Creating and assigning Reading Lists in the Sonday System 1 & 2 digital platform

A Reading List is a curated list of Digital Readers you can assign to students to read independently, if the Readers have been provisioned to you as part of your product license. You might also want to create a Reading List to conduct guided reading practice outside of a Sonday lesson (for example, in a Reading Block).

You can use the default Reading List that corresponds with each applicable level in the Sonday System and/or you can create custom Reading Lists composed of stories you select yourself.

To set up a Reading List and assign Readers to students:

  1. First, ensure that the following prerequisite steps are completed:
    • The student you want to assign a Reader to has a profile in Imagine Sonday System Digital.
    • The student is assigned to a class that is using the SS1 or SS2 product.
    • Highly recommended: Change the class's Follow Code, which was generated automatically upon class creation, to something easier for students to remember and type. Students will need to enter the Follow Code on a web page in order to access the Readers.
  2. In the Products section of your Teaching Dashboard, click the picture of the materials kit with the orange Readers Included icon.
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  3. Click the Readers tab. (You will only have this tab if the Readers have been added to your product license.)
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  4. Click the +Create button in the Custom Reading Lists section.
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     Tip

    Before creating your list, you can preview each story by clicking Details next to the applicable story.

  5. Enter a name for your list, choose your starting point (default Readers or a blank list), and click Create List Now.

    The default list will automatically populate every level with the Readers aligned to that level, as well as a few Readers from previous levels for review. The blank list will initially be empty—you will populate it with the stories you choose.
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  6. Do one of the following:

    If... Then...

    You chose the default list and don't want to change it

     

    		 Skip to step 11.
     
    You started with a blank list, or you started with the default list but want to modify it: Complete steps 7 through 10.

     
  7. Click +Add Reader by the applicable level. 
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  8. Open the drop-down menu for that level.
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  9. Select a Reader and then click Add. Each Reader includes the level number for the level most appropriate for its use.
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     Notes

    • There are no Readers aligned to the first six levels of either Sonday System 1 or Sonday System 2, so the default Reading List leaves these levels blank.
    • The Readers aligned to Levels 6-10 in Sonday System 1 (e.g., Level 6a, 6b, and 6c) contain only one story each, while the Readers aligned to later levels contain three stories each, which cannot be separated.
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  10. Repeat steps 7 and 8 as many times as needed until you've selected all the stories you want to add.
    You can use the blue up/down arrows to reorder them, if desired. (Click the red X if you change your mind and want to remove a story.)
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  11. Use the drop-down menus in the Assign This List To: area to select a class and/or a student to assign the list to, then click Assign. The Class Name drop-down menu will note each class's current Sonday System level, because that is the level at which Readers will automatically become available to students. The Student Display Name drop-down menu will show what class each student is in. You can select more than one student or class, but you must select each entity separately.
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    Once the lists are assigned, the assignees will immediately be able to view the Readers for their class's current level via the Follow Along student display option.

    Next step: Student/family instructions: Accessing Digital Readers

Additional Information 

  • Unassign a list from a class or student by clicking Remove in the This List is Currently Assigned To: section.
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  • To delete a Reading List, first remove all assigned students and classes, then click Delete This List.
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  • View the your Custom Reading Lists and edit the stories and/or change their assignees via the Edit button on the Media tab for each product. 
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Here is a video walk-through of how to assign the Digital Readers, including completing the pre-requisite steps listed in Step 1 in the written instructions above. (Note: Some visual elements may have changed since this video was recorded.)

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