Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 07:06     Subject: Share your opinion about Lexia
Anonymous wrote:I do wonder how much of the behavior problems in schools have to do with screen time from things like Lexia, st math, kahoot, etc… Add in video games and tablets at home and I could see a class of 3-5th graders being very difficult to manage.


In kindergarten it’s iPad and I’ve got kids trying to get on starfall or play with camera or whatever. Takes too much management for some kids so I took it out of reading stations. I’d rather them use hands on Manipulatives.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 06:58     Subject: Re:Share your opinion about Lexia
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.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 06:53     Subject: Share your opinion about Lexia
I do wonder how much of the behavior problems in schools have to do with screen time from things like Lexia, st math, kahoot, etc… Add in video games and tablets at home and I could see a class of 3-5th graders being very difficult to manage.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 06:53     Subject: Share your opinion about Lexia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lexia is better than any reading program available in FCPS.

It is better at teaching actual reading skills than any teacher


You aren't using it with a kid having a hard time.

My AAP kid HATES it. My not so great at school third grader HATES it. Both absolutely love to read on their own. As a Kindergarten teacher, it has some redeeming points, but I am not amazed by it.

1. It doesn't actually teach. At a certain point, the kids memorize the combinations of pictures/words that it is training them to recognize while not necessarily learning the underlying skill.

2. The way they remediate a kid missing a skill is a joke. Many kids get frustrated with the constant directions or slow reading when they know the answer already.

3. The back up lessons the teachers are supposed to use are complete crap and

4. I am not a fan of the way they teach sight words. So many kids get stuck with the sight words and the order of the heart/sight words they choose to use is ridiculous and doesn't help kids start phonics readers.

5. Leveled gaming has been know to lead to rising dopamine levels and crashing when the stimulus is removed and with many many kids having behavior issues, regulating the brain after leaving a game can take a while.

Overall, It has definite issues, can be laggy and frustrating particularly for ELL and kids who need help.


I'm a parent and a teacher and agree with all that's stated above. My son finds Lexia slow and clunky. I wish it were much more adaptive, the programdoesnt really seem to meet students where they are at but rather push for more time. Less screentime is for the best, i think, and requiring 60 plus minutes a week to progress is wat too much screentime. I'm all for the Science of Reading and much prefer doing eord and sentence dictation, morphology lessons, and a grammar workbook with my son....in addition to lots of reading of course.


Just stop. Lexia (when implemented correctly) is an incredible resource. I’m a Gifted Education teacher with over 15 years of experience. Two children—13 and 7. 15 minutes online per day followed with targeted instruction using the data provided is incredibly useful for ALL students.

Just stop! Don’t trash the best thing that FCPS has purchased in a long while.



Kids love it and constantly discuss their "levels," but could you please explain the information provided and the targeted instruction? Do you actually spent a certain amount of time with each kid on reading that complements the Lexia?


Only if they aren't getting it- in Lexia core 5 that means the apple (I think) in the left lower corner is red when they enter the remediation part (they got 2-3 wrong in the main lesson). When that happens several times, it will pop up on the teacher screen that the child "needs instruction." I find the materials for the backup lesson not engaging or things that have already been done out side of lexia
instructionally and the kid needs more focused.

To the gifted education teacher, critical thinking is an important part of teaching and learning. As teachers we have to think critically about the lessons we are giving. I have contacted the company about some concerns I have had. They should get feedback about how it their product can fit learners needs better. Telling people to just stop is not

The one of the higher ups in lexia on the educational side coedited a book that is fantastic called Multi-Sensory Learning for Basic Language Skills (or something like that). The irony is that even though she wrote the book, Lexia and its follow up lessons are far from multi-sensory. It is a great scope and sequence for teaching reading and writing across the grades though.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 06:27     Subject: Share your opinion about Lexia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lexia is better than any reading program available in FCPS.

It is better at teaching actual reading skills than any teacher


You aren't using it with a kid having a hard time.

My AAP kid HATES it. My not so great at school third grader HATES it. Both absolutely love to read on their own. As a Kindergarten teacher, it has some redeeming points, but I am not amazed by it.

1. It doesn't actually teach. At a certain point, the kids memorize the combinations of pictures/words that it is training them to recognize while not necessarily learning the underlying skill.

2. The way they remediate a kid missing a skill is a joke. Many kids get frustrated with the constant directions or slow reading when they know the answer already.

