Parent Information
Parent Access
Want a better way to involve parents in their student's education? Now you can provide parent access.
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1 Send Home Information
Send a letter to parents that explains how to log in from home through the Kids A-Z interactive learning environment. The letter also explains how parents can monitor their student's activity. Letters can be downloaded for the class either as a single pdf file, or as a zip file containing individual pdf files for each student.
Login above to download the letter to parents.
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2 Provide Parents Access
You'll only need an email address to sign up parents from the Roster page.
- Find the student on your roster
- Click the edit icon
- Click "Parent Access"
- Add parent's email address
Parents can also request access
If a parent requests access from their student's account, a red icon appears next to the student's name on the Roster page. Click the icon to approve parent access.
Parents can check their child's reading and activity progress!
Parent LoginParent Access
Use the Parent Portal to see which books and activities your child has completed, monitor their progress, and send them messages.
Parents Can Register
Log into Kids A-Z as your child to request access. Click the "Parents" link at the top right of the page and follow the instructions to provide an email address. Your child’s teacher will need to approve the email address before you can see your child's information.
Parent Tool Kit
Try This at Home
- Find the words in the text and discuss how they are used.
- Review the meaning of each word.
- Draw pictures to represent each word.
- Create sentences for each word.
- Practice spelling each word.
Tips for Talking About Texts
Engage with your child by asking these questions before, during, and after reading a variety of texts.
Before
- What do you think this book will be about? Why do you think that?
- What does the title tell you about this book?
- What do you already know about the topic of this book?
- What questions do you have?
- Do you think this story is real or imaginary?
- Who is the author of this book? Have you read any other books by this author?
During
- What do you think will happen next?
- Why do you think . . . ?
- Where and when does this story take place?
- How do you think the character will handle this situation?
- Why is the character . . . ?
- What does this word mean? How do you know?
After
- How would you retell this story, including parts from the beginning, the middle, and the end?
- What questions would you ask the author?
- What do you think are the most important events in the story?
- How did this character change throughout the story?
- How would you have solved the problem?
- What evidence can you find?
Do You Know?
Research shows that students who use our resources score higher on reading tests and are more interested in reading than students who don’t!*
*Ho, H. (2018, August 30). Efficacy study of Raz-Plus, a blended learning platform for K–5 reading. Denver, CO: McREL International.