Raz Kids is an app that has impressed me. I used this app a few years ago and it was not as reliable as it is now. The students have login information in their yellow folders so they can use it both at school and at home. I set the level to what I thought would be a good starting point for reading independently. Here is what the students are supposed to do in this order:
1. Read the book yourself.
2. Record your voice reading the book.
3. Take the comprehension quiz.
4. Listen to the story.
If students work on the stories in this order, they are able to practice their reading strategies on their first read, practice their fluency while recording themselves, check how well they know the story in the comprehension quiz, and then listen to someone else read the story at the end. The students work on Raz Kids at school during their listening to reading literacy choice a couple times a week.
1. Read the book yourself.
2. Record your voice reading the book.
3. Take the comprehension quiz.
4. Listen to the story.
If students work on the stories in this order, they are able to practice their reading strategies on their first read, practice their fluency while recording themselves, check how well they know the story in the comprehension quiz, and then listen to someone else read the story at the end. The students work on Raz Kids at school during their listening to reading literacy choice a couple times a week.