Resources available to Raz-Kids-only subscribers:
Books:
Fiction and Non-Fiction: A deep library of books at various levels of text complexity. Students can listen to these books to model fluency or read and record their performance for teacher review.
Rhyme and Rhythm: Songs help students understand the rhyme and rhythm of language, similar to poetry or nursery rhymes.
Interactive Reading: Students can sing along with highlighted words in each Song Book, karaoke-style, enhancing their enjoyment of reading. Available in the Reading Room library.
Fluency Skills: Poetry books bolster listening and reading fluency skills by providing opportunities to practice reading with appropriate pitch, intonation, and inflection.
Comprehension: Poems with a story-like structure help students with comprehension skills, such as sequencing events or understanding basic story elements. Available in the Reading Room library.
Phonological Awareness: Listening to new twists on traditional nursery rhymes exposes students to various rhyme and rhythm patterns.
Repetition: Repetition helps students identify sound patterns, an important skill for reading success. Available in the Reading Room library.
Assessments:
Benchmark Passages: These tools help identify appropriate texts for students and monitor their progress toward reading success.
Comprehension Quizzes: Assess how well students comprehend their reading with quizzes that include text-dependent questions.
Upgrading to Raz-Plus provides access to a wider range of resources to enhance student learning:
eBooks: Access all Reading A-Z books electronically through the Reading Room.
Alphabet Books: Help students recognize and name uppercase and lowercase letters.
Sound/Symbol Books: Teach the relationship between sounds and symbols, essential for decoding.
Decodable Books: Apply phonics instruction with Decodable eBooks in the Reading Room.
High-Frequency Word Books: Introduce common words in an easy-to-read format with rebuses for non-high-frequency words.
Read-Aloud Books: Pair with phonics lessons to target specific sounds and build phonemic awareness.
Assessments - Assign Alphabet Assessments to further monitor student progress.
Upgrade to Raz-Plus to unlock these additional resources, providing a more comprehensive toolkit for student reading development.