What is LLI?
LLI stands for Leveled Literacy Intervention.
A short term intervention that provides daily, intensive, small group instruction, which supplements classroom literacy teaching.
The goal of LLI is to lift the literacy achievement of students who are not achieving grade-level expectations in reading.
The K-2 Primary system is 12–18 weeks of explicit, direct instruction 30-minutes a day, 5 days a week. Recommended teacher-to-student ratio of 1:3. Systematic intensive work in phonemic awareness, letters, and phonics.
The 3rd Grade Intermediate System is 18–24 weeks of explicit, direct instruction 45-minutes a day, 5 days a week. Recommended teacher-to-student ratio of 1:4. 36 Novel Study lesson for sustained reading of longer texts. 24 Optional Test Prep lessons.
How is it used?
The LLI systems are designed to be used with small groups of students who need intensive support to achieve grade-level competencies in grades K through 5+.
LLI is not the same as guided reading. LLI is a more intensive framework of components designed to support the accelerated progress of low-achieving students. It is highly systematic and sequential.
There are specific Lesson Guides For each LLI System, and the systems are coordinated with the grade levels at which they will most likely be used; however, educators may make other decisions as they work to match the program to the needs of particular readers.
The books are designed to provide engaging, age-appropriate material while at the same time offering increasingly sophisticated learning opportunities so that students can build a reading process over time.
Lesson levels focus on a combination of reading, writing, and phonics/word study skills with explicit attention to genre and the features of fiction and nonfiction.
There is focus on sounds, letter and words in activities designed to help students notice the details of written language and learn how words "work"