Suncoast Credit Union

To provide kindergarten students with a fun and engaging computer based program focusing on reading/comprehension for individual student levels.

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Soaring to Reading Success!

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School:
Lake Park Elementary 
Subject:
Language Arts 
Teacher:
Kate Ellsworth 
Students Impacted:
18 
Grade:
Date:
July 25, 2022

Investor

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Sue and George Sherwin - $125.00

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Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 18

During the 2022-23 school year, my class of 18 Kindergarten students, were able to use the Raz-Kids subscription both in the classroom and at home. The program allowed students to first listen to the story, then read it on their own and finally answer questions about the story that were read to them, allowing it to be completely independent.  As a result of this program supporting the skills they were learning in class during phonics and reading time, 11 students are reading above level, 5 at level and 2 below level.  This is an impressive result to have when 15 out of the 18 were not reading when they entered Kindergarten.

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listening to story

 

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taking a quiz on the story

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finding books we love

 

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reading story on our own

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earning stars

 

Original Grant Overview

Goal

To provide kindergarten students with a fun and engaging computer based program focusing on reading/comprehension for individual student levels.  

 

What will be done with my students

Today, Kindergarten students are required to read by the end of the school year. In order to truly learn to read, students need independent practice. For my kindergarten students, this independent practice takes place during our Differentiated Instruction block. During this block of time, my students will be able to review and master these skills by using the computer based technology of Raz-Kids. Raz-Kids is a great follow up to what the students have learned and practiced during their day. The program first reads the story to the student, then the student will read the story independently and finally they will have to answer questions about the story they have read. The program also allows for differentiation as each student can be placed in the program according to their reading level.  

 

Benefits to my students

While in Differentiated Instruction block, kindergarten students will need to be actively engaged in a small group setting, including independent computer based learning. This program will highly benefit our students with its engaging reinforcement of reading instruction which will improve their comprehension. All of these skills are taught in the regular classroom setting and Raz-Kids will provide them with positive reinforcement of what was taught.  

 

Budget Narrative

This program allows for a full 1 year license. Students will be able to access the program from home and even during the summer. Raz-Kids also has a free app allowing access on all devices.  

 

Items

# Item Cost
1 Raz-Kids $125.00
  Total: $125.00

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