What is Sentence Complexity?

Texts with simple, more natural sentences are easy for young readers to process. Sentences with embedded or conjoined clauses make a text more difficult to read and understand. Sentence complexity is one of the ten text factors used by the F&P Text Level Gradient™ when evaluating and leveling books for young readers.

 

Sources:

Fountas, Irene C. and Pinnell, Gay Su. Guided Reading- Good First Teaching for All Children. Heinemann, 1996.