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.

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.

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

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.

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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 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.

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.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is they use it as a replacement for teaching. The students at our elementary do not receive grammar lessons or spelling lessons. In fact, this year they are not receiving vocabulary lessons. Lexia is not monitored by teachers. We just use it to keep everyone busy.

Would they really be doing grammar and spelling anyway? I'm the poster with K child on level 13 and relative to what my older child got in K (all sight words, three-cueing, basically no grammar or spelling), I'll take Lexia because it's attempting to teach phonics and has a scope and sequence.

We don't do Lexia at home, but we are doing All About Reading, so that might have contributed to the progress. Also passing a level doesn't translate into always getting those concepts right outside of Lexia. I think it's allowing my child to pass too fast somehow, which seems like a flaw, but at the same time some of the lessons are getting into their head because my child tells me what they learned.

They do actually talk about letter sounds in class, which also seems like an improvement from the past. I do think there's way more instruction they could do but maybe I've lowered my standards, but I think time on Lexia is better than time on guessing/leveled readers, so I'm relatively happier with the school than I was with my other child.