How do I record every student's page in a daily check-in?
Step by step · Updated
Take the check-in from Status of the Class. Open your first student's panel, type the page they call out next to Now on p., press Enter, then press → for the next student. Students don't need a device, and a whole class takes about five minutes.
Many teachers already do this aloud at the start of independent reading. Doing it in Bookroo keeps every reading log, every point and every Status of the Class note current, even for students who rarely sign in.
Run the check-in
- On your class Home, under Understand readers, click Status of the Class.
- Click the first student in the list. Their panel opens beside the list, with the book they're reading under Reading now.
- Ask for their page. Click the box next to Now on p., type the page and press Enter. The book now shows that page, updated today, and Saved appears beside the box.
- Press → (the right arrow key) to move to the next student. Their page box is ready to type in, so the rest is: page, Enter, →. ← goes back a student, and the arrows at the top of the panel do the same.
Students come in roster order, the order Status of the Class lists them in with Roster order chosen. Close the panel when you're done: the Last update column shows Today for every page you saved.
When the answer isn't a page
| The student says | Do this |
|---|---|
| "Same page" | Press →. Nothing is saved, so Last update keeps the day their page last moved. |
| "I finished it" | Click Finished, or type the last page and press Enter. Undo in the note that pops up takes it back. |
| "I started a new book" | Once the old one is finished, the panel says they aren't reading anything. Click Add it to Reading now beside Already reading one?, search for the book and pick it. It starts today. |
| "I don't have a book" | The same panel helps you suggest one: search for a book, or click Suggest beside one under Or suggest one of these. |
| Two books at once | Each book under Reading now has its own Now on p. box. Click the second box to update it. |
A page lower than one saved on an earlier day isn't saved: open the book's Log to change that day instead. A page past the book's last page finishes it at that many pages, for a longer edition.
What a check-in records
- Their reading log. Each page you save is that day's entry, just as if the student had logged it. Points arrive right away (How points work).
- Certified reading. Pages you save are certified as you save them, so they earn points even for students set to Quiz or admin certified (Require a quiz before points), and on a book above a student's reading range.
- Status of the Class. Notes such as Stalled clear once a student's pages move again (How do I see where each student is in their book?).
Only teachers see the panel. It also shows each student's notes and quiz results, so don't project it while students are watching.
To record a book the whole class read, or one book for many students at once, use + Log reading on Home instead (Record or fix reading).
Still stuck?
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