A Focused Look at 21st Century
Reading English Language Arts
County Leadership Conference
Office of Instruction
Terry Reale, Coordinator
treale@access.k12.wv.us
Session Agenda:
How to
1. Ensure reading English language arts (RELA)
instruction and assessments for learning match DOK
of the CSO
2. Identify RELA CSO complexity - Depth of
Knowledge (DOK)
3. Use the Lexile Framework for RELA
4. Use vocabulary and reading comprehension in all
content
5. Use of Writing Connection module within the
content, learning skills and technology tools
What happened in this story?
“Conversation Piece”
by
Ned Guymon
Then and Now
An Old Reading CSO
A Revised Reading CSO
• RLA.8.1.2 relate literary
theme to global situations.
RLA.O.8.1.08 recognize
connections among ideas
in literary and
informational text (e.g.
text to self, text-to-text,
text to world connection)
and recognize that global
awareness promotes
understanding, tolerance,
and acceptance of ethnic,
cultural, religious and
personal differences.
DOK 3
4
Then and Now
An Old Reading CSO
RLA.9.1.12 expand
vocabulary through various
literary works.
A Revised Reading CSO
RLA.O.9.1.10 extend
vocabulary by developing
and using new terms
through various literary
and informational texts
through various strategies:
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context clues
affixes
prefixes
multiple meanings
origin
history
evolution
DOK 2
5
Level 4
• Extended Reasoning
• Requires complex thinking & reasoning over an extended
period of time
Level 3
• Strategic Reasoning
• Focus on need for reasoning; complex & abstract thinking
required; more than one correct approach or response
Level 2
• Skill/ Conceptual Understanding
• Focus on applying skills and concepts
Level 1
• Recall
• Focus on facts, definitions, details, routine procedures; one
right answer
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15 Elements of Successful
Adolescent Literacy Program
Instructional Improvements
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Direct, explicit comprehension
instruction
Effective instructional principles
embedded in content
Motivation and self-directed learning
Text-based collaborative learning
Strategic tutoring
Diverse texts
Intensive writing
Technology component
Ongoing formative assessment of
students
Infrastructure Improvements
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Extended time for literacy
Professional development
Ongoing summative assessment of
students and programs
Teacher teams
Leadership
A comprehensive and coordinated
literacy program
Alliance for Excellent Education 2004
Literacy is the linchpin of standards-based
reform…the explicit instruction of literacy
skills in the context of content-area learning
supports student achievement not only in
reading and writing, but across the
curriculum.
(National Association of State Boards of Education, 2005)
Defining Lexiles
• The Lexiles Framework for Reading is a scientific
approach to measuring text difficulty and reading
ability, putting both texts and readers on the same scale
to accurately match readers to texts.
• A Lexile measure is a simple number followed by an L
(e.g., “950L”)
• The Lexile scale ranges from 220L for a beginning reader
to 1700L for advanced texts.
• The Lexile measure and Lexile scale are integral parts of
the Lexile Framework.
• The Lexile Framework is not an instructional program.
• Lexiles can be used in managing instructional programs
and resources
Lexiles and The News
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USA Today
Wall Street Journal
New York Times
Washington Post
Chicago Tribune
Reuters
Associated Press
Lexiles and The News
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USA Today (1200L)
Associated Press (1310L)
Chicago Tribune (1310L)
Wall Street Journal (1320L)
Washington Post (1350L)
NY Times (1380L)
Reuters (1440L)
As a Measure of Text Readability
• Approximately 115,000 books with
Lexile measures are available at
www.Lexile.com
• Tens of millions of articles with
Lexile measures are available
through database-services partners
(EBSCO and Pro-Quest)
Rank these books according to difficulty:
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Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K.
Rowling
• Curious George by H.A. Rey
• Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Rank these books according to difficulty:
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Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
140L
Curious George by H.A. Rey
400L
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
600L
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
790L
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 850L
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
880L
• Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith 1040L
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
1240L
• Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs 1270L
As a Measure of Reader Ability
• Commercial Test Publishers
– CTB/McGraw Hill
Terra Nova Assessment Series
– Harcourt
– SAT-9, SAT-10, SDRT-4,
– MAT-8
– Pearson Progress Assessment Series
– PASeries Reading, PASeries Mathematics
– Scholastic
– Scholastic Reading Inventory and SRI-Interactive
– The Riverside Publishing Company
– Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test (GMRT-4)
– The Iowa Tests (ITBS, ITED)
• Click on the Tools Tab
• Click on Lexile Analyzer
• You will have to register to use
the analyzer. Your registration
will be confirmed by email.
What teachers need to know
How to:
• Use Lexiles as a reading measurement system
• Profile students, predict comprehension, and
match readers to text
• Access and use online resources
• Develop and use tiered reading/resource lists to
support differentiation
• Understand, chart, and explain patterns of Lexile
growth
Adolescent Reading Program Components
Adapted from Dr. Anita Archer-Improving Adolescent Literacy
Writing Connections
Writing Applications
for Real World
Experiences
Reflection
Turn to your neighbor and share
1. One idea/resource that was new to you
today
2. Something you will be able to use as an
instructional leader in your county
3. How will you provide leadership in
introducing or maintaining the idea from
question 1 in your county?