Lexia® LETRS® Outcomes by Unit

Lexia® LETRS® Professional Learning is an investment in K–5 teachers’ literacy knowledge and professional practice.

Teaching students to read requires a deep understanding of the processes and science behind it. Lexia® LETRS® Professional Learning is an essential investment in  K–5 teachers’ literacy knowledge and professional practice.

Download the LETRS Outcomes by Unit Guide to learn more about the course’s estimated completion times and unit-by-unit content, including:

Volume 1: Focus on Word Recognition

• Unit 1: The Challenge of Learning to Read
Participants learn about recognizing sources for information about science-based instruction and how eye movement research confirms fluent readers process every letter of printed words and match them to speech sounds.

• Unit 2: The Speech Sounds of English
Participants learn about defining and distinguishing aspects of the phonological processing system and identifying examples of early, basic, and advanced phonemic awareness activities.

• Unit 3: Teaching Beginning Phonics, Word Recognition, and Spelling
Participants learn about the role each strand of the Reading Rope plays in word recognition and teaching high-frequency words using multisensory techniques.

• Unit 4: Advanced Decoding, Spelling, and Word Recognition
Participants learn about why advanced word study is important and review the structure and purpose of a diagnostic spelling screener.

Volume 2: Focus on Language Comprehension

•  Unit 5: The Mighty Word: Oral Language and Vocabulary
Topics covered include evidence that early language stimulation is critical for literacy development and how deep knowledge of a word is established through experience and instruction.

• Unit 6: Digging for Meaning: Understanding Reading Comprehension
Topics covered include identifying the characteristics of students who struggle with language and reading comprehension and providing practice to help them build competence with sentence-level understanding.

• Unit 7: Text-Driven Comprehension Instruction
Topics covered include defining high-quality text and knowing where to find it and teaching students to generate questions before, during, and after reading.

• Unit 8: The Reading-Writing Connection
Participants learn about the foundational and language skills necessary for writing and the importance of sentence generation as a foundational literacy skill.