{"id":2099,"date":"2013-09-20T14:09:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T21:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2013-09-20T14:09:19","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T21:09:19","slug":"september-in-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/september-in-the-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"September in the Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-550\" alt=\"beachumbrella\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2010\/06\/beachumbrella-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fall is definitely in the air, though I&#8217;m holding out for those rays of sun peeking out from the clouds. \u00a0Some of you have started using the online Raz-Kids for your <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/getting-started\/progress-charting\/\" target=\"_blank\">Running Records assessments<\/a>, which is also available to any of your students. \u00a0This will give you a fabulous pre\/post running record of error counts [omissions, insertions, mispronunciations&#8230;], WCPM [words correct per minute], error rate, and accuracy score. Matching these against the Reading Fluency chart will provide insights of where the students are in relation to an expected percentile range. \u00a0These scores can also be used in your schoolwide assessments.<\/p>\n<p>Some news that I&#8217;ve been waiting which will offer more flexibility: Raz-Kids has <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2013\/09\/app_razkids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2100 alignright\" alt=\"app_razkids\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/files\/2013\/09\/app_razkids-150x150.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>launched their app for ipad! \u00a0Students can now access their Raz-Kids accounts from the ipad. \u00a0You should use a headset [the speaker jack from your headset goes into the jack on the top of the ipad]. \u00a0The recordings can be done with the ipad mic, rather than the mic attached to the headset. \u00a0However, consider using the program in a quiet spot as sound will travel. More information on the program can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/web-resource\/raz-kids-reading\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in accessing Raz-Kids, please email me. \u00a0A session is listed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/staffdevelopmentcalendar\" target=\"_blank\">Staff Development Calendar<\/a>\u00a0to help with the details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fall is definitely in the air, though I&#8217;m holding out for those rays of sun peeking out from the clouds. \u00a0Some of you have started using the online Raz-Kids for your Running Records assessments, which is also available to any of your students. \u00a0This will give you a fabulous pre\/post running record of error counts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,5,74],"tags":[21,58],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2099"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2102,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099\/revisions\/2102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}