1. Using Lexiles in the Classroom Selecting Materials that Target Your Students

2. Selecting Materials for a Standards-Based Lesson Lesson Title ______________ Grade ____ LEXILE RANGE OF CLASS: _________________________ TEACHING MATERIALS/TEXT: LEXILE RESOURCES FROM OSLIS: DATABASELEXILE CONTENT-AREA STANDARDS: READING STANDARDS: WRITING STANDARDS: RESEARCH STANDARDS: SPEAKING STANDARDS: CAREER-RELATED LEARNING STANDARDS:

3. ODE Main Page: www.ode.state.or.us Click Teachers

4. Teacher Page Access Searchable Standards Click here

5. Access Searchable Standards 1. Select a Subject 2. Choose a Strand 3. Select a Grade and click Search

6. Locate the Standard 1. Scroll down to view standards 2. Highlight and copy appropriate standard(s)

7. Filling In the Template 4. Customize the template (title, grade, specific content area) 3. Paste standard(s) into template

8. Teacher Page Access Subjects Click Subjects

9. Go to English Language Arts Click here

10. Select English/Language Arts Grade-Level Standards Click here

11. Select Your Grade-Level Choose Word or RTF only

12. Locate Appropriate Standards 1. Scroll to find standard 2. Highlight and copy standard

13. Paste Standard into Template 3. Paste into template

14. To Remove Shading Go to Format, Borders and Shading, click on the Shading tab Select No Fill and click OK

15. Template The shading has been removed

16. Repeat this Process Continue to paste standards Enter the Lexile range for your class

17. Enter Your Textbook Enter text you currently use

18. Finding Lexiled Articles Now let’s search OSLIS for Lexiled articles

19. Select Database(s) and Conduct Search

20. Search Results

21. Select Resource and Copy Highlight selected resource and copy

22. Insert Resource into Template Paste resource into template and remove extra wording Insert Database(s) and Lexile measure

23. Conduct a New Search Try different key words and Click Search

24. Search Results Highlight selected resource and copy

25. Repeat the Process Paste information into template

29. Did We Meet Our Goals? 1.What are the basic components of differentiated instruction? 2.Are you able to use OSLIS to locate resources that support Oregon ’ s content standards and meet the Lexile range of students in your classroom? 3.Are you able to use content standards ’ documents on the ODE website and the “ Selecting Materials for a Standards-based Lesson ” template to begin lesson design incorporating differentiated texts?