Who doesn't love a good picture book? They are fun, engaging reads that can cover a whole gambit of standards and objectives in your ELA classroom. When you take a fan favorite and make it digital with fun voices and graphics, it's going to get that much better. Before you jump right on in and use Picture E-Books with your students, please consider these important points:
- You need to familiarize yourself and your students with the device or app that they will be using.
- Show students how to turn on the device and applications.
- Show students how to orient themselves on the screen.
- Demonstrate for students how to open the e-book and turn the pages.
- This would make for a great lesson on print awareness, even if it is digital
- Set expectations for your students as they use the e-book and let them know what they should be doing before, during, and after reading.
- Teach students how to transfer their knowledge about reading in print to reading in e-books.
- Beware of gimmicky apps or ones with lots of distractions and advertisements.
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