Reply to Share your opinion about Lexia

Forum Index » Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS)

Reply to "Share your opinion about Lexia"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=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.

[/quote]

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.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics