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Raz-Kids is an award-winning K-5 online

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reading resource kids
use to practice reading

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and improve their literacy
skills anytime, anywhere.

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With Raz-Kids, your students
have access to a library of eBooks

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offered at 29 different levels
of reading difficulty.

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These engaging and interactive texts

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include both fiction
and nonfiction offerings,

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and target various topics,
genres, and content areas.

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Our proprietary, best in class
leveling system

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looks at over 20 quantitative
and qualitative criteria

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to ensure our resources are
accurately and reliably leveled —

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making it easy for you
to find the right range

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of text complexity
for your students.

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Students access their eBooks in an
interactive, kid-friendly environment

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designed to keep kids excited
and motivated to read.

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Each eBook provides opportunities
where students can listen, read, record,

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and take a comprehension quiz.

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The listen version of an eBook

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allows your students
to listen as the text is highlighted

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and read aloud to them —

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helping them become more familiar
with new words and phrases

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to develop their fluency skills.

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The ability to read and record
books at their own pace

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ensures that students
are able to practice

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and apply reading skills
and strategies,

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as well as demonstrate fluency
and understanding of the text.

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Every eBook includes interactive
reading tools and features

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including a highlighter,
area to write notes,

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and stamps, that help
students read closely

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and think critically about the text.

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After completing each eBook, your
students then take a corresponding quiz

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that includes a constructed response
opportunity to check comprehension.

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Every quiz question is tagged
with a comprehension skill

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and a common core standard
to inform progress

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and next steps for instruction.

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As your students' read books
and pass comprehension quizzes

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they advance to a new reading level

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where they have access to
lengthier and more difficult text.

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Students earn stars to spend in the
motivational Raz-rocket or Robot builder

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for every task they complete.

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Raz-Kids makes it easy for you to manage
all your students' digital reading.

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The online teacher
management portal provides

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a number of different
reporting options

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that allow you to easily
monitor your class

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and individual students'
reading progress.

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These reports include quiz skills,

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level progress, activity,
and words correct per minute.

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Customers with a subscription
to both Raz-Kids and Reading A-Z

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A-Z have access to hundreds
of additional leveled eBooks,

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and book sets, including decodables,
alphabet, and high-frequency word books.

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Reading A-Z and Raz-Kids
work together

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to provide you with
the resources you need

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for effective assessment,
instruction, and practice.

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Every student needs to practice reading.

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Raz-Kids is the award-winning
reading resource

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both you and your students
will love!