Reading Inventory = Testing reading comprehension using sentence length and word frequency (from bank of 6 million words

2. Reading Inventory = Testing reading comprehension using sentence length and word frequency (from bank of 6 million words) = lexile level = you understand 75% of 75% of text at that level (56%?)

3. The Student Experience ***It usually takes 20-25 minutes if you are doing it right*** **It is around 20-30 questions**

4. Log in to SRI (Use your Student ID for the username & Birthday for password)

5. Choose 3 Interests(This does not determine what types of questions you will have.)

6. Take a Practice Test • If you race through these questions, the test will KNOW! • Ask for help if you don’t understand the directions to the test.

7. Now, take the SRI Test!

8. When taking the SRI test…. • Try your best! • Don’t rush! Take a break if needed! (Hit the escape button to save your work.) • Use your skips if you are unsure! (You have three of them and are located in the bottom right hand corner in yellow/orange bar.)

9. A Reading List Pops Up After the Test

10. Reading Inventory = Lexile Level It’s the level you understand what you are reading…it’s a number…

11. Choosing a Book • Take your SRI score and choose a book with a lexile that falls in the range of: • 100 below to 50 above your score • Go to www.lexile.com if you need to look up the lexile of a book • Challenge yourself to a higher Lexile level: it might help raise your SRI Score!

12. www.lexile.com Why the heck are we doing this?

13. Lexile Scores for Jobs • Look at this next slide to see why reading is so important! • You will see the lexile requirements for different types of jobs.

14. On-the Job Lexile RequirementsNational Adult Literacy Study Scientist Teacher Executive Nurse Supervisor Sales Secretary Foreman Clerk Craftman Construction Clerk Labor 700 900 1100 1300 1500 Lexile Score

17. 980 lexile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJNNugNe0Wo

18. 850 Lexile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn55UgZQC6U

19. 700 Lexile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaTl4hyk4mQ

21. Wally World 3rd Quarter

22. Reading is an important skill that needs to be developed in children. Not only is it necessary for survival in the world of schools and (later on) universities, but in adult life as well. The ability to learn about new subjects and find helpful information on anything from health problems and consumer protection to more academic research into science or the arts depends on the ability to read.

23. The more you read, the better you become at reading. It's as simple as that. The more enjoyable the things you read are, the more you'll stick with them and develop the reading skills that you'll need for full access to information in your adult lives. Reading should be viewed as a pleasurable activity - as a source of entertaining tales and useful and interesting factual information.

24. Through books: • learn about people and places from other parts of the world • improving their understanding of and concern for all of humanity • contributes towards our sense that we truly live in a "global village" and may help us bring about a more peaceful future for everyone • This can happen through nonfiction but, perhaps even more importantly, reading novels that are set in other places and time periods can give you a deeper understanding of others through identification with individual characters and their plights. • Through stories and novels you can vicariously try out new experiences and test new ideas, with no negative consequences in real life. • Books also: • give the opportunity to flex critical thinking skills in such areas as problem solving, the concepts of cause and effect, conflict resolution, and acceptance of responsibility for one's actions. • Mysteries allow following clues to their logical conclusions and to try to outguess the author.