Hi Jess,

Unlike Searchasaurus, the Lexile level for Explora goes up to 1500. As a result, elementary school students can end up with a lot of high-level content that they need to sift through. I'd suggest showing students how to use filters to select recommended Lexile levels.

I hope this helps!

Angela Antonelli
Library Media Specialist
Bristol Public Schools (PK-5)

860-314-2183

>>> Jessica Prutting <j.l.vining@gmail.com> 3/14/2016 3:08 PM >>>

Good afternoon,

My colleague and I are trying to determine what databases via the state are available to us for free and would be suitable for our K-5 students. After looking into EBSCO, I saw that there is something new called Explora which took the place of search a saurus. Does anyone have experience with this? We'd appreciate any input!

Thanks,

Jess Prutting

LMS

Region 16