Promoting Advanced Literacy for Upper Primary Students

To access and evaluate complex texts, students must develop deeper skills, language, and knowledge. These advanced literacy skills enable students to integrate concepts they read about with what they already know, and in turn, empower them to communicate complex ideas for diverse purposes.

Lexia® Core5® Reading supports the core components of advanced literacy by: • building academic language skills. • developing skills for deep comprehension and text analysis. • cultivating subject knowledge. • sparking higher-order thinking.

Major Program Expansion Three new levels for Y4-6 • extend students’ journey around the world. • feature five brand new activity types. • include over 240 new online units, each with added practice and explicit instruction when students need it.

Over 120 new printable Lexia Lessons® and Lexia Skill Builders® • support Core5’s powerful blended learning model. • provide targeted intervention and practice.

Now more than 275 high-interest passages • encourage connection and integration of ideas within and across texts. • include a wide variety of genres and text types such as informational (science, social studies), poetry, drama, biography, authentic texts, persuasive, procedural, interactive diagrams, maps, and more!

NEWAutumn 2019 Expanded Content

for Y4-6!

Student-Driven Learning,

Advanced Skill Development

Structural Analysis Goal Develop skills to read, spell, and understand multisyllabic words often found in literature as well as in the domains of maths, history, and science.

Vocabulary Strategies ActivitiesStudents• develop strategies for determining the meaning of

unknown words in context• learn meaningful word parts (e.g., affixes), how to

use these parts to transform words, and how to use word parts with context clues to infer word meanings

FluencyGoal Promote accurate, automatic, and expressive reading of words, sentences, and texts, with a focus on meaning.

Fluent Reading Activities

Students• learn characteristics of expressive reading such as

appropriate stress, phrasing, and intonation• apply fluency techniques at the sentence level and in

short poems

VocabularyGoal Teach word-learning strategies, provide exposure to rich and varied vocabulary words, and allow students to develop an awareness of word relationships and associations.

Academic Vocabulary ActivitiesStudents• build deep knowledge of academic word meanings,

relationships, and uses • demonstrate understanding of academic words in texts,

create definition cards, and determine appropriate word usage in multiple contexts

Level 21: Vocabulary Strategies 3

Level 18: Fluent Reading 2

Level 18: Academic Vocabulary 2

NEWActivity Types!

Comprehension and GrammarGoal Develop deep reading and listening skills through the application of higher-order thinking skills and research-based reading strategies.

Text Connections ActivitiesStudents• apply reading and listening comprehension skills to

diverse text sets organised around engaging, age- appropriate themes

• use critical thinking strategies to answer questions related to each passage

• complete an interactive, text-construction task to apply what was learned in each set

Grammar Concepts ActivitiesStudents• build reading comprehension skills through an

exploration of grammar at the sentence level • learn the parts of speech and their functions and

apply this knowledge across simple, compound, and complex sentences

• practice combining and expanding sentences

Passage Comprehension ActivitiesStudents• read and comprehend grade-appropriate texts from a

wide variety of genres• respond to questions focused on higher-order

thinking skills• cultivate background knowledge with integrated

thematic units that give context and purpose for reading

Level 15: Text Connections 2

Level 21: Grammar Concepts 3

Level 17: Passage Comprehension 5

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Drivers of Literacy Success

FOCUS on True PersonalisationComprehensive and adaptive instructional model ensures each student receives the right level of instructional intensity on the right skill at the right time.

• Learning path continuously adjusts based on student performance, providing scaffolded support only when needed

• Individualised weekly usage recommendation• Performance Predictor provides dynamic, monthly

progress monitoring

FOCUS on Motivation and EngagementImmersive program design holds learner’s attention, supports self-directed learning, builds confidence, and celebrates success.

• Thought-provoking and visually compelling introductions and tasks

• Student ability to track progress to personal goals• Built-in opportunities for student choice in open-ended

tasks, polling, and activity selection

FOCUS on Research-Proven Pedagogy Student growth in the program correlates with actual performance on numerous independent outcome measures.

• Multiple peer-reviewed, published efficacy studies• Proven acceleration for targeted populations,

including English learners• Research-based program design• Rigorous content and skill expectations

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