Taking the Intake Assessment

The first time you log in to LevelUp, you will see a picture of an owl saying, “It’s Time to Level Up!” Your teacher might also assign you the intake assessment an additional time, even though you’ve taken it before.

Click Let’s Go to see an illustration, a sentence, or a paragraph of text and be asked to answer questions about them. This is your intake assessment. Your answers to the questions will show your teacher how much you already know about reading and determine which books are displayed on your bookshelf.

The set of questions you see depends on how old you are and how familiar you are with reading:

1. If you don’t know very much about reading yet, you will see an illustration with four words underneath it. Read the four words and click the one that fits the picture best.
   
   
2. If you’ve been studying reading for a little longer, you will see a couple of sentences instead of an illustration. The first sentence gives you important information about the second sentence, so read it carefully. The second sentence is missing a word. Read the second sentence, then read the four words underneath it. Click the word that you think belongs in the second sentence.
   
   
3. If you have a lot of experience with reading, you will see a paragraph with blue question-mark buttons covering missing words. When you click a blue button, a list of words appears to the right of the paragraph. Click the word that fits the sentence best, then move on to the next blue button.
   

Answering these questions will show your teacher what level of books you should start reading. The questions may get harder as you get further into the assessment, but stick with it! When you finish answering all of the questions, you are awarded 25 stars to use in the LevelUp Land game.

In addition to the stars, you will be given a Lexile number. This number shows how much you already know about reading, and it will help your teacher decide what kind of books to focus on as you begin to explore LevelUp. You might notice that your Lexile number changes as you read more books and take more quizzes. This shows that you’re learning more about reading! 

When you’ve finished the intake assessment and received your LevelUp Land stars and Lexile number, click OK to go to your personalized bookshelf.

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