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PowerUp for Students

  • Inclusive for all students - Responds to the needs of SEND, EAL/ELL, and Pupil Premium groups.
  • Bridges individual skills gaps - Identifies literacy gaps as they arise and adapts learning.
  • Engages disaffected pupils - Particularly considers those for whom reading hasn't come easily.
  • Boosts ‘Nearly There’ - Provides practice and instruction in higher order reading skills for students who need an extra push.

PowerUp for Teachers

  • Saves time - One easy-to-use solution for all student needs, supporting independent or group learning.
  • Real-time progress data - Embedded assessment evidences progress and highlights where extra support may be needed.
  • Offline printable resources - Recommends age-appropriate resources so teaching staff can further support their students.
  • Expert literacy support - Unlimited support from Lexia’s literacy consultants.

PowerUp program strands

Word study

Activities in the Word Study strand target gaps in basic reading skills and develop academic vocabulary, providing students with the foundations they need for development of more complex reading skills.

Grammar

Working through the Grammar strand, students improve their written composition and reading comprehension skills and develop an understanding of parts of speech and sentences, correct use of capitalisation and punctuation, and overall text structure.

Comprehension

With the fundamental reading skills under their belt, students can begin to better understand what it is they are reading. In the Comprehension strand, they learn and utilise the skills required for higher order text analysis across a variety of passages including academic texts.

Scope & Sequence of Lexia’s PowerUp Literacy Programme

To learn more about the scope of each learning strand, by year and level, download the PowerUp Scope & Sequence Guide.

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Research-proven Secondary Literacy Intervention

All Lexia’s interventions are grounded in the latest educational science and are continuously evaluated to ensure they have the greatest possible impact on students’ literacy skills. Our programmes have been proven effective in over 20 externally reviewed research studies, including large-scale research by the EEF.

Peer-reviewed efficacy studies on PowerUp Literacy found that it produces significant effects on reading scores, and results were evident whatever the implementation timescale, even over a few weeks. PowerUp is effective for all students regardless of race or ethnicity, English Language Learner or SEND status.

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Literacy Skills Resources for Offline Learning

PowerUp isn’t just a powerful literacy app for schools. Another key element of Lexia’s three-part learning model is targeted offline learning to support both students and educators.

PowerUp’s paper-based resources are automatically recommended based on the student’s progress and requirements. There are over 1000+ downloadable resources available within the platform in the form of Lexia Lessons® and Lexia Skill Builders®. There are also useful learning tools such as letter tiles and printable fluency and comprehension activities.

Lexia Lessons®

Where a student is struggling with a specific unit, the data and reporting dashboard (myLexia) flags this challenge to the educator.  Relevant downloadable and fully scripted lesson plans are presented, that can be easily delivered by a teacher or LSA to one pupil or small group of pupils.

Lexia Skill Builders®

For pupils who complete a unit and demonstrate mastery, myLexia generates relevant Skill Builder® worksheets. These can be completed as part of a Lexia session, during extra time at the end of a class activity, or even as a personalised homework task.

Lexia’s Personalised Learning Model

Lexia’s personalised learning model is unique.

The three-stage model integrates online learning, data, and offline teacher-led support providing a systematic and structured learning experience. It’s flexible to all needs, from closing skills gaps to developing more advanced literacy and reading skills.

This model has been the subject of 20+ research studies and isn’t just research-based, it’s research-proven.

 

Click on the numbers of the interactive model below to see how it works.

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Independent student-driven learning

Ongoing data to drive instructional priorities

Resource for face-to-face instruction

Independent student-driven learning

Students work independently to develop critical reading and language skills through individualised, motivating (and fun!) learning paths. All students, regardless of their skill level, can each work at their own pace and the teacher is notified (on web-based reports and via email) only when they require support.

Ongoing data to drive instructional priorities

As students work independently in the online activities of Lexia's instructional programmes, real-time performance data is collected by embedded assessment, replacing the burden of traditional monitoring and testing. Educators can access data reports online through their myLexia accounts

Resource for face-to-face instruction

Teachers are provided with printable resources for face-to-face instruction and independent student practice. Based on student data, Lexia recommends specific resources for individual and group instruction that fit flexibly into existing classroom routines.

Continual Literacy Support from Day One

Lexia’s team of literacy experts are available to help at every stage and include many experienced teachers. 

Whether you want to talk through your students’ needs or are ready to take the first step on your Lexia journey, our team is happy to help.

“The support from the Lexia team is immediate and comprehensive when needed”   – SENCo, Merchant Taylors Girls’ School, Liverpool

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What teachers say

It’s not just research that has proven the effectiveness of Lexia’s literacy programmes. 

The quality of the programme and LexiaUK’s customer care support has been recognised by numerous EdTech Impact awards including: 

  • Top Student Attainment Gap Reduction
  • Top Student Knowledge Tool 
  • No.1  in SEND Resources. 

We have a range of testimonials from UK secondary schools and can put you in touch with other schools using Lexia.

 

READ MORE TEACHER TESTIMONIALS

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The majority of pupils using PowerUp are making more than expected progress in their reading ages and are becoming more confident readers.

Bernadette Brown, Teacher

Seaham High School