Resources available to Raz-Kids-only subscribers:
Books - Find a deep library of fiction and non-fiction books at various levels of text complexity. Students will be able to listen to the books for modeled fluency or read and record so you can check their performance.
Song Books - Songs help students understand the rhyme and rhythm of language in a similar way to poetry or nursery rhymes. Songs add melody and beat and support students' enjoyment of reading. Encourage students to sing along with the highlighted words in each Song Book, karaoke-style. Song Books are available in the Reading Room library.
Poetry Books - Bolster students' listening and reading fluency skills with poetry books that provide opportunities to listen for and practice reading with appropriate pitch, intonation, and inflection. Poems with a story-like beginning, middle, and ending also help students with comprehension skills, such as sequencing events or understanding basic story elements. Poetry Books are available in the Reading Room library.
Nursery Rhymes - Listening to new twists on traditional nursery rhymes exposes students to a variety of rhyme and rhythm patterns. Repetition helps them identify patterns of sounds, an important phonological awareness skill that leads to greater reading success. Nursery Rhymes are available in the Reading Room library.
Assessments - Raz-Kids offers Benchmark Books and Benchmark Passages to help identify appropriate texts for your students and monitor their progress toward reading success. Comprehension Quizzes are also available to assess how well a student comprehends their reading and are great resources for text-dependent questions.
Additional resources available to users who have licenses to Raz-Plus include:
eBooks - In addition to the robust collection of Raz-Kids books available to assign to students, every Reading A-Z book is available electronically to students through the Reading Room.
Alphabet Books - Learning to recognize the uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet is one of the most important first steps in learning how to read. Alphabet Books help students learn to identify and name each letter of the alphabet.
Sound/Symbol Books - These books support students' learning about the relationship between sounds and symbols, also known as letter-sound correspondence, which is essential to decoding.
Decodable Books - After providing explicit and systematic phonics instruction and practice using phonics lessons and resources, have students apply their learning by reading the Decodable eBooks available in the Reading Room.
High-Frequency Word Books - Prepare students for reading success with three sets of High-Frequency Word Books, featuring the most commonly used words in printed text. High-Frequency Word Books introduce these common words in an easy-to-read format that includes rebuses for non-high-frequency words.
Read-Aloud Books - Target specific sounds with Read-Aloud Books that can be paired with phonics lessons that correspond to the books' target sounds. Read-Aloud Books also build critical phonemic awareness skills.
Assessments - In addition to the Raz-Kids Benchmark Books, Benchmark Passages, and Comprehension Quizzes, teachers can also assign High-Frequency Word Assessments and Alphabet Assessments.