You might want to check out biguniverse.com. I have used it in the past, and it's great. They actually have thousands of published books, and a very large collection of nonfiction. There is such a variety of materials, and there are ways to search for books using multiple criteria (levels, area of interest, publisher, etc). Some books have quizzes to go along with them. There is also a writing component that I don't know very much about. They offer a free trial, so you might want to try that first and see if it's what you are looking for. The only problem is that it is pretty expensive. I'm not sure what the rates are anymore. The kids absolutely loved this website, and were always very excited to read the books.
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Saundra McDonald <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
