Teacher Training Guide - Lexia Learning

PracticeLexia Early and Primary ReadingLexia Reading encourages early reading success through the development ofcritical pre-reading and reading skills. The interactive, engaging activities reinforcesound-symbol correspondence and help develop automatic word recognition andcomprehension. Activities include the application of reading strategies to singleword phrases, sentences, paragraphs, and brief stories. The activity formats alsoencourage listening skills and following directions. Fun, age-appropriate activitiesdevelop phonological principles and the alphabet — both proven predictors ofreading success, as well as phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.An appealing, deliberately uncluttered interface focuses elementary gradestudents on the reading skill they are learning within Lexia Reading.Reading skills developed in Lexia Early Reading ®levelONElevelTWOPhonological AwarenessRhyming, word segmenting and sound blending (activities do not requirealphabetic knowledge).Alphabetic KnowledgeConsonants, short vowels, and letter combinations with one sound.Beginning and ending sounds, including digraphs.Early Reading – Level 2Consonant Tree I reinforces knowledge of sound/symbol correspondence for selected consonants.Reading skills developed in Lexia Primary Reading ®Primary Reading – Level 3Silent-e score constructs words with short or longvowels using the silent-e rule.levelONElevelTWOlevelTHREElevelFOURlevelFIVETransition to DecodingPhonemic awareness, sound-symbol correspondence, basic decoding; pre-primerirregular words; word, phrase, sentence comprehension.Short Vowel WordsShort vowel words including CVC, blends, and digraphs; primer irregular words;word, phrase, sentence comprehension.Silent-eLong vowel (silent-e) words, sound-letter manipulation; first grade irregular words;word, phrase, sentence comprehension.Vowel Combinations, Vowel-rVowel combination and vowel-r words, categorical thinking; second grade irregularwords; sentence and paragraph comprehension.Advanced SkillsAdvanced sound-letter manipulation, suffixes, two-syllable words, categoricalthinking; third grade irregular words; sentence and paragraph comprehension.4www.lexialearning.com