BCH
Pre Conventional
Fountas and Pinnell
A
Approx. Grade
K
Approx. age
3-5
B
PM+
Starters 1
Oxford
Stage 1
Big Cat
Lilac 0
Sails and others
Emerging
Beginning: First Wave
Developing
C
C
K-G1
3
Sails Emergent
Red 2A
4
5 and 6
Stage 2 Red 2B
Early Red
Expanding
Bridging
F and G
H
I
J and K
L
M
K-G2
K-G2
Kâ G3
G1-3
G1 - 3
G2-4
5-7
Stage 1+ Pink 1A Pink 1B
E
K âG1
4-6
2
D
Beginning
6-8
N
7-9
O and P
Q and R
G2 - 4
G3-5
8 - 10
7 and 8
9, 10,11 and 12
13 and 14
15 and 16
17, 18, 19, 20, & 21
22
23
24
25
26, 27
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
Stage 7
Stage 8
Stage 9
Stage 10
Stage 11
Stage 12
Yellow 3
Blue 4
Orange 6
Turquoise 7
Purple 8
Gold 9
10 White, 11 Lime
Year 1
Early 2 Year 2 Early 3
Early 4
Scholastic Solo, I am Reading, Green Bananas, Blue Bananas
Launching Fluency (Sherbert)
Fluency Orange, Red Bananas
Fluency Purple, Yellow Bananas
Green 5
Sails Year 3
Fluency Turquoise
Fluency Gold
Elephant= Early Monkey = Middle Lion = Late BCH
Fountas and Pinnell
Fluent (White sticker) S
T
Proficient (Black circle) U
V
Connecting (silver) W
X
Approx Gde
Gde 4-6
Gde 5 â7
Gde 6 -8
Approx age
9 -11
10 -13
11 - 14
PM
28
29
30
Independent (gold) Y
Gde 7+
Z