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Grade levels of newspapers

Jodi73 Posted:

Grade levels of newspapers

I have a project to do for a class that I am taking and need to know what the grade levels are for certain papers. If anyone knows this information or knows where I can get it, it would be such a great help to me. Thanks!

Newsday
Daily News
Post
NY Times
SweetCin704 Posted:

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Shoot I remember reading this somewhere. I think its like 3rd grade or 5th grade. There has to be some site that has that info.

August2004 Posted:

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I'm pretty sure I remember hearing Newsday is a 7th grade level. Not sure though.

TracyInQueens Posted:

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NY Times is 8th, and that's probably the highest.

DebsNY Posted:

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Posted by Jodi73

I have a project to do for a class that I am taking and need to know what the grade levels are for certain papers. If anyone knows this information or knows where I can get it, it would be such a great help to me. Thanks!

Newsday
Daily News
Post
NY Times



I believe Newsday is 6th
Daily News is 5th
The Post is maybe 5th or 6th
And the Times is 7th or 8th
SweetCin704 Posted:

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I think I heard the Post is 3rd grade.

swags1016 Posted:

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Really easy to do! Find an article online from each paper copy and paste it into word then go to tools, options, spelling& grammar and check the show the readability statistics, let the spell check happen and it will tell you!

TracyInQueens Posted:

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Posted by swags1016

Really easy to do! Find an article online from each paper copy and paste it into word then go to tools, options, spelling& grammar and check the show the readability statistics, let the spell check happen and it will tell you!



That is a good thing to know! Thanks.
CC59 Posted:

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I know the sixth graders at the school I work in do assignments in Newsday everyday so it must be on or close to a sixth grade level. I would think the NY Times would be a couple of grades higher.

swags1016 Posted:

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Posted by TracyInQueens


Posted by swags1016

Really easy to do! Find an article online from each paper copy and paste it into word then go to tools, options, spelling& grammar and check the show the readability statistics, let the spell check happen and it will tell you!



That is a good thing to know! Thanks.



Also great for teachers to double check that your passages aren't too difficult for your students reading levels
Jodi73 Posted:

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Thank you all for your responses. I really appreciate it.

HappyLady05 Posted:

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i heard somewhere that newsday is 4th grade level...but then again, some of my 10th grade vocab. words show up often in newsday.

Jax430 Posted:

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I learned in my learning disabilities class that the post and daily news are at the 6th grade level, i think...i will let you know if i find the info...it has something to do with counting the syllables.

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