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Using DISCUS KIDS

Using DISCUS KIDS. Find Articles on Your Elementary Students’ “Just Right” Reading Level. How to Get There. Icon in your Novell Applications box if you’re on the District’s server Or www.scdiscus.org At school, you are automatically logged in

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Using DISCUS KIDS

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  1. Using DISCUS KIDS Find Articles on Your Elementary Students’ “Just Right” Reading Level

  2. How to Get There • Icon in your Novell Applications box if you’re on the District’s server • Or www.scdiscus.org • At school, you are automatically logged in • Anywhere else, you will need a login and password which you can get from your media specialist • Click on the DISCUS Kids tab

  3. What’s What? • Articles from popular KIDS magazines use: • Kids Info Bits: all reading levels • SIRS Discover: all reading levels (generally 400+ Lexile) • Junior Edition: harder reading level

  4. What’s What? • Articles from popular “ADULT” magazines and newspapers use: • Junior Edition: harder reading level

  5. What’s What? • For encyclopedia articles use: • Kids Info Bits: all reading levels • Britannica Elementary: harder reading level (4th+) • Biography Resource Center: harder reading level (5+) • Junior Edition: harder reading level

  6. What’s What? • For beginning readers use: • Britannica Learning Zone: (K-1)

  7. Go here to sort by reading level Click the tab to see different types of references on the topic Shows the reading level, these are all “easy”

  8. What’s What? • Articles from popular KIDS magazines use: • Kids Info Bits: all reading levels • SIRS Discover: all reading levels (generally 400+ Lexile) • Junior Edition: harder reading level

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