RAZ Kids

Today we started learning about (and practicing with) our RAZ Kids reading accounts in class and the students are really excited to start using them. In order to do this at home kids should go to my blog (this one), click the tab along the top that says "RAZ Kids," then click on the link and type in my username (hkellyg) if prompted to do so, then type in their last name (beginning with an uppercase letter) as a password. When you click the RAZ Kids tab you will find these same instructions. The students will then be taken to a page full of books at their good fit reading level that they can both listen to and read on their own. Kids will each have one day a week where they can read their RAZ Kids books during silent reading in class and they are welcome and encouraged to read them at home as well! They will earn stars for books read which can then be used to build a robot or rocket ship in the RAZ Kids program! I did tell students that this bonus part of the program needs to be saved for use at home and that we will only be doing the reading part here at school. Everyone was very excited about this and we opened up our brand new classroom Chromebooks to get started with this today! Please let me know if you have any questions regarding RAZ Kids and enjoy!