Have you seen www.raz-kids.com? It has all of the reading a-z books levels aa-z. Students can listen to the book being read to them, or they can read it themselves. Each booklet has a quiz and activities available. One neat feature on the booklets that they read themselves is the ability scroll over unfamiliar words and see a definition and/or head the words pronunciation! Check it out! They have a free trail available. Kelli Thexton Literacy Coach Westside Elementary Rogers, AR
Tamara Hermes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would also be interested in any interactive reading websites people are using. The students I work with are reading at a third and fourth grade level. Our district is looking into using smartboards or interactive whiteboards in the classrooms. Tammy ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of LOOSE MARY BETH Sent: Wed 12/13/2006 8:15 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Technology and Reader's Workshop I have a related question for the group...have any of you come across worthwhile websites for interactive reading for middle school students reading way below grade level (at first-third grade levels)? It's hard to find something a little more sophisticated, but yet matches their reading level. Any ideas? Thanks, Mary Loose -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Valinda Kimmel Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 1:03 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Technology and Reader's Workshop Terri Gorsulowsky, A few weeks ago you asked about technology use with younger students. Take a look at these sites: http://wiki.woodward.edu/hannalee/doku.php?id=hannalee This Hannalee site has some great examples of kids not only consuming information, but creating information to share with others. Pay special attention to the menu on the left. The reader's theatre activities with actual audio pieces of students is impressive. http://tellraven.us/ This site is from a 4th grade classroom weblog. The actual teacher site is: http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/12/08/me-a-nominee/ >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/09/06 08:51AM >>> I am currently using iPods in my classroom. If you can get ahold of some of these through your IT dept., they can be used for fluency. You need to have the mic that attaches and you can then have kids use them to read into. I have them do a pre-reading and then assess themselves with a rubric. Then they practice and use them again to post assess. The last reading is then saved and burnt to cd. The final step (haven't started this yet, is to save them as an mp3 (through iTunes) and post online with a picture of the book so that kids in their classrooms can click on the book and hear it read to them. They are LOVING this!!!! If you can't get ahold of iPods, this can be done with a program on the computer or laptop. It is called Audacity (free download, you also need to find lame lib for transferring the product to mp3. An IT person can help you with this if your district provides them.) and is rather easy to use. If you are running Apples, you have a built in mic on the computer. I think you need a plug in mic on a Windows based. These cost about $10.00 at Walmart. I suggest one even for the mac for better sound quality. Another thing I just started this week was in my nonfiction groups is to justify a fact they found in the book. They chose a fact that they want to prove is correct and then they go online or use the World book on the laptop to find the fact. One girl, on her own, made a t-chart and showed how they were the same and how they were different. She then stated that the fact was correct, but needed to have more information to explain it better. This was guided with my help(the tech/searching part), but they LOVED it as well!!! Research is another key part that they can be working on. We often put research in the Sc./SS range, but it is pure reading/writing. Can they be researching something as a task once they are trained? If they are reading a fiction book about, say, an adventure in space, could they, during workshop time support the facts found in the text in a similar style to the nonfiction piece (hum - new book club job!!!!!) This may not work for every story, but for some it will!!! Just some thoughts, Julie/2nd/FL On Nov 25, 2006, at 9:29 PM, Terri Gorsulowsky wrote: > Hi, > > I am a second grade reading teacher. How can technology be > used in the reading workshop for teachers and/or students? Any > ideas???? > I use technology when teaching, but how do we get the students more > involved? > > > > > > Terri Gorsulowsky > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http:// > literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. 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