Community reviews for Lexia Core5 Reading

My 5 year old just started Level 13 on Lexia Core5 up from Level 2 from the beginning of the school year, and his reading has absolutely skyrocketed mostly because of this app. He's reading entire books with ease now. Previously, we just couldn't make progress using Khan Academy or other attempts at reading. He always seemed afraid to read, even though his phonics level was fairly advanced. Now he's reading with a lot of confidence. The reason why Lexia works for him, imho, is because of the way it shows progress which motivates completion of bite sized lessons. As someone who grew up playing a lot of JRPG video games, the concept of grinding and accumulating experience points is very similar. I agree with another reviewer who praised the gamification aspect of the app. Every level has 10 sections consisting of about 80 pie slices / lessons in total. A lesson can take 2 to 20 minutes (or longer...). My kid loves seeing the slices fill up and feels very accomplished whenever he moves up a level. Note that it can be close to unforgiving. If you make more than 1 mistake during the lesson, usually, it will go more in depth regarding what you got wrong, and if you screw that up, then it will pound you into submission. That way, you can't just fake your way through it. I'm a big fan of this, even though it can be very frustrating for my kid. I just remind him making mistakes is a part of learning. The only lesson I didn't like had something to do with syllable separation. It was basically the only one I gave any help with because it barely made sense to me and absolutely not to him. Make sure your device isn't too old, as the app can be dreadfully slow in that case. My kid worked on an iPad Mini 2 (obtained around 2015) for a lot of it, and some of the lessons that required dragging were extremely painful, as he knew what the answer would be but would accidentally put it in the wrong place, starting a sublesson (sometimes sub-sublesson) that he didn't need to do. A lot of tears there. That being said, we unfortunately let our kid watch a lot of Youtube (especially when sick - darn pandemic), so doing a Lexia lesson or 3 (or Math lesson) has been required before a large chunk of watching, even on the weekends. The constant practice has been very helpful, and my kid knows he has to focus and get to work to be able to get any fun screen time. Lexia Levels: PreK: Level 1 K: L2-5 1st: L6-9 2nd: L10-12 3rd: L13-15 4th: L16-18 5th: L19-21 My kid's teacher has been able to provide customized lessons for the parts that he's been struggling in, so that's been extremely helpful. I had bought the home version earlier in the year, but it was unnecessary, as my kid gets it through his school. If you want to change the level for the home version, you'll have to contact Lexia Support, who have been very responsive.

I love the ability to track how my child is progressing and which skills were tricky for them. I wish there was an android app for the reports. My child loves the program. It took a little getting used to because it felt different from what they were used to but after about a week my child felt very motived. My child loves the games, stories and literature ans made this comment about the diversity of characters "I like it and I think it will be inspiring to people because it shows you can be yourself." What a wonderful world when we can all see ourselves in literature, just as we are.

My child encountered a highly inappropriate illustrated story on Lexia, which is used in our public school classrooms regularly. The program read an illustrated story to my 3rd grader, featuring a homosexual family structure, a child interacting with her two dads. The school and the educational learning platform for K-5 children has no right to push adult agendas on our children. This is completely irrelevant for teaching literacy and upsetting to my child.

I'm a teacher and I just started doing Lexia for my class, every time I ask them to do it, I'm greeted with moaning and sighing and begging, I decided to watch what was happening, and I was really surprised, there are thirty minutes of instructions per one activity, and none of my students are on a level that matches their skill set, Not to mention the price, please do not waste your money on Lexia, it teaches children in all the wrong ways. Though it is easy to give your students goals, and trach their progress

It is a great way to individualize instruction in a creative and fun way for students to be motivated to improve and work towards a goal .

I love Lexia for my higher readers, because I can choose activities from the teacher materials to help my GT kids enrich their learning. When a student is struggling, they get a "red apple" and can come right to me. I can also see what they are struggling with and can do a mini lesson to help them.

I feel that this program can create magic in your classroom. I know it helps my students so much regardless of what level they are on at the beginning of the year. All of the students benefit from this program because it meets each student's need specifically to the areas that they are struggling in. Most programs I've used before this don't do that. I also truly love the lessons that go with the areas that the students need extra help. I use these during my Guided Reading time. I also have volunteers that work with small groups using the added lesson materials provided. I feel overall that my students are getting all of the help they need to become great readers and I know that Lexia Core 5 is a big part of their success.

I love Lexia! My students are 100% engaged and whenever they use Lexia. It is so easy to use. It is truly a comprehensive program. Reading the student reports, and class overview or progress reports are easy. Additionally, lessons and activities that are supplemental for Direct Instruction are excellent. Once students know their username and password, they can log into Lexia anywhere. I've noticed that students get excited when they have had exposure to a skill on Lexia before it is explicitly taught or introduced during phonics. Lexia is a comprehensive program all students should have access to.

Overall, Lexia Reading Core 5 is a great program to individualize instruction and guided practice for students. I like how the program will not let students go on until they have mastered a concept. The data that is gathered is vital to my decisions on intervention lessons for each student, and there are resources within the program to help with direct instruction lessons. My one criticism is that I wish there was a section for speaking. All students, not just ELL, can benefit from speaking practice.

This should be in use at schools with struggling readers and a high population of English Language Learners. This program is expensive, however, I have personally seen major growth from students who have used the platform. If you can teach your students how to type your email address it will be a major help for you. Try it and see for yourself!