3. The back up lessons the teachers are supposed to use are complete crap and

4. I am not a fan of the way they teach sight words. So many kids get stuck with the sight words and the order of the heart/sight words they choose to use is ridiculous and doesn't help kids start phonics readers.

5. Leveled gaming has been know to lead to rising dopamine levels and crashing when the stimulus is removed and with many many kids having behavior issues, regulating the brain after leaving a game can take a while.

Overall, It has definite issues, can be laggy and frustrating particularly for ELL and kids who need help.


I'm a parent and a teacher and agree with all that's stated above. My son finds Lexia slow and clunky. I wish it were much more adaptive, the programdoesnt really seem to meet students where they are at but rather push for more time. Less screentime is for the best, i think, and requiring 60 plus minutes a week to progress is wat too much screentime. I'm all for the Science of Reading and much prefer doing eord and sentence dictation, morphology lessons, and a grammar workbook with my son....in addition to lots of reading of course.


Just stop. Lexia (when implemented correctly) is an incredible resource. I’m a Gifted Education teacher with over 15 years of experience. Two children—13 and 7. 15 minutes online per day followed with targeted instruction using the data provided is incredibly useful for ALL students.

Just stop! Don’t trash the best thing that FCPS has purchased in a long while.



Kids love it and constantly discuss their "levels," but could you please explain the information provided and the targeted instruction? Do you actually spent a certain amount of time with each kid on reading that complements the Lexia?
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 01:00     Subject: Share your opinion about Lexia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm not in this area, but my K kid told me that she doesn't have to use Lexia because it's not for her reading level. She uses Raz Kids at that time instead. Does that mean anything? Her teacher did say something I can't quite recall about not enough licenses for it.

My kid seems to be picking up reading relatively easily thus far.

They have students stop after they reach their grade level target (or one above)


Not in my child's K class. My child is on level 13, which is 3rd grade.


Yikes…getting to level 13 in kindergarten is a lot of screen time. (Particularly if they are only doing it in school.)


If a kid is a good reader and already knows the subject matter, they will (a) be initially placed into a high level and (b) sail through the levels. My kid started out a 6 and is already an 11 and they're only on it maybe 15 minutes a day.


Well then I humbly revoke my yikes. I had no idea. My child keeps complaining that they “know this already,” so perhaps they just are bad test takers and started at a lower level? (Repetition is good, but they get bummed when so and so is already in Paris and they are not there yet.)

To answer the original question—I’m a fan of Lexia and the progress reports it can generate.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 00:26     Subject: Share your opinion about Lexia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm not in this area, but my K kid told me that she doesn't have to use Lexia because it's not for her reading level. She uses Raz Kids at that time instead. Does that mean anything? Her teacher did say something I can't quite recall about not enough licenses for it.

My kid seems to be picking up reading relatively easily thus far.

They have students stop after they reach their grade level target (or one above)


Not in my child's K class. My child is on level 13, which is 3rd grade.


Yikes…getting to level 13 in kindergarten is a lot of screen time. (Particularly if they are only doing it in school.)


If a kid is a good reader and already knows the subject matter, they will (a) be initially placed into a high level and (b) sail through the levels. My kid started out a 6 and is already an 11 and they're only on it maybe 15 minutes a day.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2023 00:18     Subject: Share your opinion about Lexia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm not in this area, but my K kid told me that she doesn't have to use Lexia because it's not for her reading level. She uses Raz Kids at that time instead. Does that mean anything? Her teacher did say something I can't quite recall about not enough licenses for it.

My kid seems to be picking up reading relatively easily thus far.

They have students stop after they reach their grade level target (or one above)


Not in my child's K class. My child is on level 13, which is 3rd grade.


Yikes…getting to level 13 in kindergarten is a lot of screen time. (Particularly if they are only doing it in school.)
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 23:48     Subject: Re:Share your opinion about Lexia
Anonymous wrote:Since the teachers do not teach grammar or spelling with any rigor, Lexia is often the only place where they are learning these things.
+1 but it should really be used as review and practice, not an introduction
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 23:33     Subject: Re:Share your opinion about Lexia
Since the teachers do not teach grammar or spelling with any rigor, Lexia is often the only place where they are learning these things.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 23:00     Subject: Share your opinion about Lexia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lexia is better than any reading program available in FCPS.

