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Lexile Overview

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Common Core Standards and Text Complexity - Quantitative

 

The Common Core State Standards Initiative places a strong emphasis on the role of text complexity in evaluating student readiness for college and careers. To follow are the Common Core Standards' three equally important components of text complexity, along with how Lexile® measures can support them.  The good news is that Baltimore County Public Schools has excellent digital and library resources to support the identification of text Lexile Level for all students.   See the conversion tool that show other quantitative measnures and the corresponding Lexile level.   
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  • Qualitative dimensions of text complexity, such as levels of meaning, structure, language conventionality and clarity, and knowledge demands. Lexile codes provide more information about a book's characteristics, such as its developmental appropriateness, reading difficulty, and common or intended usage.
  • Quantitative measures of text complexity, such as word frequency and sentence length, which are typically measured by computer software. The Lexile Analyzer measures text demand based on these two widely adopted variables.
  • Reader and task considerations, such as students' knowledge, motivation and interests.   See full document, English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, Apendix A

  

The chart below illustrates the higher Lexile level reading expectations for K-12 students, according to Supplemental Information for Appendix A of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy: New Research on Text Complexity.

 

 

   

 

Digging Deeper - What is Lexile?  How does it work?  (videos)  


Below are resources to expand understanding of Lexile measurement system, reading complexity stance by Common Core, and how to locate
Lexile measurement from the BCPS licensed digital content
 

 

 
What are the basic concepts and use of the Lexile Framework for
Reading?  See handout, "
What does the Lexile Framework Mean?"

Why do some books that seem easy to read have high Lexile
measures while others with low Lexile measures seem more difficult?

What does Lexile measure indicate about a book's quality? 

Does Lexile measure limit what children can read? 

 
 
         MetaMetrics Resources

Lexiles and the 
Common Core
 
English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, Apendix A  - Text Complexity 
Additional Resources 

 

Digital Content- Finding Lexile Levels

 

Elementary Digital Content and Resources  Secondary Digital Content and Resources

BCPS Digital Content and Library Resources to Support the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects - Finding Readability Levels

 

America the Beautful  
Handout on where to locate Lexile level  |  ABOUT

 

BCPS Destiny Online Public Access Catalog -Find the Right Book for You 
(Screencast by Chimere Charles)  |  Handout Lexile Searching

 

As of January 23, 2012, Lexile is not provided; however,  the company will get back to us as to any future plans to provide Lexile.  ABOUT

netTrekker - Shows how readability is determined for websites | ABOUT  |  Teacher Registration

  SIRS Discoverer (handout) Lexile Reading Levels:  An Overview Discoverer and Knowledge Source (pptx) |   ABOUT
  TumbleBooks - Locating Lexile of non-fiction ebooks using the Accelerated Reader/Lexile Code conversion chart  |  ABOUT


 

World Book for Kids -  Location of Lexile

ABOUT 

 

World Book Student - Location of Lexile
ABOUT

 

 

 

100 Book Challenge Levels and Lexiles

Levels & Corresponding Lexiles/Stretch Lexiles

BCPS Digital Content and Library Resources to Support the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects - Finding Readability Levels

 

 

BCPS Destiny Online Public Access Catalog -Find the Right Book for You (Screencast by Chimere Charles)  |  Handout Lexile Searching

  Lexiles are NOT given in these science and math reference ebooks; however, you can use the Lexile Analyzer to find the Lexile measure. 
  ABOUT  |  Handout Lexile Searching 


 

ABOUT   |  As of January 23, 2012, Lexile is not provided; however, the LRC Product Manager will address our request in the upcoming revisions. Use the Lexile Analyzer to find the Lexile measure. 
  MasterFILE -  Handout showing how Lexile measurement is located in search results  |  ABOUT

 

netTrekker  - Shows how readability is determined for websites |  ABOUT | Teacher Registration

  Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Handout showing how to searh for Lexile measurement |  ABOUT

Opposing Viewpoints Critical Thinking -Handout showing how to search for Lexile measurement  |  ABOUT

Science in Context  
Handout showing how to search for Lexile measurement |  ABOUT

Science Reference Center - Sample page with Lexile in citation  |   ABOUT

 
SIRS Knowledge Resource  (handout) | Lexile Reading Levels:  An Overview Discoverer and Knowledge Source (pptx) |ABOUT
Student Resources in Context
Handout showing how to locate Lexile measurement |  ABOUT

ABOUT  |  Location of Lexile 

 

World Book Student -  Location of Lexile

ABOUT

 

World Book Advanced - Location of Lexile
ABOUT

 

  

  

Vocabulary Tools 

How Do Visual Thesarus and Vocab Grabber Support the Common Core Vocabulary Standards 

 

The Bee takes advantage of high quality audio pronunciations of tens of thousands of words, especially created for the Visual Thesaurus. Each round, a player hears the recording of the word and see its definition. As the player continues to spell, the quiz narrows in on his or her score, on a scale from 200 to 800. If you're a 200-level speller, you'll get quizzed on the easiest words, but 800-level spellers should be prepared for a fiendish challenge.  Read more about it.
Example:  Spelling Bee word list created for this professional development.

 

The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning. Your students willunderstand language in a powerful new way. Read more about how it works.

 

 
Copy and paste text from any digital resource into VocabGrabber to use a hyperlinked word meaning of EVERY word and words listed by Common Core Level 1, 2, and 3 words.  Also, make interactive vocabulary lists for your students for any text that students are to read!   

 

Developing Academic Language:  Got Words? Concerns about how to build academic vocabulary and weave its instruction into curricula are common among classroom teachers. This article reviews the research and offers some practical suggestions for teachers

   

Common Core Standards and Text Complexity - Qualitative

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Common Core Standards and Text Complexity - Reader and Task

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R
eader and Task Considerations for Text Complexity 

Transitioning to the Common Core Standards and Text Complexity - Presentation by Kathy Lauritzen (MSDE)

 Click here for PowerPoint Presentation 

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