26 SRA FLEX LITERACY ™ IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE
Instructional Activities
The Lessons
Instruction in The Digital Experience is organized into a sequence of 560 lessons. Each
of these lessons consists of several instructional activities, and each of these activities
addresses one of over 100 learning skills. Instructional activities fall into one of two
categories. They are either daily practice or they are a part of an instructional sequence,
as detailed on page 31.
The 560 lessons are organized into 13 bands, labeled A through M. Upon initial log-in
to the system, students take a Lexile®-based placement test to determine the band into
which they are placed. The placement test is administered and scored online, and the
student’s placement into a lesson band is automatic and immediate.
Texts and skills presented in each band are aligned with a Lexile® range. This table
shows the alignment between Lexile® ranges and lesson bands.
The lessons in Bands A and B have a specific focus on early literacy skills, including
phonemic awareness, letter-sound correspondences, basic decoding, and high-
frequency word recognition. They primarily cover skills associated with kindergarten and
grade 1. The lessons in Bands C–M primarily cover skills associated with grades 2–8,
moving from more basic concepts to more sophisticated ones as the lessons progress.
The lessons in Bands L and M give students the opportunity to practice previously
learned skills in combination, using rich, authentic literature selections and informational
text, thus preparing students for more complex, grade-level text demands.
Scope and Sequence
The scope and sequence for The Digital Experience can be found in the Assessment
Resources and in FLEXWorks . Learning skills within the scope and sequence are
organized into these strands:
• Early Literacy Skills (Foundational Skills)
• Comprehension
• Fluency
• Grammar, Usage, Mechanics
• Literary Analysis
• Text Elements
• Vocabulary and Language
The skills within each strand are placed in lesson bands to align with the band’s
Lexile® range. Some strands and skills from the scope and sequence are addressed
through daily practice, while others are covered through a skill sequence in which
instructional activities begin and end within a specific lesson band. As an example of
daily practice, every lesson in Bands C–M includes instruction and practice with
vocabulary words. As an example of a skill sequence, the Literary Analysis skill
Lesson
Band
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
Lexile®
Range
BR
BR
to
330L
330
to
405L
405L
to
480L
480L
to
580L
580L
to
675L
675L
to
770L
770L
to
860L
860L
to
945L
945L
to
1020L
1020L
to
1100L
1100L
to
1200L
1200L
to
1300L