Connected Classroom is an innovative platform integrated with the Raz-Plus program, designed to enhance literacy instruction and practice. It ensures standards-based learning happens anytime, anywhere. Here’s what makes it impactful:
1. Student Self-Evaluation: Discovering Interests and Behaviors
Student Self-Evaluation: Students share reading interests; Grades 2-5 answer questions about reading behaviors.
Curated Books: Based on responses, a set of books appear in their Student Portal, aligning with their preferences.
2. Seven Instructional Goal Sets: Tailored Learning Paths
Connected Classroom supports seven instructional goal sets for Grades K-5, focusing on specific literacy skills and standards:
Goal Set 1: Close Reading: Strategies for analyzing complex texts, includes close reading materials.
Goal Set 2: Questions, Vocabulary & Discussion: Develops critical thinking through text-based questions and discussions, engages students in writing tasks.
Goal Set 3: Research, Discussion & Writing: Encourages exploration of various topics, students conduct research, discuss findings, and write about their discoveries.
Goal Set 4: Fluency Practice: Focuses on improving reading fluency, students read grade-appropriate texts aloud.
Goal Set 5: SEAD Integration: Integrates social and emotional learning (SEAD) into other goals, provides tips for holistic development.
Goal Set 6: Foundational Skills: Phonics and phonological awareness (Grades K–2), utilizes the Lesson Guide for teaching foundational skills.
Goal Set 7: Multimodal Literacy: Explores diverse texts and media, students engage with a variety of conceptually related topics.
3. Personalized Learning, Anytime, Anywhere
Accessibility: Standards-based learning accessible at home, during travel, or in remote settings.
Teacher Review: Teachers can review goal set materials before assigning them.
Raz-Plus Connected Classroom revolutionizes literacy education by providing personalized learning experiences, bridging classroom and home, and empowering students to thrive as confident readers and thinkers.