When Does the Week Start and Reset?
The weekly reading goal runs Monday through Sunday and resets every Monday. Weekend reading (Saturday and Sunday) counts toward the current week, not the next — so a student who reads on Sunday still gets credit for that week.
What Counts Toward Students' Usage?
The following activities count towards weekly usage minutes goal:
Practicing foundational skills using first steps/phonics
Reading books and answering quizzes at the students’ instructional level under My Tasks.
Watching reading mini-lessons under My Tasks and phonics/first steps mini-lessons while practicing within the first steps/phonics module.
Note: Usage time is recorded while a student works, including natural pauses to think or read. After a few minutes without interaction, the clock stops — and restarts when the student re-engages. Detecting idle time allows us to count only productive usage minutes, e.g. the system does not continue to count usage minutes if a student walks away with the app opened.
Time spent in the following activities do not count towards usage:
the Avatar Store
Chattercity
Assessments
What Can Students See?
Students can track their reading time progress toward the weekly goal using the weekly goal bar on their dashboard. This gives them a visual indicator of how close they are to meeting their goal for the week. At this time, students cannot see their exact minutes — only the goal bar indicator.
