Training for NQTs on Paired Reading and Lexia

1. PAIRED READING AND
LEXIA
Literacy initiatives at Twickenham
Academy for y7 and y8 students
Kamil Trzebiatowski,
23 October 2013

2. Paired Reading: basics
Licence purchased from Unitas – the
programme is called TextNow
For 20 EAL students in y7 and y8
throughout the year
Paired up with 10 6th form students
(y12)
5x20 mins of paired reading per week
for 10 weeks

3. Paired Reading - Aims
Motivating y7 and y8s to read more
and to read for pleasure
Increasing their reading skills
Encouraging their interest in reading
Showing that one can read for
pleasure
Preventing disengagement from
reading, low self-esteem, detachment
from education

4. Paired Reading - strands

5. Paired Reading – targeting
students
Only EAL students
EAL students below their calendar age
in terms of their reading age
First cohort involves 7 students on
PPM (out of 10)
Includes MPT students

6. Paired Reading - structure
1. Training for the coaches (6th formers):
online and at the school
2. Reading Assessment of the mentees (by the
programme’s Coordinator)
3. Paired Reading starts – 10 weeks of paired
reading per week
4. Y7/8s access MyChoice!
5. Final review involving the coach, student
and the Coordinator
6. EAL students given certificates + coaches
receive a personal statement + a reference
from the Coordinator

7. Paired Reading – MyChoice!
A Unitas website where the EAL
students will be able to “purchase”
books
Each 20 minutes’ session gets the
students a number of credits
Credits = their own books
http://www.mychoicebooks.co.uk/

8. Paired Reading – last years
results
Name of student Raw score
(test 1)
24/04/2013
Standardized
score (test 1)
24/04/2013
Reading age
(test 1)
24/04/2013
Raw score
(test 2)
18/07/2013
Standardized
score (test 2)
18/07/2013
Reading age (test 2)
18/07/2013
Arlind Visha 45 88 10:0 47 95 11:0
Dainis Zapolskis 50 96 12:0 48 92 11:6
Emilia Bajcer 28 71 7:3 35 79 11:6
Ned Tunda 44 87 9:9 44 86 10:0
Violetta Handouka 46 93 10:3 51 103 13:3
Imran Siddique 46 89 10:3 49 94 11:9
Michelle Watson 21 69 6:9 28 70 7:3
Jeanette Afriyie 49 94 11:6 50 96 12:6
Key:
Improved
Remained the same
Deterioration

9. How you can help
Remind the students of their sessions,
particularly if it emerges they’ve not
been attending
Get them to read their books in your
tutorials (particularly ones off
MyChoice!)
In your tutorials, ask them about what
reading strategies they’ve learned with
their mentors

10. Paired Reading – participants
Name of the student Base group College
Reading age
delay (in
months)
PPM
Offer
ed
If not,
why
not?
Parental
consent?
Khalid, Faryal 7Y W 70 1 Yes
Ferreira, Matheus 7S H 65 1 Awaiting
Ikumi, Esther 8N H 58 1 1 Awaiting
Popal, Maria 7H H 48 1 Awaiting
Przewoznik, Jakub 7T W 43 1 Awaiting
Bajcer, Emilia 8L H 42 1 1 Awaiting
Alfonso, Daniel 8N H 38 1 1 Yes
Goethberg-Saied, Yasmine 8L H 37 1 Awaiting
Dauti, Delpiero 8R H 34 1 1 Yes

11. Lexia - basics
Year 7 and 8 students
Computer-based programme
improving literacy skills of students
below L4
Targets specific literacy/linguistic skills
and makes students practise them
until they’ve mastered them
3x20 minutes in a week for 30
students (at a time)
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays

12. Lexia - criteria for inclusion
Below Level 4 (APPM)
Based on NGRT + CATs scores (July
2013 for y8s & Sept 2013 for Y7s)
EAL students (MPTs) included
Statemented students

13. Lexia - organization
First 15 students (y7s) arrive in the first
part of the lesson
The other 15 students (y8s) arrive in the
second part of the lesson
Students are assessed by the software
in their first session, then progress
through 5 levels
Students will receive certificates of
achievements (to be given out to them at
assemblies) as they achieve levels within
the programme

14. Lexia – examples of reports

15. Lexia – tracking progress
Progress reports – student’s
progression through each of the
programme’s activities
Usage reports – average weekly use
of the Lexia Reading Recovery
programme by the student
Skills reports – progress in reading
skills over time; data on accuracy, rate
and whether or not the student is
struggling and needs instruction

16. Lexia – more information
Once first students finish the
programme, next ones will be
introduced to it

17. Lexia: Who is who?
Kamil Trzebiatowski – Lexia Programme
Coordinator / Literacy Coordinator / Lexia
sessions supervisor
Julia Kingdon – Literacy Coordinator
Kathy Curran – Lexia sessions supervisor
(every Wed P3)
Caroline Collier – Lexia sessions supervisor (if
Kamil is off sick or otherwise unable to run
the sessions

18. What can you do to help?
If the child is in your lessons,
ensure/remind them to go to their
Lexia sessions (first or last 20
minutes)
Get the students to do more Lexia
work in your tutorials or tutor time
(they can do this on your devices and
from any computer)
Encourage them to get more work
done from home