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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't believe that the Virginia Literacy Act states that FCPS must use Lexia.  Yes, the act is great in attempting to improve the literacy of students.  FCPS choose to do this via computer learning and not teachers teaching.[/quote]

That is not even close to true, and if you'd take your blinders off, you would recognize that.

In elementary school, teachers are required to use Lexia and Benchmark. They are teaching a huge amount during Benchmark lessons. They are teaching vocabulary, reading strategies, grammar, and writing. It might be quite scripted, but it is still rich instruction.

In middle school, teachers are required to use Lexia, No Red Ink, and HMH. Teachers are teaching both grammar and writing to prepare students to [i]practice[/i] in No Red Ink, and they're teaching vocabulary, reading comprehension strategies, and writing through the HMH units.

My children have had an outstanding ELA education, especially in middle school. My youngest is currently in seventh grade, and it seems that almost all her ELA work is on paper (other than Lexia and No Red Ink). In her English binder, I see evidence of guided notes, interactive notebook-type notes, annotations on articles and stories, and feedback from her ELA teacher. I very seriously doubt there would be such evidence if there was no instruction occurring.

In high school, our experience has been that ELA is primarily lecture-style instruction, but there is definitely a lot of instruction occurring. While notes are usually taken on the computer, that doesn't mean the computer is teaching instead of humans teaching.

There are plenty of things that need to improve in education, but FCPS ELA is generally not one of them. It's very strong, and that includes use of Lexia.[/quote]

Which middle school? Big problem with Benchmark is that it’s all short passage reading, no real books. Notes taken on computer are subpar to handtaken, per the research. [/quote]

The online notes are for my high schoolers. I'm not at all concerned about that because they are preparing for college, where they'll take notes on a computer. [b]It's faster, and when youre trying to keep up with a professor, fast note taking is important. [/b]

My middle school daughter goes to Franklin Middle School. Her ELA binder is full of paper notes and copies of stories and articles on which she has annotated. There are even post it notes with annotations, which must be something she was taught by her ELA teacher this year because I have never seen her do that before.  Two of her older siblings said their ELA binders were the same when they were in middle school-- paper notes, paper copies of texts, and paper copies of vocabulary packets for Greek and Latin root word study.

My daughter is my only child who had Benchmark in elementary school, but she definitely read full books last year. Her teacher required that all students read at least two full books every quarter, which was never a problem for my daughter who loves to read! [/quote]

No it isn't. You're not supposed to be a stenographer. You're just supposed to take notes. [/quote]

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