Welcome to Project Read, your AI Co-Teacher for the Science of Reading. Use this guide to learn more about all our tools and how to make the most of them in your classroom. Please note that for users under a school or district plan that not all portions of this guide may apply, as your tool access will depend on your organization’s plan and settings.
For more detailed overviews and FAQs related to each tool, scroll down :)
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🤝 Getting Started: Free for Teachers
To get started, simply sign up in less than 60 seconds **here.** You will provide your name, school info and have the option to share with others, which unlocks features.
We have two products:
- our suite of Teacher Tools (including our flagship Decodable Generator)
- our student AI Tutor, which listens to students read out loud and provides real-time phonics feedback.
Our paid version, which comes with full and unlimited access to features like customized decodable stories, is available for schools and districts. Check out a detailed plan comparison here.
- Can we get a free trial for my school before deciding to purchase a school plan?
- Which tools are for teachers and which tools are for students?
- Do you offer multi-school/district plans?
- Do you have a Facebook community for educators?
- Do you have plans for parents or families to purchase the Project Read?
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<img src="/icons/book_green.svg" alt="/icons/book_green.svg" width="40px" /> Decodable Story Generator
Quickly generate decodable stories, edit to perfection and print a PDF in seconds. We currently offer built-in options for IMSE, UFLI, CKLA, Guided Phonics and Project Read, plus a customize feature that allows you to build a story aligned to any other scope and sequence.
- How do I make a story?
- What can I do with the stories I generate?
- Can students directly make their own stories? How should I use stories with students?
- What scope and sequences do you support? What if I don’t see mine?
- What’s the difference between a “standard” decodable and a “customized” decodable?
- How do I make a customized story?
- How do I unlock images for my stories?
- Can my students read the specific story I generated with the AI Tutor?
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<img src="/icons/microphone_orange.svg" alt="/icons/microphone_orange.svg" width="40px" /> AI Reading Tutor
Project Read’s AI Reading Tutor listens to students read decodable stories out loud at the phoneme level and provides real-time feedback, support and encouragement as needed. Data on students’ phonics skill proficiency is provided to teachers. Set up a classroom, add students and share your class code in less than two minutes. Create a classroom here.
- What does this actually look like in action?
- How are teachers using this in their classrooms? What do they say?
- How do I set up a classroom and add student accounts?
- How do students log in and read with the AI Tutor?
- What sort of device and headphones do my students need?
- What feedback/instruction do students receive from the tutor?
- What data do I get to see as their instructor?
- How do I assign the specific story that I generated to my students to read with the AI Tutor?
- What logic model, research and evidence behind the AI Tutor?
- Do you have a troubleshooting guide?
- Do you have a student powerpoint? What about a letter for families?
- How does Project Read protect student privacy?
Premium Tutor Features
- What features are available as part of Premium Tutor Plans?
- How does a student advance to the next objective?
- What scope and sequences can I choose for the AI Tutor?
- Can I set or change the objective for a given student?
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<img src="/icons/conversation_blue.svg" alt="/icons/conversation_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Structured Literacy Coach (Lola chatbot)
- What sort of questions or tasks can Lola help me with as an educator?
- Are there any limits on how many requests I can make?
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For any questions not answered here, please reach out to [email protected]