It is better at teaching actual reading skills than any teacher


You aren't using it with a kid having a hard time.

My AAP kid HATES it. My not so great at school third grader HATES it. Both absolutely love to read on their own. As a Kindergarten teacher, it has some redeeming points, but I am not amazed by it.

1. It doesn't actually teach. At a certain point, the kids memorize the combinations of pictures/words that it is training them to recognize while not necessarily learning the underlying skill.

2. The way they remediate a kid missing a skill is a joke. Many kids get frustrated with the constant directions or slow reading when they know the answer already.

3. The back up lessons the teachers are supposed to use are complete crap and

4. I am not a fan of the way they teach sight words. So many kids get stuck with the sight words and the order of the heart/sight words they choose to use is ridiculous and doesn't help kids start phonics readers.

5. Leveled gaming has been know to lead to rising dopamine levels and crashing when the stimulus is removed and with many many kids having behavior issues, regulating the brain after leaving a game can take a while.

Overall, It has definite issues, can be laggy and frustrating particularly for ELL and kids who need help.


I'm a parent and a teacher and agree with all that's stated above. My son finds Lexia slow and clunky. I wish it were much more adaptive, the programdoesnt really seem to meet students where they are at but rather push for more time. Less screentime is for the best, i think, and requiring 60 plus minutes a week to progress is wat too much screentime. I'm all for the Science of Reading and much prefer doing eord and sentence dictation, morphology lessons, and a grammar workbook with my son....in addition to lots of reading of course.


Just stop. Lexia (when implemented correctly) is an incredible resource. I’m a Gifted Education teacher with over 15 years of experience. Two children—13 and 7. 15 minutes online per day followed with targeted instruction using the data provided is incredibly useful for ALL students.

Just stop! Don’t trash the best thing that FCPS has purchased in a long while.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 22:32     Subject: Share your opinion about Lexia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Lexia is better than any reading program available in FCPS.

It is better at teaching actual reading skills than any teacher


You aren't using it with a kid having a hard time.

My AAP kid HATES it. My not so great at school third grader HATES it. Both absolutely love to read on their own. As a Kindergarten teacher, it has some redeeming points, but I am not amazed by it.

1. It doesn't actually teach. At a certain point, the kids memorize the combinations of pictures/words that it is training them to recognize while not necessarily learning the underlying skill.

2. The way they remediate a kid missing a skill is a joke. Many kids get frustrated with the constant directions or slow reading when they know the answer already.

3. The back up lessons the teachers are supposed to use are complete crap and

4. I am not a fan of the way they teach sight words. So many kids get stuck with the sight words and the order of the heart/sight words they choose to use is ridiculous and doesn't help kids start phonics readers.

5. Leveled gaming has been know to lead to rising dopamine levels and crashing when the stimulus is removed and with many many kids having behavior issues, regulating the brain after leaving a game can take a while.

Overall, It has definite issues, can be laggy and frustrating particularly for ELL and kids who need help.


I'm a parent and a teacher and agree with all that's stated above. My son finds Lexia slow and clunky. I wish it were much more adaptive, the programdoesnt really seem to meet students where they are at but rather push for more time. Less screentime is for the best, i think, and requiring 60 plus minutes a week to progress is wat too much screentime. I'm all for the Science of Reading and much prefer doing eord and sentence dictation, morphology lessons, and a grammar workbook with my son....in addition to lots of reading of course.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 21:57     Subject: Share your opinion about Lexia
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm not in this area, but my K kid told me that she doesn't have to use Lexia because it's not for her reading level. She uses Raz Kids at that time instead. Does that mean anything? Her teacher did say something I can't quite recall about not enough licenses for it.

My kid seems to be picking up reading relatively easily thus far.

They have students stop after they reach their grade level target (or one above)


Not in my child's K class. My child is on level 13, which is 3rd grade.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 21:51     Subject: Re:Share your opinion about Lexia
Lexia isn’t terrible, but it isn’t my top choice either. I much prefer Reading Eggs and the accompanying books/workbooks.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2023 21:45     Subject: Share your opinion about Lexia
I have a first grader who has gotten a lot out of Lexia. At the beginning of the school year, she could barely read CVC words, but now she's reading easy chapter books. Lexia has reinforced a lot of concepts and helped with her phonemic awareness. I'm sold!