WHAT IS A LEXILE?AND HOW CAN I USE IT?

Lissa BrunanGrand Valley State University

Assessment Specialist

Switch me to SILENT or VIBRATE, please.

Thank you.

[introductions]

USE ALL 15 LETTERS

4 WORDS TOTAL

LAST WORD = 8 POINTS

USE ALL 15 LETTERS

4 WORDS TOTAL

LAST WORD = 8 POINTS

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Take Away…162819 (take away)

162819 (take away)

Sentence Length

WordFrequency

Lexile Range is 50 above & 100 below

your exact Lexile.

797-947

797+100=897947-50=897

65% - 80%

My Lexile Range

797-947

My Exact Lexile897

Hi.

I’m Twilight.

I debuted at No. 5 on the

New Your Times Best

Seller list within a month

of my release, and later

became No.1.

I’ve been translated into

37 different languages.

Guess what Lexile level

I’m written at…

Hi.

I’m Hunger Games.

Since my initial release, in

2008, I have been

translated into 26

languages and rights of

production have been sold

in 38 countries.

Guess what Lexile level I’m

written at…

810L

Hi.

I’m Duck for President.

I was released in 2004, I

was a New Your Times

Best Illustrated Book. I

was read at the annual

White House Easter Egg

Roll by First Lady Laura

Bush in 2007.

Guess what Lexile level

I’m written at…

680L

Where the Wild Things Are : 740L

Amazing Aircraft : 710L

Sticks and Stones: 430L

Birds of Prey : 320L

To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel : 610L

Hop on Pop: BR

Alligators All Around : No Lexile Score

Lissa BrunanAssessment Specialist

GVSU Charter Schools Office

brunanl@gvsu.edu