Unit 5 Session 1 Letrs (2025)

FAQs

How many questions are on the letrs unit 1 assessment? ›

Unit assessments (10 questions) are given at the end of each LETRS unit. Volumes 1 and 2 each have four unit assessments. The unit assessment is not timed, and you can reference your notes or manual.

Time to complete LETRS

The time to complete the reading, online, and Bridge to Practice activities will vary, but as a rough guide, each volume takes approximately 48-60 hours of individual study to complete. Online course (including reading/participant manual): approximately eight hours per unit.

In unit 5, Oral Language and Vocabulary, participants will gain an understanding of the importance of vocabulary, knowing vocabulary words in depth, determining which words to directly teach, techniques for introducing new words, effective ways to practice new words, and how to create a language-rich classroom.

LETRS Online Learning Platform — Each unit in the online learning platform consists of sessions. Units 1-4 each have eight sessions, and Units 5-8 each have six sessions. To reinforce your understanding, you will complete activities throughout each session.

Submit certificate of completion with a passing score of 80% to district or charter school.

Passing score expectations are 80% for each assessment to receive the READ Act designation. What if I don't get an 80% on the post assessments? If you wish to have the READ Act designation, you must retake the assessment(s). You will call Voyager Sopris and they can reset the assessment for you for a $49 fee.

LETRS instructs teachers in what literacy skills need to be taught, why, and how to plan to teach them. And it delves into the research base behind these recommendations. The program is long, intensive, and expensive. It can take upwards of 160 hours to complete over the course of two years.

Time. To qualify for a reading endorsement, a participant must complete at least 40 hours of online coursework. The LETRS platform automatically logs a participant's time spent in the LETRS course. * This time must be at least 32 hours in order for a participant to qualify for a reading endorsement.

Live In-Person Training and Live Online Support

Flexible training options provided via face-to-face, webinar, online meeting, or conference call.

LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) is proven professional development designed to help teachers master the content and principles of effective language and literacy instruction. Its content extends across the five essential components of reading plus oral language, spelling, and writing.

What grade is LETRS for? ›

Featuring LETRS co-authors and keynote speaker Dr. Kymona Burk, senior policy fellow at ExcelinEd, this unique conference is dedicated to embracing the science of reading and boosting pre-K–5 literacy outcomes.

Each LETRS course* can be counted toward one three-credit graduate-level degree, for a total of 12 graduate credits. To be eligible for credit, registrant must score 80% or higher (mastery) in the LETRS course for each unit.

There are two Volumes with the LETRS training. Volume 1 (Units 1-4) and Volume 2 (Units 5-8). Each Volume includes the manual and the online modules and costs $369 per person per Volume. If you purchase Volumes 1 & 2 together there is a slight price break of $667.

Typical rates of online progress

Based on student progress data from the 2022-23 school year, we estimate that it typically takes between 5.5 and 9 hours to complete each Level. It typically takes students 3-4 minutes to complete a Unit, and 19-27 minutes to complete an Encounter.

The data we looked at is based on assessments that were completed by five or more students. Overall, teachers seem to keep assessments to an average of 11.4 questions for elementary school teachers and 15.3 for middle and high schoolers.

The CPEN Exam is a computer-delivered exam consisting of 175 multiple-choice questions.

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This usually takes about 75-80 questions for math and 55-65 questions for English language arts, and can be done over the course of a few sessions.

The assessment includes nearly 6,000 test items for readers at all levels. Each item consists of a literary or informational text passage, a sentence stem, and 4 answer choices.