Raz Kids Teacher Support
Need your log in information? Access the PS 48 Raz Plus/Kids Log In Fall 2022 letter (use your NYCDOE Google Drive account for access). More help? Reach out to Ms. Ledee or Mr. Czarka.
TIP: Access the Level Correlation Chart (for F&P, DRA, etc) to know how a particular Raz Plus/Kids text aligns to different reading level criteria.
NOTE: While we often say Raz Kids, teacher log in is through the Raz Plus link. If you try to log in via Raz Kids your account will not be recognized. This is just how the subscription is set up.
Learn how to assign and assess a student's reading comprehension, plus assess foundational reading skills like letter-sounds and sight words. Thank you, Ms. Centeno, for developing this tutorial video. NOTE: You must be logged into your NYC DOE Google Account to access this tutorial video.
View the slideshow to learn about Raz Kids and the ability to assess reading skills, including comprehension, fluency, decoding, retelling, and so on! Look at the Raz Kids Correlation chart to align to F&P, Lexile, etc. Thank you, Ms. Centeno, for sharing practical ways of assessing student reading progress digitally using Raz Kids. After viewing Ms. Centeno's slideshow, head to the Raz Kids Assessing a Student's Level for more tips.
Watch this video to learn how to transfer and share in students. This is important so that students maintain their accounts across classes, grades, and years. This allows us to see the reading growth over time that the data collected within Raz Kids. Thank you, Ms. Ledee, for developing this video! NOTE: You must be logged into your NYC DOE Google Account to access this tutorial video.
Raz Kids Assessments Tutorial.movA long video, yes. Rambling, sure. But this can give you an idea about how to do an benchmark book or passage (levels K and higher) assessment virtually. This is aligned to F&P using the Raz Kids correlation chart.
Have a student issue with Raz Kids Recording Audio?
It's usually the tablet or computer permissions. Read these directions on setting up the permissions or solving the audio recoding problem. Or try this video for help with the permissions using both the Raz Kids app and web browsers.
Raz Kids iPad Record Voiceheadsprout_overview.movHeadsprout Overview Video
Create student accounts
Set up the "placement test"
Monitor progress on episodes and benchmark passages
Provide student feedback via audio and written messages
Audio and Written Feedback
You can provide individual, small group, or whole group feedback and comments to students using Raz Kids and/or Headsprout.
This can be useful for students unable to read your messages. You can also translate an audio message using Google Translate and have it 'speak' audio in another language for you...
Getting Started Tips
Read below to get some initial tips for how to incorporate Raz Kids into your teaching. Also, Raz Kids has tons of tutorials to help you figure out how to best use the tool with your students, 24-7, including at The Teacher Corner. Raz Kids Teacher Corner, including How Raz Kids Levels Books Across 4 Stages of Reading Development, Product Orientation Webinars and the Level Correlation Chart (for F&P, DRA, etc)
Students can:
interact with the texts by including annotations, reflections, recording their voices, drawing images, highlight information, answering questions, and so on. This is all directly with in the site (or app) while students interact with the books.
have 24-7 access via phone, tablet, or computer.
access books in English plus other languages, including Spanish, French, and Arabic. Students can read the exact text in both languages to build their vocabulary and comprehension as they learn English.
read independently or with a partner, on one device or their own devices.
As teachers, we can:
Make assignments even for students, based on reading level, topic, strategy, and so on.
Make multiple groups so that we can flexibly assign reading tasks based on reading level, comprehension skills, unit of study, student interest, etc. and automatically assign specific books to those students.
Type or record your voice to quickly provide messages and feedback to your students. All students can get your feedback without you in front of them.
Collect data automatically on your students' reading habits, number of minutes and words read, their fluency (reading out loud), areas of strengths and weaknesses, and so on. This data can be used to inform you on strategy groups and 10-10-10 groups. See screenshots below.
Set up weekly email digests that reports on the progress your students are making.
Create "file cabinets" or "folders" with multiple texts based on specific needs, whether it is phonics skills, letter recognition, fluency, or topics (such as "plant life"), and so on.
Ensure students are exposed to testing. Most texts have multiple choice and short answer questions allow for test sophistication practice, and data analysis of areas of weaknesses.
Print out books for student use in class and at home (especially is there is no internet at home).
Develop assessments (and monitor progress), using F&P passages (where students independently record their voice; you can score it later). See screenshots below.
Tips
Set up a weekly reminder to check the Reading Activity Report and provide acknowledgement to those who read at home. This is a postive reinforcement of a useful tool for learning.
Create a book collection on specific topics or content. You can use save them as "file cabinets."
Have students collaboratively read books and passages (i.e. multiple students using 1 computer) to foster conversation, thinking, and reflection about the reading.
Use this template (also below) to help students develop self-monitoring habits, including multiple reads of a text and writing about a text.
Click the "My Raz Kids Reading Journal" image to gain FREE access to a copy of the reading journal, which has embedded supports for ELLs.
Raz Kids Data Collection Examples
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