This Video will guide you in assigning a Reading Progress activity to your class.
Using Microsoft Teams learners will be able to access their Reading Progress activity.
Teachers can choose the text they want learners to be assessed on.
An assignment will provide you with data on your learner's reading ability. This can be recorded and tracked through their time in the school.
Open your Class in Teams
Select Assignments
Select Create
Learning Accelerators then Reading Progress
Choose a passage of text which your school has idenitfied, or is relevant to the topic being covered in school.
Create a passage using Microsoft's AI Generator, select the topic, the age it is aimed at, the length of th passage and the language of choice.
Make us of the Sample Library, choose the 'Grade level' and the passge to share with learners.
As a teacher, you can make edits to the task which is set.
Select the number of attempts which can be made.
Set a time limit.
The Feedback you will get from your learners:
Correct words per min
Accuracy Rate
Mispronunciations
Omissions
Self-corrections
Insertions
Repetitions
As a school/cluster, you could use selected texts as benchmarks for assessment points throughout the year.
Identify texts for learners at different reading levels and differentiate the assignments your learners get.
Ensure learners are familiar with the support processes once they have submitted their assignments.
Use text in which your learners are familiar with the subject. e.g. learners will read words like erosion and deposition if they have previously experienced them when learning about them in class.
Support your learners in understanding how to practice their reading before they submit their responses.