What is Book Taco?
Book Taco is an interactive reading management program where student effort is rewarded and celebrated. Perfect for hosting your school’s participation in the state student choice program or as an affordable, highly engaging alternative to Accelerated Reader®, in Book Taco, teachers can monitor, assess, and motivate student reading.
Book Taco offers a LOT!
- Create custom book lists (themed, grade specific, summer) and/or select from over 15,000 book quizzes
- Text-to-Speech book quizzes – perfect for young readers
- Student/teacher avatars, virtual reading pets, brag tags, curated bookshelves and achievement badges (coming soon!)
- Various reading assessment options designed to embrace the different student learning styles
- Low cost alternative to AR & Reading Counts
- Take lessons offline with our printables
- Robust reporting on student activities – search, sort, and download
- Daily reading log (interactive and printable)
Celebrate Reading Success!
Book Taco provides the ultimate positive reinforcement platform where educators can praise and reward positive behavior and challenge students to read more books.
Get Started in 3 Easy Steps.
Book Taco is easy to set up & maintain!
Add Students
- Individual student accounts
- 24/7 cross platform access
- Large enrollment automation
- Intuitive interface
- Clever SSO intergration
Power of Customization
- Quiz setting options
- Turn learning modules on/off
- Teachers can credit/reward students for:
- Printables
- Participation
- Printables completed
Oversee Participation
- Student and classroom results
- Reports highlight failing grades
- Print and share reports
- Searchable database
- Message class or individual
Sustained Engagement
Book Taco’s gamified approach focuses on sustained engagement. Our game page features a best-in-class suite of logic, strategy, sports and adventure games where the high scorer’s personal avatar is showcased ratcheting up the competitiveness and capturing the learner’s interest in a fun, familiar environment.
*Our game page is completely customizable allowing educators the option of turning On/Off individual games or disabling the entire suite of games. There is also a Weekends Only setting.
Robust Analytics
Whether you’re administering a state student choice award program, school reading list, Battle of the Books competition or summer reading initiative, Book Taco provides the perfect interactive platform for tracking, assessing, and motivating student participation.
CELEBRATE READING
- Gamified platform
- Sustained engagement
- Student voice
- Broader participation
ENGAGING, MOTIVATING, FUN
- Earn game coins
- Robust game page
- Progress indicators
- Celebrate success!
Book Taco 2018-2019 Book Award Program Lists
