Understanding Levels

Two pathways. One destination.

Understanding Levels

Students progress through levels aligned with ability, not just grade, ensuring every child is appropriately challenged and growing.

Crown Pathway Reading & Understanding

Emphasizes fluency, comprehension, and confidence in tackling texts.

Civic

A1–A2

Fluency, vocabulary-in-context, literal comprehension. Step Into Reading (Step 4).

Candidate

A1–A2

Summarizing chapters, character tracking, predictions. Magic Tree House & more.

Monarch

A2–B1

Genre familiarity, theme spotting, text-to-self connections.

Leaders Pathway Analysis & Critical Thinking

Encourages students to move beyond comprehension into interpretation, argumentation, and critical thinking.

Junior

A2–B1

Claim + Evidence basics, literary elements, discussion norms.

Lexis

B1–B2

Author craft, figurative language, cross-text connections.

Mythos

B2–C1

Interpretive theses, rhetoric, genre conventions. Close reading.

Opsis

C1+

Critical lenses, comparative analysis, synthesis writing.