Share your opinion about Lexia

[Anonymous]

DC brought home a letter informing parents students must do Lexia for a certain of time. My child and his friends told me the reason they don't like Lexia: repetitive work; inaccurate information....It appears that their teacher doesn't like Lexia either based on some communication between the teacher and students.It's a AAP IV class. I am going to try watch my kid doing Lexia today. If there are some parents and teacher know this software, could you please share you opinion. If it is a good toll indeed, I'll make sure my kid do what he needs to do. If it is a bad tool, why do we force our kids to waste their time on this?

[Anonymous]

I have a first and 3rd grader and both of them use and really like Lexia. The repetition is a GOOD THING, PP. That's how children learn. If you think your AAP snowflake is too good for Lexia, then talk to the school about it, but everyone I've talked to (parents, teacher, the reading specialist at our school who is a neighbor/friend) has only had good things to say about it.

[Anonymous]

I was actually impressed with Lexia. It seemed to be a good program that was teaching important concepts. Hopefully it was reiterating important concepts and not teaching them but I thought it was good. So much better then any of the math programs I have seen.

[Anonymous]

We love it so much! I have 4th grader and a 2nd grader. It is filling in phonics gaps my 4th grader has even though he is an accelerated reader. My 2nd graders teacher makes a big deal of the certificates for passing levels so he comes home asking to do it. I think it is much better than MyOn!

[Anonymous]

I really like Lexia. It is a way to push Science of Reading (SoR), particularly in grades where reading was not evidence-based (2nd graders and below were not taught phonics-based approaches). Every child (including AAP IV kids) will benefit by learning explicit phonics and spelling rules, especially since the system adapts to individual kid's levels (my kid came in strong in phonics and was able to progress quickly and is now at a point where they are being challenged and going slower). In upper grades it teaches morphology, which will help them in future science classes (Greek roots, prefixes, suffixes).

[Anonymous]

It's really the best online reading app I've seen and has a ton of levels and lessons, so kids should be able to work on their level. If it's having them repeat a lot, they're probably missing questions and need more work in that area, or are just guessing instead of trying. I've had both happen with my kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was actually impressed with Lexia. It seemed to be a good program that was teaching important concepts. Hopefully it was reiterating important concepts and not teaching them but I thought it was good. So much better then any of the math programs I have seen.

Our school recently started using Reflex Math and it's basically the math version of Lexia -- definitely encourage your school to use it if they don't already! It's much, much better than ST Math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: DC brought home a letter informing parents students must do Lexia for a certain of time. My child and his friends told me the reason they don't like Lexia: repetitive work; inaccurate information....It appears that their teacher doesn't like Lexia either based on some communication between the teacher and students.It's a AAP IV class. I am going to try watch my kid doing Lexia today. If there are some parents and teacher know this software, could you please share you opinion. If it is a good toll indeed, I'll make sure my kid do what he needs to do. If it is a bad tool, why do we force our kids to waste their time on this?

Lexia is absolutely not a waste of time. It’s systematic and explicit while providing opportunities for differentiation that you will not find elsewhere. FCPS has done a wonderful thing by purchasing Lexia licenses.

How do I know? My students work with it every day and I follow up with targeted small-group instruction and opportunities for them to apply the skills learned online. Some of my second graders are identifying idioms, comparing literature, memorizing sight words, learning syllabication, learning tough spelling rules, and so much more. Lexia isn’t like ST Math at all. It’s an adaptive learning tool that teachers use in tandem with our targeted instruction.


https://www.lexialearning.com/core5

[Anonymous]

I hate it, but I'm very biased because DS was put in the wrong level and worked on mind-mumblingly boring stuff for several hours a week. (he took the placement test in his bedroom alone during virtual learning, and he really didn't understand the instructions). I feel like screens are over-used anyway, but the extra screen-time + it being useless really put a sour taste in my mouth.

I honestly don't understand why we cannot teach kids to read without apps. Are apps really increasing literacy levels?

[Anonymous]

Lexia is better than any reading program available in FCPS.

It is better at teaching actual reading skills than any teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate it, but I'm very biased because DS was put in the wrong level and worked on mind-mumblingly boring stuff for several hours a week. (he took the placement test in his bedroom alone during virtual learning, and he really didn't understand the instructions). I feel like screens are over-used anyway, but the extra screen-time + it being useless really put a sour taste in my mouth.

I honestly don't understand why we cannot teach kids to read without apps. Are apps really increasing literacy levels?

Are you talking about Imagine Learning (virtual year) or Lexia (which is new). If he’s higher it should be moving up since it’s adaptive.
And, yes, teachers have seen more growth in Lexia than Imagine Learning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hate it, but I'm very biased because DS was put in the wrong level and worked on mind-mumblingly boring stuff for several hours a week. (he took the placement test in his bedroom alone during virtual learning, and he really didn't understand the instructions). I feel like screens are over-used anyway, but the extra screen-time + it being useless really put a sour taste in my mouth.

I honestly don't understand why we cannot teach kids to read without apps. Are apps really increasing literacy levels?

Are you talking about Imagine Learning (virtual year) or Lexia (which is new). If he’s higher it should be moving up since it’s adaptive.
And, yes, teachers have seen more growth in Lexia than Imagine Learning.

I was wondering the same thing. That’s going back to 2020-2021. We didn’t have Lexia before this SY.

[Anonymous]

I like it. There’s a really good dashboard with targeted lessons and skill review. I do a lot of them in literacy centers and my students love that.

[Anonymous]

Lexia is the first program I have bought into, and I have seen many programs come and go.

[Anonymous]

My kids like it, but I have mixed feelings. I appreciate that it is trying to teach the rules of grammar/spelling, but in the English language there aren't always rules! I really wish spelling lists and tests would make a come back.