Georgia

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Georgias 2014Summer Reading Challenge
Goal To make every child a successful reader!
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Georgias Summer Reading Challenge

• The Council of Chief State School Officers, in
  partnership with MetaMetrics, is coordinating a
  national, state-led summer reading initiative to
  bolster student reading achievement during summer
  break. The purpose of the Chief's Summer
  Reading Challenge is to
• raise national awareness of the summer loss
  epidemic,
• share compelling research on the importance of
  personalized reading activities, and
• provide access to a variety of free resources to
  support targeted reading and the initiative as a
  whole.
• Georgia is proud to join this initiative and
  challenge Georgia students to read every day
  during the summer break.

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Georgias 2014 Summer Reading Challenge

• Help Every Child Find Great Books to Read This
  Summer!

Challenge Read every day for at least 15 to 30
minutes.   Suggested Goals Grades K-2 Students
read 10 books Grades 3-5 Students read 8 chapter
books Grades 6-HS Students read 5 fiction books
5 non-fiction books
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Summer Reading Is Essential !

• Research studies show that ---
• students can have up to a 2-3 month loss in
  reading ability over summer.
• lower income students may suffer most due to lack
  of books in home and transportation access to
  public libraries.
• rural area students also lack easy access.
• innovative partnering of schools, publishers, and
  public libraries have great promise for solving
  the summer reading loss dilemma.

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HELP EVERY CHILD FIND GREAT BOOKS TO READ THIS
SUMMER
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Find a Book Lexiles

• Find a Book, Georgia is a great way to generate
  personalized reading lists.
• Georgias students receive a Lexile measure on
  their CRCT or CRCT-M Reading reports or on the
  Ninth Grade Literature or American Literature
  EOCT reports.
• Remember a Lexile measure is a measure of text
  complexity only. It does not address the subject
  matter or text quality, age-appropriateness of
  the content of a readers interests. The Lexile
  measure is one piece of information that you can
  use when selecting books.

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How Does a Student Receive a Lexile Score

• Students who receive a reading scale score on the
  CRCT or CRCT-M also receive a Lexile score.
• Students who receive a scale score on the Ninth
  Grade Literature and Composition or the American
  Literature and Composition EOCT also receive a
  Lexile score.

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What Lexile Info Is on the CRCT?

• Sample Student Score Report from CRCT provides
• Lexile info in parent friendly format.
• Lexile score and Lexile range.
• An explanation on how to use information.
• Sample titles individualized for
  each student. These are categorized
  into a Leisure reading range and a Challenging
  reading range.
• Note Sample is from CRCT. Similar info is on the
  CRCT-M individual score reports.

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What Lexile Info Is on the EOCT?

• Sample Student Score Report from EOCT provides
• Lexile information in parent friendly format on
  the reverse side of the EOCT Individual Student
  Report.
• Lexile score and Lexile range.
• An explanation on how to use the information.
• Sample titles individualized for
  each student. These are categorized
  into a Leisure reading range and a Challenging
  reading range.

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How to Use Find a Book, Georgia

• GO TO www.lexile.com/fab/ga
• 2. ENTER the childs Lexile measure.
• A Lexile measure is included on the CRCT, CRCT-M,
  and EOCT individual student score reports.
• 3. SELECT the childs interest categories.
• 4. VIEW AND REFINE the search results.
• As you browse books that the child finds
  interesting,
• click the Find in a Library button next to the
  book title
• to check its availability at your local public
  library.
• 5. PRINT the childs custom reading list.

Be sure to submit your reading pledge on the Find
a Book site.
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Strong Reading Skills Are Essential for Student
Success

• The most important factor for college and career
  readiness is a students ability to read and
  understand texts of steadily increasing
  complexity as they progress through school.
• The Lexile Framework provides valuable insights
  into student readiness by measuring both the
  complexity of texts and a student's ability to
  comprehend these texts.
• Providing Lexile measures in grades 3-8 and high
  school allows educators to see how a students
  reading ability is developing.

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Lexiles College and Career Readiness

• The Lexile Framework has been aligned to reflect
  new text complexity grade bands.
• The stretch bands of the Lexile Framework show
  an upward trajectory of reading comprehension
  development through the grades to indicate that
  all students should be reading at the college and
  career readiness level by no later than the end
  of high school.

