Share your opinion about Lexia

[Anonymous]

As an educator who has been trained and steeped in literacy instruction, I can tell you that you’re barking up the wrong tree if you’re saying that Lexia is boring, ineffective, and inaccurate. Lexia—Core5 and PowerUp programs have 3 components: online, small group (teacher led) lessons, and independent Skill Builders. Using all three takes a degree of skill and training that many teachers haven’t yet acquired. So, they’re mad that it’s new and “hard” and it can color the way in which it’s presented to and used with students. If teacher doesn’t like it and/or use it correctly, students won’t like it or use it correctly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an educator who has been trained and steeped in literacy instruction, I can tell you that you’re barking up the wrong tree if you’re saying that Lexia is boring, ineffective, and inaccurate. Lexia—Core5 and PowerUp programs have 3 components: online, small group (teacher led) lessons, and independent Skill Builders. Using all three takes a degree of skill and training that many teachers haven’t yet acquired. So, they’re mad that it’s new and “hard” and it can color the way in which it’s presented to and used with students. If teacher doesn’t like it and/or use it correctly, students won’t like it or use it correctly.

A few questions.

One, how does a teacher fit all of that in-- the three components of Lexia-- and still teach their entire ELA curriculum?

Two, how does a teacher do small group, teacher-led lessons if every student is working on something different in Lexia?

Three, how much time per day is being taken up by Lexia if all ofmthe above is occurring?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an educator who has been trained and steeped in literacy instruction, I can tell you that you’re barking up the wrong tree if you’re saying that Lexia is boring, ineffective, and inaccurate. Lexia—Core5 and PowerUp programs have 3 components: online, small group (teacher led) lessons, and independent Skill Builders. Using all three takes a degree of skill and training that many teachers haven’t yet acquired. So, they’re mad that it’s new and “hard” and it can color the way in which it’s presented to and used with students. If teacher doesn’t like it and/or use it correctly, students won’t like it or use it correctly.

This is a picture of a (snow flake, stool and campfire) but LEXIA says “flake, stool and camp”. Which one starts with /s/?

This isn’t me misusing the program, this is poor programming. Most English speaking kids get this wrong because snowflakes are not usually referred to as flakes. Lexia makes many of the errors in their use AND they choose bad sight words. Reading the word brown shouldn’t come before said as said is much much more common in early readers. If you are STEEPED in literacy instruction, you should take a closer look at each grade level and what they require.
Phonics is good, grammar is good, Lexia has flaws.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an educator who has been trained and steeped in literacy instruction, I can tell you that you’re barking up the wrong tree if you’re saying that Lexia is boring, ineffective, and inaccurate. Lexia—Core5 and PowerUp programs have 3 components: online, small group (teacher led) lessons, and independent Skill Builders. Using all three takes a degree of skill and training that many teachers haven’t yet acquired. So, they’re mad that it’s new and “hard” and it can color the way in which it’s presented to and used with students. If teacher doesn’t like it and/or use it correctly, students won’t like it or use it correctly.

Yup impossible unless the county tells us to teach based on Lexia. We have to do UFLI for intervention and my other small groups are based on what we are using in word study. Not Lexia data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an educator who has been trained and steeped in literacy instruction, I can tell you that you’re barking up the wrong tree if you’re saying that Lexia is boring, ineffective, and inaccurate. Lexia—Core5 and PowerUp programs have 3 components: online, small group (teacher led) lessons, and independent Skill Builders. Using all three takes a degree of skill and training that many teachers haven’t yet acquired. So, they’re mad that it’s new and “hard” and it can color the way in which it’s presented to and used with students. If teacher doesn’t like it and/or use it correctly, students won’t like it or use it correctly.

A few questions.

One, how does a teacher fit all of that in-- the three components of Lexia-- and still teach their entire ELA curriculum?

Two, how does a teacher do small group, teacher-led lessons if every student is working on something different in Lexia?

Three, how much time per day is being taken up by Lexia if all ofmthe above is occurring?

1. We don’t. I’m not teaching to Lexia or its data.
2. You’d have to group the kids by levels and then if all of the kids in that group are struggling with the same concept you can use it with the whole group.
3. Lexia is supposed to be 60/week.

[Anonymous]

Speak for yourself when you say, “we don’t”. Perhaps you don’t. Again, it takes a high level of skill, knowledge, and confidence to execute. It’s a research-based program and it produces results when implemented with fidelity. I’m not here for a debate—just stating facts. Those who aren’t using it correctly don’t really have a leg to stand on when they speak of tge program’s shortcomings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Speak for yourself when you say, “we don’t”. Perhaps you don’t. Again, it takes a high level of skill, knowledge, and confidence to execute. It’s a research-based program and it produces results when implemented with fidelity. I’m not here for a debate—just stating facts. Those who aren’t using it correctly don’t really have a leg to stand on when they speak of tge program’s shortcomings.

Do you feel like FCPS gave you the training to do this? I don’t think we have had the training to execute it this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: My 6th grader hasn't done any word study all year.

They often just complete it at school and nothing comes home at all. You might want to inquire about it with your 6th grade teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Speak for yourself when you say, “we don’t”. Perhaps you don’t. Again, it takes a high level of skill, knowledge, and confidence to execute. It’s a research-based program and it produces results when implemented with fidelity. I’m not here for a debate—just stating facts. Those who aren’t using it correctly don’t really have a leg to stand on when they speak of tge program’s shortcomings.

