A reading plan is a list of a class's assignments in the order the class reads them, with the day each one opens. Setting the plan publishes the drafts in it, and each assignment reaches students on the morning of its day, at your school. Students never see the dates. A book is simply there under "From your teacher" on the morning it opens.
Make a plan
- Make the assignments first, the usual way, from the class's Assignments tab. They can stay as drafts.
- On the Assignments tab, choose "Reading plans", then under "Start a plan" give it a name, such as the unit it is for, and choose "Start a plan".
- Under "Add an assignment", choose one and "Add to the plan". Do this for each book, in the order the class reads them. Use "Move up" and "Move down" to change the order.
- Beside each one, choose the day it opens under "Opens on".
- Choose "Set the plan".
The days have to run in the plan's order, and none can be before today. A plan can hold up to 20 assignments. An assignment can be in one plan at a time.
Changing a plan after it is set
- You can add assignments to a plan that is set, and choose "Set what is new" to publish them.
- You can change the day of anything students cannot see yet. Once an assignment is open, its day stays.
- "Take out" removes an assignment from the plan. A draft goes back to opening when you publish it. One that is already set keeps its day.
- "Delete the plan" removes the plan only. Its assignments stay as they are, with their days.
On the Assignments tab, an assignment that is set but not open yet shows the day it opens. That is only on your pages.
The Common Core codes
Each reading group on the Reading groups page, and each book in a plan that was written for a particular sound or phase, shows the Common Core codes for foundational reading skills, kindergarten to second grade, that it practises: for example "Practises RF.1.3a." They are there for planning and for anybody who asks which standards the work covers.
A code says what the practice is towards. It is not a judgement about any student, and TaleTykes does not measure a student against a standard. Books from before this was added, and books not written for a particular sound, show no code.