This is a must-read for anyone who limits students' reading choices by levels. Again: This is a must-read for anyone who limits students' reading choices by levels. This article by The Book Whisperer author Donalyn Miller and the linked interview with Fountas & Pinnell Literacy assert that reading levels were never intended to make teachers or librarians restrict students' self-selected texts. If you are still using them this way, please reconsider.

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