Community Review of Freckle | Common Sense Education

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My Take

I love Front Row. My students can work at their own pace and they are motivated to stay on task. They cheer when I tell them that we will be working on Front Row. Students love earning coins and competing against the other teams. They know that they have to complete any assignments before working on what they choose. While students are engaged with this program, I am free to get individualized testing done or meet with struggling students. If we aren't going to be in the lab, I love that we can use the app or I can print out individualized math practice. I would recommend this program to anyone looking for a way to engage their students productively and quickly/easily differentiate to meet all of their needs.

How I Use It

I use Front Row to differentiate assignments in the classroom and in the computer lab. Assigning multiple reading levels to my students is easy. I like to pair the work that we are doing in our adopted reading text with articles on Front Row to deepen/extend our learning. My only hope is that someday my school purchases the school edition - until then, I am happy to use the free features.

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Rafferty G. Teacher Brookings Harbor High School Brookings, OR

November 3, 2021

Freckle is an abomination, and it was only created for educators to keep students doing busywork. It does not teach anything, and hides behind "review" as an excuse to make students do the same work over and over with no benefit.

My overall opinion about Freckle is one of despise. One of the worst parts about Freckle is the placement system, which abhorrently misplaced my students' skill levels. Every single one of my students was placed at a far lower level than their real skill level, creating boring repetitive work. This is one of the most important things Freckle needs to fix right away. Secondly, another large problem with Freckle is that it does not teach anything. Instead, all of the "lessons" in Freckle are just practice. There is a system for teaching new skills, but it is sub-par at best, and a majority of the time, it doesn't introduce any new skills or strategies and just repeats the ones all of my students have learned.

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Celeste W.

May 12, 2021

Fun learning tool

Freckle is a good tool to use for your students. It is great for all subjects. I like that I can assign a standard to all my students. Not only can I assign lessons based on their own level, I can also print worksheets for them based on their level. Would be a great tool to use when there is a substitute. The higher level thinking relates to real world concepts. This engages students by allowing them to collect coins and use them. You can track your students' progress and give them assessments.

Triston W. Frank P Brown Elementary School Crossville, TN

January 7, 2020

my student is using his freckle money on stuff but it wont change his style

its nice

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