Raz-Kids is a great way to go. Students can read the books online at school and at home. I believe an individual classroom account (for up to 35 students) costs $89. There are many books on each reading level with a nice mix of fiction and nonfiction. You can have students record their reading and this is stored so teachers can listen to it later (do a running record? check for fluency?) The comprehension quizzes look at vocabulary, inference, sequencing, literal comprehension, etc.) The teacher tools are awesome and really help you track (and know) your students. I like the short videos for teachers that help you get the most out of this site. Our school has used Raz-Kids for the past 3 years and teachers, students, and parents love it.
Saundra On Dec 4, 2012, at 1:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://mail.literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mosaic digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. technology for reading practice (Karen LaPlaca) > 2. Re: technology for reading practice (Beth OConnor) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 13:32:22 -0500 > From: Karen LaPlaca <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOSAIC] technology for reading practice > Message-ID: > <cadr2kwz-ybnjagrfdv_pxdg7682zasounxpwj7xrcu5wrsu...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > My school is looking to purchase some sort of technology to support reading > skill practice (like Lexia, which is apparently too expensive). It can be > software to put on our school server, but they would prefer a web-based, > online access. We need something for grades k-8, but we can purchase one > program for lower grades and one for upper grades. The overall budget is > only $1,000. > > Ideally, it would be something that could be used at school and at home by > individual students. > > Any suggestions of technology you use in your schools that we could look > at? We love Lexia, so something of that type would be great. > > Thanks so much! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:17:15 -0600 > From: Beth OConnor <[email protected]> > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] technology for reading practice > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > I'd check out RAZ kids on Reading A to Z! > > > > On Tuesday 12/04/2012 at 1:57 pm, Karen LaPlaca wrote: >> My school is looking to purchase some sort of technology to support >> reading >> skill practice (like Lexia, which is apparently too expensive). It >> can be >> software to put on our school server, but they would prefer a >> web-based, >> online access. We need something for grades k-8, but we can purchase >> one >> program for lower grades and one for upper grades. The overall budget >> is >> only $1,000. >> >> Ideally, it would be something that could be used at school and at >> home by >> individual students. >> >> Any suggestions of technology you use in your schools that we could >> look >> at? We love Lexia, so something of that type would be great. >> >> Thanks so much! >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > ------------------------------ > > End of Mosaic Digest, Vol 76, Issue 1 > ************************************* _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
