Evening #6

Evening # 6...

The Reading Process - Discussing Marilyn Jager Adams' model.

Brain Area Activation

The brain of a struggling reader works differently than that of a strong reader.

The importance of the talking to the student and explaining to them that there brain works a little differently than others and telling them why.  This empowers them and allows them to understand their abilities.  It also helps their self-esteem as students understand that their struggles are legitimate ones and nothing that is their fault.  With this, they are more willing to explore strategies that will help guide their learning.

Clicker Sentences

• For emergent literacy learners 
• Students who have cognitive delays
• Enables students to engage in text – and have them reading & writing
• You can quickly create & model /modify   for individual students’ needs
• You can share them through email or dropbox
• It is a proven literacy support tool.
• It is a cross-curricular tool
• Can scaffold & grow with students
• Students can grow with the app. 
• Software - $800/license  /  App - $30

  Android, Mac/PC, Chromebook/Chrome Web Browser Compensatory

Textbook in iBook

iBooks – eTextbooks

Possibilities - students can:

-Highlight

-Define

-Email

-Notes – can make flashcards / Shuffle

-Definitions

-Glossary

 -Portrait vue – continuous page

-Rotate / examine

-Highlight & Read aloud

iBook eTextbooks are:

MULTISENSORY & INCREDIBLE

All very interactive

Any videos are close captioned

Digitized text can be updated immediately.

Beware of PDF textbooks – not interactive.