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Kids lose up to 3 months of reading achievement over the summer!
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"Don't lock up the books all summer. It's often the best collection of age-appropriate books around."
Richard Allington, Former president of International Reading Association |
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Facts
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• Most kids don’t read during the summer months.
• On average, kids lose up to 3 months of reading achievement over the summer. • By middle school, reading losses may add up to 2 or more years of loss. • Over 60% of low income families have no developmentally appropriate reading materials for kids in the home. • Low-income families have, on average, only four children's books in • The amount of time that students spend reading for fun is the • Reading is a skill that improves through practice. • Most school libraries and classrooms are locked up during |
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“Teachers work too hard during the school year to achieve
reading gains for their students. It makes no sense to let these gains slip away during the summer.” Bob Holl, Publisher & Co-Founder, Learning A-Z |
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The Solution Is: www.raz-kids.com
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• A student-centered website
• Hundreds of animated books • 27 levels of difficulty • Delivered online • Available throughout the summer • Open when school libraries are locked up • Includes a teacher management tool • Allows teacher to monitor student reading activity • Captures and reports books read and quizzes passed |
You will also need the Adobe Flash plug-in v8.0 to view the video player Get the latest Adobe flash player |
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Look, Listen, Read
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Raz-Kids has more than one mode of reading:
• Kids can listen to a book for modeled fluency • Kids can watch and hear an animated book • Kids can see the words change color as they read • Kids can read books on their own. • Kids can click on difficult words to hear them pronounced • Kids can even record themselves reading • Kids can play back the recording to self-monitor their reading |
You will also need the Adobe Flash plug-in v8.0 to view the video player Get the latest Adobe flash player |
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Fun and Motivational
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• Awards stars to kids for books read
• Awards stars to kids for quiz items answered correctly • Kids use the stars to purchase items and aliens • Kids place purchases in their personal rocket ship environment. • Motivates kids to read to earn more stars and to customize their rockets
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You will also need the Adobe Flash plug-in v8.0 to view the video player Get the latest Adobe flash player |
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Easy to Use
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Raz-Kids is very easy to set up and use:
• Go to the teacher section of the website. • Enter your students into a roster. • Assign each student a reading level. • Choose whether or not to assign passwords Raz-Kids is also easy for students to use: • Kids log in • Kids are taken to their own assignment page. • The page shows all books at the assigned level. • Kids read the books and take the quizzes. • Kids earn stars to collect and spend. • Kids customize their own rocket. • When they successfully complete a level, they are automatically advance to the next level. • Kids read more books and take more quizzes. |
You will also need the Adobe Flash plug-in v8.0 to view the video player Get the latest Adobe flash player |
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