Teachers can decide to assign students to either the Phonics Adventures or Reading Adventures tracks based on their needs.
Phonics Adventures may be the most appropriate for students who would benefit from independent practice on specific phonic elements along the phonics continuum. Phonics Adventures provides targeted practice with decoding and encoding in isolation and decoding in continuous, decodable text. See the Phonics Adventures Overview for more information.
Reading Adventures (by Level) and Reading Adventures (by Lexile® measure) may be the most appropriate for students who would benefit from applying decoding skills in less controlled texts and a cumulative review of phonics skills through word-building activities. See the Reading Adventures (by Level) Overview or Reading Adventures (by Lexile® measure) Overview for more information.
Phonics Adventures and both Reading Adventures independent tracks give students the opportunity to orthographically map high-frequency words and answer comprehension questions. Both tracks also give teachers the progress monitoring data they need to make informed instructional decisions.
- For Phonics Adventures: Select the phonics focus that is most appropriate for the student to practice independently. Teachers should select the category of skills that have already been explicitly taught. See the Phonics Adventures Booklist for more information about the specific skills that will be practiced in each category.
- For Reading Adventures (by Level): By default, each student starts off at their independent level. Students' independent reading level should always be only one or two levels below the level you are using with the student during small group instruction.
- Reading Adventures (by Lexile® measure): Select the Lexile range that is most appropriate for the student to practice independently.
Since students will be reading new books without your support, it is best if they are able to read the book with a high degree of accuracy (95-100%) and without any assistance. For more proficient readers you may decide that the video book introduction and word study are enough to provide them with support. In this case, you may want to assign them the same level you are using for small group instruction.
Students can be assigned to an Independent Track individually from the Students Tab, or you can assign multiple students to Independent Tracks at once from the Independent Tracks Tab.
Set Independent Track Individually from the Students Tab
- From the teacher dashboard, go to the Students tab.
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Add a student or edit an existing student. Set their Independent Track to Phonics Adventures, Reading Adventures (by Level), or Reading Adventures (by Lexile® measure). Then select the Independent Track Instructional Step where they will begin.
Set Independent Track in Bulk from the Independent Tracks Tab
1. From the teacher dashboard, go to the Independent Tracks tab.
2. Select the Bulk Edit Students button at the top of the list.
3. Use the dropdowns in the Independent Track column to change students' track, focus, Lexile range, or level. Under Progress, check the Reset Progress box to reset a student's progress at their current step. You can edit multiple students' information, then use the Save Bulk Edits button to save your changes. Use the Cancel Bulk Edits button to go back without saving your changes.