This article is for teachers.
Teachers can create assignments for students with Read Along in Classroom. Based on the purpose, a teacher can assign a Read Along assignment in:
- Read Aloud mode: Students read the book aloud with the support from the built-in reading tutor. Teachers can get:
- Results from comprehension questions included in the book.
- Data on accuracy and words per minute.
- Silent Reading mode: Students read the book silently to themselves.
- Teachers get results from comprehension questions included in the book.
- Teachers don’t get data on accuracy or words per minute.
- Listening mode: Students listen to the reading tutor who reads the book to them. If there are comprehension questions included, the students answer them.
- Teachers get results from comprehension questions included in the book.
- Teachers don’t get data on accuracy or words per minute.
Important: If you create an assignment in Silent Reading mode or Listening mode, the only analytics after the completion of the book is a comprehension score. In Silent Reading mode or Listening mode:
- Accuracy, phonics data, words needing practice, and words per minute aren’t scored.
- There’s no data on the dashboards except for comprehension.
Create an assignment in Read Along
- On the Read Along assignment page, select the book that you want your student to read silently.
- On the left, select the desired filters.
- Leveled reader or Decodable book
- Lexile or Grade level
- If appropriate, select a target Lexile level.
- A support language, if you create an assignment for an English language learner.
- Select the book you want to assign.
- At the top right of the screen, click Reading aloud.
- In the pop-up, select:
- Silent reading
- Read aloud
- Listening
- Click Done.
- At the top right of the book’s page, next to "Attach," you’ll find the mode you selected.
- Click Attach.
- Select whom you want to assign the book to.
- Click Assign.