Lexia

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Lexia

• Amy Sanecki
• Cotton Creek
• Library Information Specialist
• November 4, 2008
• asanecki_at_d118.org

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What Is Lexia?

• Software Program supports RtI
• Supports Core, Prevention for At-Risk,
  Remediation
• Designed to increase phonological awareness and
  phonics word attack skillspromotes gains in
  fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
• Intensive, explicit, structured, and systematic
  practice
• Immediate feedback following the students
  response
• Research Measured by DRA and Gates-MacGinitie
• Highest ratings Florida Center for Reading
  Research (FCRR), June 2008
• Phonemic Awareness (highest possible)
• Phonics (highest possible)
• Fluency (highest possible)
• Vocabulary (very good)
• Comprehension (very good)

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How Is Lexia Organized?

• 3 Programs Early, Primary, and SOS
• Each Program 2-5 Levels
• Each Level 4-5 Activities
• Each Activity 10-21 Units
• Children progress to the next unit when they
  perform with 90 accuracy
• Children may work on any next activity
  at their level

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Who Should Use Lexia?
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Where Can Lexia Be Used?

• Log into Lexia Programnot website
• (Teachers log into the Lexia website)
• 10 Simultaneous Users per school
• Classroom
• Computer Lab
• Library
• Home on Internet computer
• Parent receives 16 digit school code for download
  and signs contract for timeslot.

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How Can I Monitor Progress?

• Log into the Website
• https//www.mylexia.com/admin/login.php
• Click Reports Tab
• Choose Entire Class or Individual Student
• Select Report Type, Class/Student, and Time Frame
• Keep Clicking Detail and Hyperlinks

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How Can Lexia Help Me Direct Instruction?

• Watch for 5 yellow balls at top of Activity
  Selection Screen as child uses program
• On website Reports tab gtgt Combined Report
  (Progress, Usage, Skills) gtgt Click Details
• Class Skills Assessment Reports identify children
  who are struggling with a concept
• Use this information to group students who need
  additional help with similar concepts
• Differentiate instruction with real-time
  assessment
• Assign independent, targeted skills activities
• Reveal gaps and skill deficits not previously
  identified

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What Kinds of Reports Can I Create?

• Class or Individual Reports and Charts
• Progress (Bubble Graph and Line Chart)
• Click anywhere on the line for more detail
• Skills (Quadrant chart and Detailed Skills chart)
• Usage (Average minutes per week)
• Keep clicking Detail and blue hyperlinks
  for more information

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Placement in Lexia

• Your Assessment
• QRT Quick Reading Test
• Spanish Instructions Available
• HOW TO Place Student
• Student Tab gtgtChilds Name gtgt Student
  Assignments gtgt Assign Program gtgt Click Program
  gtgt Select Activities and Units gtgt Defaults to
  Level 1
• Can assign activities based on one skill only

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Where Can I Find More Information?

• Watch Lexia Webinar
• http//www.lexialearning.com/mylexia/handouts/v5_c
  ustomer_webinar.ppt
• Best Practices Using Lexia
• http//www.lexialearning.com/research/files/lexia_
  bestpractices.pdf
• Correlation with Scott, Foresman Reading
• http//lexialearning.com/research/files/ScottFores
  man.pdf
• Demos of Each Program
• http//www.lexialearning.com/forschools/index.html
  
• Scope and Sequence
• http//www.lexialearning.com/research/scope_sequen
  ce/scope_sequence_chart.pdf

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Practice Lexia

• Log in as student1, student2, student4,
  student5, student6, student7, student8, student9,
  student10, student11
• No password
• See reports as 1_at_d118.org, 2_at_d118.org, up to
  10_at_d118.org
• Password teacher
• Look at demoearly, demoprimary, demosos students