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Extend independent learning by adding Reading Coach to your Reading Progress assignments. Reading Coach identifies the five words that were most challenging for each individual student and gives them a supported opportunity to practice the words again. 

 Assign Reading Coach with Reading Progress

Assigning Reading Coach starts the same way as assigning Reading Progress! Get step-by-step support for creating a reading progress assignment. 

Reading Coach defaults to On when you create a Reading Progress assignment. 

  • Toggle Reading Coach to Off from here if desired.

  • Select Edit to explore and manage the support tools your students will be provided.

screenshot of the selected passage, with additional options for modifying the assignment

  • Use the buttons beneath the word to explore the tools your students will have access to.

  • Clear the checkboxes for any tools you don't want your students to use. The buttons available will reflect your selections.

  • Select Save, then select Next.

Edit any additional aspects of your assignment, like Instructions or Date due, then select Assign

Side panel of Reading Progress Assignment creation, showing Reading Coach defaulted to on

Review and return Reading Coach 

Collect valuable data while you review and return student Reading Coach assignments. 

  1. Navigate to the desired class, then select the Assignments tab at the top of the page.

  2. Under Assigned select the assignment you're ready to review.

  3. Assignments are sorted by To return and Returned.

  4. In Returned, select a student who has turned in their assignment. Their recording and the text they were assigned will open in your grading panel.

  5. To view the words the student practiced with Reading Coach, select Practiced words.

    • Attempts shows how many times the student practiced, with stars to indicate how well they performed. 

    • Tools used indicates where students used tools to help them practice and which tools they used. 

  6. Review the assignment, enter written feedback and points, then select Return.

  7. Press the arrows next to your student's name to quickly navigate to the next student.​

    Note: You can also select Return for Revision to ask students to try the assignment again.

Screenshot of the teacher grading pane reads: Geography reading passage., due January 15th 2021 12:59am, there are two tabs, to return (13) and Returned (0). The view of the to return tab is selected and two columns are visible, names and status. A number of student names are listed and statuses include "turned in" turned in 2 months late" and "Viewed" Screenshot of the review pane of Reading Progress,

visualization of how well the student performed on each practiced word and what tools they used to practice. For example, a green star for the word atmosphere and a picture icon to show that they used picture dictionary for support

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Getting started with Reading Progress in Teams

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