Can you answer the three questions above? I'm curious how teachers can:

- teach their entire ELA curriculum while also using Lexia with fidelity

- meet with Lexia small groups if everyone is working on a completely different skill

- use Lexia for 60 minutes each week if they only have ELA class for a total of 180 minutes each week and they still need to cover everything else in their curriculum


My child's ELA teacher is having the students work on Lexia this year but I see a big difference in the topics and lessons covered in that class compared to what my older children experienced with the same teacher, and I suspect it is because Lexia is taking up so much time. I'm not yet sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing, but I am definitely aware that there is less writing, fewer texts covered, and no whole-class lessons on Greek and Latin roots or analogies the way my older children experienced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Speak for yourself when you say, “we don’t”. Perhaps you don’t. Again, it takes a high level of skill, knowledge, and confidence to execute. It’s a research-based program and it produces results when implemented with fidelity. I’m not here for a debate—just stating facts. Those who aren’t using it correctly don’t really have a leg to stand on when they speak of tge program’s shortcomings.

I think you are speaking from Lexia headquarters. You say you can’t debate, but that is a sign of lack of knowledge. Do, please respond to my specific comments about the program’s shortcomings.

1. The picture cues they use are designed to have all kids show progress and proof that Lexia words. By labeling a picture of a saxophone as Jazz, you confuse all users therefore showing that most kids need some sort of help from Lexia.

2. The sight words chosen aren’t useful for phonetic readers, except the readers Lexia provides. Again, this is designed to make people buy more of Lexia’s products.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speak for yourself when you say, “we don’t”. Perhaps you don’t. Again, it takes a high level of skill, knowledge, and confidence to execute. It’s a research-based program and it produces results when implemented with fidelity. I’m not here for a debate—just stating facts. Those who aren’t using it correctly don’t really have a leg to stand on when they speak of tge program’s shortcomings.

I think you are speaking from Lexia headquarters. You say you can’t debate, but that is a sign of lack of knowledge. Do, please respond to my specific comments about the program’s shortcomings.

1. The picture cues they use are designed to have all kids show progress and proof that Lexia words. By labeling a picture of a saxophone as Jazz, you confuse all users therefore showing that most kids need some sort of help from Lexia.

2. The sight words chosen aren’t useful for phonetic readers, except the readers Lexia provides. Again, this is designed to make people buy more of Lexia’s products.

Yes I don’t think this person is in FCPS. We were not given this intense training nor is Lexia are main curriculum. We had to do a training again this year and most teachers didn’t do it. Most teachers are putting the kids on Lexia while they work with small groups.

[Anonymous]

What is Lexis like at the middle school level? My kid is not reading many books and I'm wondering if they read through Lexia instead

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Speak for yourself when you say, “we don’t”. Perhaps you don’t. Again, it takes a high level of skill, knowledge, and confidence to execute. It’s a research-based program and it produces results when implemented with fidelity. I’m not here for a debate—just stating facts. Those who aren’t using it correctly don’t really have a leg to stand on when they speak of tge program’s shortcomings.

I think you are speaking from Lexia headquarters. You say you can’t debate, but that is a sign of lack of knowledge. Do, please respond to my specific comments about the program’s shortcomings.

1. The picture cues they use are designed to have all kids show progress and proof that Lexia words. By labeling a picture of a saxophone as Jazz, you confuse all users therefore showing that most kids need some sort of help from Lexia.

2. The sight words chosen aren’t useful for phonetic readers, except the readers Lexia provides. Again, this is designed to make people buy more of Lexia’s products.

Yes I don’t think this person is in FCPS. We were not given this intense training nor is Lexia are main curriculum. We had to do a training again this year and most teachers didn’t do it. Most teachers are putting the kids on Lexia while they work with small groups.

This person isn't answering my questions at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is Lexis like at the middle school level? My kid is not reading many books and I'm wondering if they read through Lexia instead

My MS child is required to finish 15-20 units every two weeks and they keep a paper journal about their progress.They work on Lexia 2-3 times a week in Language Arts class and they're also required to work on it in Advisory pretty often. They are not supposed to work on it at home.

According to my child, the Language Arts teacher does Lexia remediation with some kids but mine hasn't been pulled for remediation yet. I'm not sure why because my child is having a hard time with some of the grammar lessons. I told my child that they need to advocate and tell their teacher that the lessons are confusing. They haven't yet.

My child showed me some of the reading they do in the comprehension part of Lexia. I recognized some of the stories and thought they were pretty good.

My child's teacher has only assigned three books, all short ones, this year. My kid read two of the books in one night because they were so short. The other one took about a month to read. I think they're also reading a lot of stories and articles in class. I haven't seen anything resembling plays or poems but maybe that's normal. I am not sure.

[Anonymous]

It was very annoying for my daughter as a young teen in elementary school. I remember seeing a word that didn't even exist on Google!
And it once gave my daughter a simple word to spell out, but of course, she got a typo, and it counted her wrong. It happened countless times, and I swear I saw her almost punch her computer many many times as well as slamming her Chromebook shut at least ten times. 0/10. Woyuld not recommend this site to anyone.