Online book sources
So we all know that books are totally awesome and there is NO BETTER way to enjoy a book than curled up with someone who loves you reading to you. But let me tell you, there are some completely awesome online reading sources that you can use, if that someone you love has a sore throat and can't read, or is away on a business trip... Here are a couple of my favorites. The first one is Tumblebooks. Tumblebooks is available through our district webpage and is on the learning tools for kids menu. There are BUNCHES of books available, some are popular titles that you'll recognize (like Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo and How I Became a Pirate by David Shannon) as well as other less familiar titles. The narration is good and what's really great about it is as the text is read, the sentences light up, allowing struggling readers the opportunity to connect the text to the spoken word. That's really important for developing readers. The second one is ...