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Online Reading Databases

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Electronic Reading Support Programs

The Primary Library is adding an online reading support program to our repertoire. Teachers who join this workshop series will evaluate several programs and make a recommendation to administration. Scheduling will be worked out to everyone’s satisfaction as attendance at all 3 monthly workshops is required. Teachers will be asked to test the two top rated programs with students.

These programs may offer the following types of support: motivational learning games, charting student growth, checking comprehension, supporting fluency, offering an expanded digital classroom, and phonics work. Examples of Use: home support, independent practice, guided practice, added repetition, small group work, whole group instruction through display. This is an exciting resource that will be so helpful, especially for students with slow growth, reluctance, or memory issues. Please join this practical workshop where you’ll become aware of what technology is doing in the reading world AND have a chance to make a critical decision.

Meeting 1

Task

Rubric

Assignments of the big 5

Meeting 2

Presentations of the big 5

Comparisons and sorting

Wittling to Big 2 : Consideration of 2-3 building shift

Meeting 3

Kid Reviews

Selection Discussion

Area schools:

Bloomfield: Tumblebooks, RAZkids and Capstone Interactive

Palmyra: Bookflix, RAZkids and Earobics

Newark: TumbleBooks

North Rose Wolcott Elementary School : RAZkids

NY Public: Tumblebooks and Bookflix

HFL: Lexia

Rochester: Lexia

Wayne: Lexia

Attributes	4	3	2	1
Phonemic Awareness	Includes			None
Phonics	Includes			None
Leveled Texts	Includes	Exists but needs modification		None: skip next 4 rows
Read-to	Natural voice, choice of phrased-highlighting	Includes either Robot voice or only whole sentence highlighting	Robot voice AND whole sentence highlighting	None
Quantity of Library	Includes more than a dozen titles per level	Includes between 6-12 titles per level	Includes up to 6 titles per level	None
Quality of Library	Gorgeous, look “real”	Look homegrown		Beyond basic
Check Comprehension	Quizzes are appropriate, have read-to, allow student to type answers, review text for answers, are printable, and recordable online.	?	?	None
Games	Awesome review potential	Weak educational value	Only 1-2 or unappealing	None
Home access	Yes			No
Chart student growth	Yes, easy to import class lists, easy for teacher to access, amazing data that would support instruction/evaluation	Yes, but not functionally easy, but good data	Yes but lame data, unlikely to be of use	No
Student interaction	Students can leave reviews, blogs, or write teacher messages: ability to create an “online learning” experience			No
Student Use	Whole Class	Small Group	Solo	Infrequent solo, out of class or strictly at home