Lexia Reading Program: Resources for Teachers

Lexia learning software is built around how students actually develop reading skills, from foundational phonics through comprehension and fluency. As students work through activities, Lexia reading software automatically adjusts difficulty. No manual leveling required, in the classroom or at home.

Lexia Core5 for students supports learners from Pre-K through roughly Grade 5, covering phonics, comprehension, and fluency through a single guided curriculum. For older or less proficient readers in 6th grade and up, Lexia PowerUp teaches the same foundational skills on a more age-appropriate platform. Either way, the program starts with a short placement assessment, so every student begins exactly where they should, whether you set it up in class or a parent does at home.

Here’s what recommending and supporting Lexia for students looks like in practice:

1. Match each student to the right program. Pre-K through 5th-grade readers start with Lexia Core5 reading; 6th-grade and older who struggle with phonics, grammar, or comprehension start with PowerUp.
2. Let the placement do the work. The program’s auto-placement assessment finds each student’s true level, so there’s no guesswork about where to begin, in class or at home.
3. Set a practice target. It is recommended that students plan 80-110 minutes each week using Lexia PowerUp and 60-80 minutes a week in Lexia Core5. For Core5, set goals by units completed rather than minutes—12 to 20 units per week keep progress meaningful.
4. Watch for the red apple. When a student is stuck, a red apple appears on their screen, and they show up in the “Struggling” tab on myLexia.com, so teachers and parents alike know who needs a check-in.
5. Pair online work with offline materials. After a student finishes a level, printable Skill Builders reinforce those skills on paper. When a student is struggling, scripted Lexia Lessons give a ready-to-print intervention to use in class or send home.

Every activity a student completes feeds into reporting on myLexia.com. Teachers can see minutes of use, units and skills mastered, and exactly which students are struggling, all at a glance, and parents get the same visibility at home. That makes it easy to spot momentum, catch gaps early, and document growth for conferences or progress meetings. With Lexia Core5 reading and Lexia PowerUp handling the tracking, the insight is built in, no spreadsheet required.

Consistency is what makes Lexia Core5 and Lexia PowerUp work, in class or at home. Each student is given a weekly “prescription” for time to spend in the program, typically 60 to 80 minutes. The program consists of several hundred “units,” and each unit generally takes fewer than 5 minutes to complete. Set goals for units rather than minutes so students make quality progress. We recommend 12 to 20 units a week.

In the classroom, you can build Lexia reading programs into literacy centers, small-group rotations, or independent work time to hit that weekly target without adding to your planning load. At home, families can fold the same routine into evenings or weekends. The unit-based goals make it easy to track meaningful progress wherever the reading happens.