Read 180 Motivation for students to improve lexiles and set goals.

1. Read 180 10 Ways to Improve your Lexile Mrs. Boyd

2. #1 Know your Lexile Score!!!! (You can’t set a goal to improve something if you don’t know what it is!!!) Improving Your Lexile

3. #2 Set A Goal Make a Goal & work towards it EVERYDAY!! Improving Your Lexile

4. Lexile Grade Chart 1st Grade 200 – 400 2nd Grade 300 – 500 3rd Grade 500 – 700 4th Grade 650 – 850 5th Grade 750 – 950 6th Grade 850 – 1050 7th Grade 950 – 1075 8th Grade 1000 – 1100 9th Grade 1050 - 1150

5. # 3 Document your Reading Log daily!!! Improving Your Lexile

6. # 4 Stay Focused In Independent Reading!!! To achieve your goal you must learn to focus on what you want and work at it at all costs. Improving Your Lexile

7. # 5 Read as much as possible (including at home)!! This increases your vocabulary and makes you much more knowledgeable. Improving Your Lexile

8. Improving Your Lexile #6 Monitor your Words Per Minute in the Reading Zone

9. #7 Use a Vocabulary Log Every new word should be written in a Vocabulary Log with the definition so you will know it if you see it again. Improving Your Lexile

10. # 8 Quick Writes Know the procedure for turning in a Quick Write & take your time to answer each question correctly!!! Improving Your Lexile

11. # 9 Reading Counts Quizzes If you score below 70% write down your incorrect questions, review the book again and take the quiz over. Don’t settle for an F!!! Improving Your Lexile

12. #10 Take It Serious Improving Your Lexile