The New Raz-Kids Reading Room has already arrived. The new design provides a fresh interface and dynamically delivers level-appropriate content to make it easy for the students to find books which interest them and challenge them academically. By the way, how to get the reading room on Raz-Kids?
What is the Reading Room on Raz-Kids?
The Reading Room on Raz-Kids student portal provides a digital library of differentiated resources for the students to read for fun and for practice. By default, the students have access to books three levels below and two levels above their assigned Learning A-Z reading level. Also, the students have access to books in English and Spanish. The teachers have the ability to set content to the whole class, small groups, or individual students, and also can customize which reading levels and content categories their students see.
With an interesting new look, now the Reading Room organizes content into high-interest topics and categories. Aside from that, now the home page dynamically personalizes content for the students based on their interests, activity, and reading level. It allows the students to favorite books for easy access later.
Getting the Reading Room on Raz-Kids
The students are able to access the Reading Room by logging in to kidsa-z.com and clicking on the Reading planet. Coming soon, the students using the new, customizable portal design will be able to access the Reading Room by logging in to kidsa-z.com, hovering over the Reading navigation menu at the top of the home page, and clicking on the link to the Reading Room link.
How to Customize the Reading Room?
As a teacher, you are able to customize the Reading room by choosing which reading levels and content categories students will view. By default, the students have ability to access to books three levels below and two levels above their assigned Learning A-Z reading level. The students also have access to English and Spanish books by default.
How Do Students Use the Reading Room?
Redesign of the Reading Room makes it easier than ever for the students to quickly discover level-appropriate books by category, topic, and popularity. Dynamically the home page displays the books which students have accessed recently, the most popular books at their reading level (based on student feedback), and books students have marked as favorites. Aside from that, the home page displays specific topics aligned with their favorite books.
Topics and Categories in the Reading Room
All leveled books in the Reading Room are organized into lots of topics, including Animals, Explorers, Strange and Wacky, and more. Easily the students are able to discover leveled books by choosing the topics which most interest them. Usually, the topics presented on the Reading Room home page are populated dynamically. The content displayed within each topic on the Reading Room home page is personalized based on the books each student has favorited most. The students are able to find a full list of topics by clicking the Topics icon.
Also, the students are able to find resources by choosing different categories of books, such as Graphic Books, Passages and Packs, Nonfiction Series, and more. Content collections are presented based on level range, making sure the students are able to access the content easily which is most educationally appropriate for them.
Recent Activity
Easily the students are able to access books and quizzes they have opened recently in the “Recent” section of the home page, and then continue where they left off.
Favorites
The students are able to “favorite” books by choosing the heart icon after they finish reading a book. All books which have been favorited can be discovered in the Favorites section on the home page. Aside from that, the page suggests books in Topics.
Popular
In the Popular section on the home page, popular books at each student’s reading level are displayed. These are the books that other students have “favorited” from around the world.
How to Assess a Student’s Level on Raz-Kids?
As a teacher, you will be able to save your valuable time for assessing every student’s reading performance with online running records. For this case, each student sends recordings to your “In Basket” in a three-part assessment process that gives you a complete picture of your students’ reading abilities and monitors their progress.
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- Please place the students at the suitable reading level to start.
- After that, determine the students’ readiness to advance to the next level once they complete their assignments.
- You are able to monitor the student reading progress over time.
Part 1
You have to preview the Benchmark Passages and Running Records/Benchmark Books and Running Records collections before assigning. Originally, you need to take more than one running record to determine a student’s instructional level. Afterwards, you are able to assign a Benchmark Passage/ Benchmark Book by clicking on the Assign button and selecting students. To learn about scoring an online running record, just review Running Records.
Parts 2 and 3
Remember that retelling rubrics and comprehension quick check quizzes will follow the recording of the passage/ book and give details about a student’s understanding and comprehension. Retelling recordings will give details that signify the strengths and weaknesses students probably have in comprehending fiction/ nonfiction texts; including analysis of the text structures. Please listen to recordings and score rubrics for fiction or nonfiction text.
Multiple-choice quizzes give the students feedback after completed on how well they scored.
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- You are going to have the ability to preview and review each quiz question and answer in addition to viewing a student’s score and skills missed.
- You will be able to use the Skill Reports in your Kids A-Z management hub to view comprehension strengths and chances for additional instruction for your class or look at the individual student reports.
Part 3 will establish baseline of the students’ levels. You have to set leveled books from Reading A-Z’s extensive collection for small group practice at the students’ instructional levels. Also, you have to allow your students to choose books below their instructional levels for independent practice.
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