog on Barkham Street
810L - Roller Skates
810L - Thimble Summer
840L - Matilda
860L - Matchlock Gun
1010L - Ben and Me
1030L - Wonderful Wizard of Oz

grade range: 4-6
570L - Lad A Dog
610L - Swiss Family Robinson
700L - From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
740L - Gentle Ben
760L - Harriet the Spy
780L - Lassie Come Home
830L - Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
850L - Black Beauty
880L - Children of Green Knowe
890L - Caddie Woodlawn

grade range 5-7
680L - The Black Stallion
760L - 790L - first 3 books of The Chronicles of Prydain
790L-970L - the 7 books of The Chronicles of Narnia
790L - Esperanza Rising
830L - Mary Poppins
830L - Summer of the Swans
960L - Heidi
970L - The Secret Garden
970L - Hans Brinker, or, The Silver Skates
1020L - Hatchet
????    - You Don’t Know Everything Jilly P!

grade range: 6-8
740L - Tuck Everlasting
740L - The Jungle Book
770L-1010L - Redwall series
870L-900L - last 2 books of The Chronicles of Prydain
950L - Alice in Wonderland
950L - Bud Not Buddy
ATOS 6.6 - D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
1050L - Pushcart War
1070L - Twenty-One Balloons

Grade 7+
670L - The House of Dies Drear
800L-920L - the 5 books of The Dark is Rising series
810L - Bridge to Terabithia
890L - Cheaper By the Dozen
970L - Anne of Green Gables

Wow, we're going all out of order on these. 👀 😄

But I noticed from your post that the list is different from the one I have printed out. I checked the K-3 and 7-8 lists and saw that they're different, too. Does anyone know how frequently they are updated? Or whether it matters if you use an outdated list if you're going for the t-shirt? 

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7 minutes ago, purpleowl said:

Wow, we're going all out of order on these. 👀 😄

But I noticed from your post that the list is different from the one I have printed out. I checked the K-3 and 7-8 lists and saw that they're different, too. Does anyone know how frequently they are updated? Or whether it matters if you use an outdated list if you're going for the t-shirt? 

Don't know how frequently they update -- I just clicked on the link provided up-thread by @JHLWTM ... 😉 

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They have changed the list. When I first saw the list a few years back, it was indeed different. It looks like they have tried to be more inclusive with the new list - adding titles that represent a more diverse set of experiences and viewpoints. You could email them to find out if you can use the old list.

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21 hours ago, purpleowl said:

Wow, we're going all out of order on these. 👀 😄

But I noticed from your post that the list is different from the one I have printed out. I checked the K-3 and 7-8 lists and saw that they're different, too. Does anyone know how frequently they are updated? Or whether it matters if you use an outdated list if you're going for the t-shirt? 

I don't think the order matters. My oldest doesn't struggle at reading at all, BUT he does prefer to read below grade level, but I have to challenge him a bit, butI didn't want to give him the hardest book on the list.

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