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Text Complexity

Learn more about choosing appropriately complex texts for your students.

Get to Know the Student Portal

Grades 3+ see intermediate portal by default. Edit settings in Classroom Roster.

Kids A-Z Reading Planet

The space-themed portal is available through KidsA-Z.com and on the Kids A-Z mobile app

Purple planet with areas to access Flight Check, Reading Room, Level Up, and My Assignment, and a spaceship navigation panel to access Messages, My Stats, and Star Zone Flight Check offers assessments assigned by the teacher, such as alphabet, high-frequency words, and benchmark assessments. Level Up! provides students independent practice to improve reading levels. My Assignment gives students access to digital assignments from the teacher. The Reading Room provides a library of resources to read for fun. Messages lets students read encouraging messages from their teacher and parents. My Stats lets students view overall stars earned, completed reading activities and badges earned. Star Zone is an incentive area for students to cash in their stars for the Avatar Builder or the Raz Rocket.

Level Up!

Level Up! contains a collection of books that students can complete to automatically advance to the next level of complexity. Students automatically Level Up! once they listen and read all the books, and pass the comprehension quiz with a score of 80% or higher.

You can assign reading levels to students and customize the listen version of books any time in the Classroom Roster.

Student view of the Level Up area showing various books
Student view of the My Assignment area showing example student assignments

My Assignment

Students go to the My Assignment area to complete activities that you have digitally assigned.

Reading Room

The Reading Room is where students can access reading resources for reading practice and enjoyment. The Reading Room makes it easy for students to find appropriate books by topic, category, and popularity. In addition, students can save their favorite books for easy access anytime.

You can customize your student's Reading Room experience in the Roster under the Raz-Plus tab.

Student view of the Reading Room showing recent, favorite, and popular books
Student view of a Flight Check with a timer, pause button, and example passage

Flight Check

Flight Check appears for students when you assign them a digital assessment, such as a digital Running Record using the Benchmark Passages or Books.

You can digitally assess a student's reading level, ability to name letters, and ability to recognize high-frequency words.

Messages

Students can use the dashboard to navigate to messages from you or their parents and to view notifications when they earn badges.

You can send students messages and award them bonus stars from the Roster.

Parents can also send messages from the Parent Portal.

Example messages to students
Avatar Builder showing an example avatar and the different categories students can choose from, such as skin tone, hairstyles, and clothing

Star Zone

Students earn stars by completing activities. They can spend their stars by customizing their avatar in the Avatar Builder, or Raz Rocket in the Star Zone.

You can turn these incentives On or Off in the Classroom Roster under the General Tab.

Stats

Students can check their reading progress and badges in Stats.

You can check student progress from the Activity Report.

Student stats page showing books read and activities completed
Student badge page showing badges for things such as reading books or collecting stars

Badges

Badges reward students for achieving milestones and incentivize them to complete more activities. These badges will help students set goals and become more engaged in their learning.

Kids A-Z Intermediate Student Portal

This customizable portal is available through KidsA-Z.com and on the Kids A-Z mobile app.

  • More information about the Reading Tab
  • More information about Star Zone
  • More information about All Time Stats
  • More information about all stats
  • More information about Level Up
  • More information about Messages
  • More information about Backgrounds
  • More information about Badges
  • More information about Assignments
Intermediate portal has a customizable background and shows the student’s avatar next to two tables. The top table shows the student’s all-time stats (Listens, Reads, and Quizzes), and has icons to access Level Up, Messages, Backgrounds, and Badges. The bottom table shows recent assignments.

Level Up!

Level Up! contains a collection of books that students can complete to automatically advance to the next level of complexity. Students automatically Level Up! once they listen and read all the books, and pass the comprehension quiz with a score of 80% or higher.

You can assign reading levels to students and customize the listen version of books any time in the Classroom Roster.

Student view of the Level Up area showing various books
Student view of the Assignment area showing books and passages assigned to the student

Assignment

Students go to the Assignment area to complete activities that you have digitally assigned.

Reading Room

The Reading Room is where students can access reading resources for reading practice and enjoyment. The Reading Room makes it easy for students to find appropriate books by topic, category, and popularity. In addition, students can save their favorite books for easy access anytime.

You can customize your student's Reading Room experience in the Roster under the Raz-Kids tab.

Student view of the Reading Room showing recent and popular books
Student view of an Assessment with a timer, pause button, and a passage to read

Assessments

Assessments appear for students when you assign them a digital assessment, such as a digital Running Record using the Benchmark Passages or Books.

You can digitally assess a student's reading level, ability to name letters, and ability to recognize high-frequency words.

Messages

Students can use the dashboard to navigate to messages from you or their parents and to view notifications when they earn badges.

You can send students messages and award them bonus stars from the Roster.

Parents can also send messages from the Parent Portal.

Example messages to students
Avatar Builder showing an example avatar and the different categories students can choose from, such as skin tone, hairstyles, and clothing

Star Zone

Students earn stars by completing activities. They can spend their stars by customizing their avatar in the Avatar Builder, or Raz Rocket in the Star Zone.

You can turn these incentives On or Off in the Classroom Roster under the General Tab.

Stats

Students can check their reading progress and badges in Stats.

You can check student progress from the Activity Report.

Student stats page showing books read and activities completed
Student badge page showing badges for things such as reading books or collecting stars

Badges

Badges reward students for achieving milestones and incentivize them to complete more activities. These badges will help students set goals and become more engaged in their learning.