Parents
Dear Parent/Guardian,
Join us in welcoming your son or daughter to Lexia Reading, an exciting and fun software program that provides the individualised, targeted practice pupils need to master their reading skills! Our school has implemented the Lexia Reading software program to support our core curriculum in reading. Your child will be in one of these three programs: Lexia Early Reading, Lexia Foundation Reading, Lexia Strategies for Older Students
Your child’s Lexia teacher will have prescribed a selected series of activities from Lexia Reading based on your child’s individual reading needs. They will access Lexia Reading on a regular basis in school but will benefit even further by continuing to use Lexia Reading at home. Lexia Readingcan be installed on your home computer by following the enclosed instructions.
Lexia Reading focuses on critical reading skills that have been identified by reading experts. Various levels of activities provide extensive practice in everything from very basic to advanced level reading skills (ages 4 – adult). As your child systematically progresses through the software, he or she will gain a sense of achievement, confidence and independence.
Please note: To ensure success, we would like your child to use Lexia Reading3 times per week for no more than 20 minutes per session.
Usage Tips:
Lexia adapts according to the individual needs of your child, and we strongly advise you do not help them through the program. It is best to let your child work on Lexia independently. If you think they are struggling on a particular skill, please ask your son or daughter to try another activity and inform your teacher.perform best when they are not tired. Schedule Lexia as a routine for early evenings and on the weekend.sure Lexia is used in a quiet room (headphones are a good idea).
Lexia Reading has helped thousands of pupils across the UK to develop fundamental reading skills, in a fun and dynamic way. Our school is making the commitment to make this a part of your student’s reading curriculum – please share this commitment with us.
Lorraine Clarke
Deputy Headteacher
Lexia Reading home installation instructions
1 Go to www.lexialearning.com
2 Choose Lexia Downloads (half way down on right hand side of screen)
3 Agree to licence conditions
4 Choose, UK, Australia or New Zealand version and click on Full Download v8.0
(Microsoft versions on left hand side, Apple versions on the right. Lexia Reading software will not run on mobile versions such as iPhones, iPads etc.)
If prompted choose save, NOT run.
You may need to note where the file is downloaded to.
Depending on your broadband speed it may take from 10 minutes to several hours. The best time to download is first thing in the morning, or over the weekend.
Once downloaded, if given the option choose run, otherwise find
LexiaReading-8.0.0-b116-uk.exe and double click on it.
Follow the on screen instructions, choosing all the default settings by clicking Next.
When prompted type in the school's Customer Code, 1169-2243-6742-9926, don't forget the dashes.
This is a big program, so make take 20 minutes or so to install.
Once the installation has completed, click on Finish, and Lexia will start automatically.
9 Type is your child's user name, as provided by the school. No password has been assigned.
To use Lexia in the future please double click on the Lexia Reading icon, which is usually on your desktop.
Common Errors
When you type in your child's name, you get the message Invalid username, please double check the spelling and try again.
You get the message, Invalid Customer Code. This means the customer code has been typed in incorrectly. Please double click on the Lexia Reading icon, then depress and hold down the "A" & "S" keys simultaneously. This will bring up a screen where you can re-enter the customer code 1169-2243-6742-9926.