Using Kids A-Z you can:

1 Assign and listen to recordings of Benchmark Passages and Books.

2 Score recordings using an online running record tool.

Benchmark Passages & Running Records

Passages to Find Students' Instructional Reading Levels

Use these short passages as one step in the three-step process to find your students' instructional reading needs or to assess whether they are prepared to read more difficult text.

Showing 4 of 116 Passages

How to Penguin Dance

Here is how you do a dance called The Penguin. Nonfiction, Lexile 270L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Fruit From My Garden

A boy can't wait to taste a strawberry from his garden. Fiction, Lexile 470L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Steps to Make a Garden

Learn steps to make a garden. Nonfiction, Lexile 360L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record

Sally's Bath

A child's dog runs away from its bath. Fiction, Lexile 420L
  • Assessment Passage
  • Quick Check
  • Running Record