How does Lexia support students and families at home?

My guidance for families is ensuring their child is actively engaged during the session (not letting the learning "happen" to them). Additionally, maybe taking a few minutes to watch their child engage in the different activities. When students are able to explain a concept to another person, it shows concrete and in-depth understanding of the skill. Additionally, parents could maybe watch their child complete the quick initial warm-up activity where students try to beat their personal record. I am sure students would love the extra cheering and encouragement from their family to beat their previous time/achievement.

Sara Hager

Intervention Specialist

Grandview Heights Schools

Columbus, OH

How does Lexia support students and families at home?

Jared Hartsfield

Resource Specialist

Agnes Baptist Elementarys

How does Lexia support students and families at home?

During remote learning, we've found something that we weren't expecting: It's the fact that now parents are able to do and watch Lexia side-by-side with their children. We really encourage parents to watch their child do the program, because there's also modeling for parents of some really good early literacy learning strategies that they can use at home. It's helping parents understand how early literacy and early reading really does develop for their child.

Felecia Evans

Principal

Mayfield City School District

Cuyahoga County, OH

How are you addressing challenges such as limited technology and connectivity?

Felecia Evans

Principal

Mayfield City School District

Cuyahoga County, OH

How are you addressing challenges such as limited technology and connectivity?

We're really concerned about everything being equitable, and so we've sent out—there's some local companies that are offering free internet to families during this, which I think is our goal. We figured out ways to access public Wi-Fi like sitting in the school parking lot, you know, we're on the playground, on the benches. I mean, it's uncharted territory so we're trying to figure out ways to meet everybody and be understanding if they can't.

Amber Grimes

Reading Specialist

Pulaski County Special School District

Sherwood, AR

What advice do you have for educators using Lexia's programs for remote learning?

Jared Hartsfield

Resource Specialist

Agnes Baptist Elementarys

What advice do you have for educators using Lexia's programs for remote learning?

Once my teachers see that a need for a Lexia Lesson is popping up with students, they will Zoom one-on-one with that child and provide that lesson to them. We've also found that our teachers have been able to utilize the Skill Builders for extra practice. We use a platform called Seesaw in our younger grades and Schoology in our older grades, and so our teachers have uploaded those lessons and Skill Builders into those platforms, and students are able to access them. The nice thing about Seesaw is they can actually interact with them and write on them and then submit them right back to their teachers. So I would say, continue to do the things that you were doing all year with the program in your classroom and just find ways to be able to connect with your students remotely in order to continue to support their interventions and their literacy learning.

Felecia Evans

Principal

Mayfield City School District

Cuyahoga County, OH

What advice do you have for educators using Lexia's programs for remote learning?

I depend even more now on consistently analyzing the data of each of my students throughout the week. I then select different targeted Lessons or Skill Builders that Lexia generates, based on student performance, to cover with students during our weekly 1-1 online conferences (2x a week). While the Lessons/Skill Builders are in PDF format and ideally made for printing out and using during in-person instruction, there are still different parts of the lesson that can be utilized with students via screen-sharing.

Sara Hager

Intervention Specialist

Grandview Heights Schools

Columbus, OH

How do you keep students motivated during remote learning?

Jared Hartsfield

Resource Specialist

Agnes Baptist Elementarys

How are you supporting remote learning currently?

Felecia Evans

Principal

Mayfield City School District

Cuyahoga County, OH

How are your teachers adapting to remote learning?

Felecia Evans

Principal

Mayfield City School District

Cuyahoga County, OH

How do Lexia's progress monitoring and reporting capabilities help you?

As a school principal with 550 students in my school, I can log into myLexia at any time and see how my students are doing, and I can see what my staff has been working on. It's a really good accountability tool for me and has proven to be a valuable tool as a principal during remote learning.

Felecia Evans

Principal

Mayfield City School District

Cuyahoga County, OH