I Teach 1:1 and Learning to the Core are hosting a brand new weekly technology linky every Thursday for the remainder of the summer.
Read to self and
Listen to reading.
Bookflix I love
because it matches fiction with nonfiction books of the same theme. They can be read to the kids or the
kids can read the book on it’s own.
This is not a free program.
Our school subscribes to it.
Kids also have access at home.
The kids love this site. We
do it 1-2 times a week during Reading.
Read to self or Listen to reading.
Tumble Books is another book site I love. It is
similar to Bookflix but it doesn’t match
books. It has a huge library of
digital books that can be read to the kids or the kids can read
themselves. It is very
entertaining for the kids. This is
not free but you can find public libraries across the country that subscribe to
it. Read to self and Listen
to Reading
PBS kids is another great site for listening to stories and
watching videos. This site is
my class’ favorite.
Word Work and Working
on Writing
Padlet is so
great. Sometimes I have kids write
a vocabulary word (tier 2 word) that they find in their reading and write it in
Padlet with the definition. I have
also kids share their favorite part of a particular book. Usually the chapter book I’m reading to
the whole class. This is a free site.
I love kidblog.org It is my favorite site for kids to do
writing on. I use it as a journal
space as well as a place to create stories, respond to books, make lists,
etc…… I love that kids can respond
to others and leave comments. I’ve
had our skype buddies leave comments as well. Parents love being able to watch their child’s growth and
leave comments as well. This is a
free site. The teacher has all of
the controls and it’s very simple.
Check it out.
I love this techy linky. It will keep me focused all summer. Thanks Kristin and Aylin.
We love using Padlet for vocab too! I am planning on incorporating blogging into my Daily 5 centers this year. I think my students would love it and it would really motivate them to write. Thanks so much for linking up, Claire! Please come back next week for math!:)
ReplyDeleteKristin
iTeach 1:1
Hi Claire,
ReplyDeleteBookflix has fiction and non fiction books on the same theme?? I think I might need to ask our school to get a subscription to it-- it sounds like it would be so great for our reading centers! I love Kidblog as well-- my students had a ton of fun responding to each other on their when I used it as a reading response activity.
Thanks so much for linking up with us!
Aylin
Learning to the Core