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Lexile Bands
Grade Band Current Lexile Band Stretch Lexile Band
K-1 n/a N/A
2-3 450L-730L 420-820L
4-5 640L-850L 740-1010L
6-8 860L-1010L 925L-1185L
9-10 960L-1120L 1050L-1335L
11-CCR 1070L-1220L 1185L-1385L
These stretch Lexile bands are the basis for
determining at what text complexity level
students should be readingand at which gradesto
make sure they are ultimately prepared for the
reading demands of college and careers.
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Accessing the Find A Book Toollexile.com/fab/GA

• Two ways to find books
• You can enter students Lexile measure.
• If the student doesnt have a Lexile measure,
• enter grade
• check the statement that best describes the
  students comfort level with reading.

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Making Connections Using Lexiles
HOME
LIBRARY
SCHOOL

• The Lexile Framework is a tool for teachers,
  media specialists, librarians, and parents to use
  in conjunction with existing reading programs and
  is not a replacement for existing reading
  programs.

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How to Use Lexiles

• It is recommended that readers choose texts
  within their Lexile range.
• A Lexile range is 50L above and 100L below a
  students reported Lexile measure.
• Practice with a variety of texts.
• Use Lexiles to set goals.
• To learn more, visit www.gadoe.org/lexile.aspx

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Using Lexiles to Promote Reading

• Improve students reading fluency and increase
  enjoyment of reading.
• Students who spend a minimum of 3 hrs/week
  reading at their own level for their own purposes
  develop reading fluency which leads to improved
  mastery.
• It is recommended that readers choose texts
  within their Lexile range.
• A Lexile range is 50L above and 100L below a
  students reported Lexile measure.
• Use Lexiles to set goals.
• Practice with a variety of texts.
• Challenge the BEST readers.
• Success breeds enjoyment.

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Parents Can Use Lexiles

• Promotes family-school connections.
• Know your childs Lexile measure.
• Know your childs Lexile range.
• 50L above and 100L below their reported Lexile
  measure. This range represents the boundaries
  between the easiest kind of reading material for
  your child and the hardest level at which he/she
  can read successfully.
• Use the Lexile Find a Book Database (at
  http//lexile.com/fab/GA) to find books in
  the childs Lexile range.

Source http//www.lexile.com/m/uploads/downloadab
lepdfs/Lexiles-at-Home.pdf
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What if my child wants to read a book outside
his/her Lexile range?

• A child can read books that are above or below
  his/her Lexile range.
• Student interest and age-appropriateness need to
  be taken into consideration when selecting books.
• Reading books below ones Lexile range offer
  little challenge in developing new vocabulary and
  dealing with more complex grammatical/syntactical
  structures.
• Reading books that are too far above ones Lexile
  range may be too frustrating and discourage
  future reading.

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Reading Outside Ones Lexile Range Can Serve a
Purpose

• Higher Lexile measures allow an advanced and
  enthusiastic reader to
• be challenged with high-interest books
• seek help with a hard but interesting book
• find other books on the same topic at a higher
  Lexile level
• Lower Lexile measures allow a struggling and
  reluctant reader to
• build skills with less challenging books on
  topics of choice
• select high-low books based on Lexile and
  developmental levels
• find other books on the same topic at his/her own
  reading level

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Parents Can Use Lexiles

• Ensure that your child reads every day.
• Parents should read to set a good example.
  Reading newspapers and magazines will show
  children that reading is a wonderful pastime as
  well as a window to the world of learning.
• Ask school or library for book lists within
  Lexile range.
• Students interests should play a part in book
  selection.
• Visit public libraries often.
• Participate in summer reading programs.

Source http//lexile.com/m/uploads/downloadablepd
fs/Lexiles-at-Home.pdf
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Parents Can Use Lexiles

• When a reading a book proves to be too difficult,
  provide adult-directed assistance
• Review words and definitions from glossary or
  dictionary.
• Ask or review questions at end of chapter before
  child reads text.
• Pair-share read Parent and student alternate
  reading the text. Stop, discuss, and ask
  questions along the way to see that student
  understands.
• Return to end of chapter questions and glossary
  to make certain your child understands the
  material.
• Celebrate your childs reading accomplishments.
• Set goals
• number of books read
• variety of books
• stretch to books at higher Lexile

Source http//www.lexile.com/m/uploads/downloadab
lepdfs/Lexiles-at-Home.pdf
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Reading is the to success in school.
Georgias Summer Reading Challenge
http//www.lexile.com/chiefs-challenge http//www
.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/A
ssessment/Pages/Lexile-Framework.aspx