Reluctant Readers
Students become reluctant readers when the challenge is too great to read. The longer students struggle with decoding, fluency, and comprehension, the less likely they are to pick up a book and read. It becomes a losing cycle for teacher and student. The enjoyment of books is lost as well. When students are young and learning to read, it can be very exciting to pick up a book, look at the pictures, and possibly find words they know. However, as soon as reading becomes a challenge, the choice to read a book or do another activity is tipped in the opposite direction and teachers fight to get the student to want to read.
Literacy Solution: TumbleBook
What is TumbleBook?
TumbleBook is an online eBook tool with a thousand book titles to choose from. Well known books are turned into animated stories, and the text is read out loud. Books can be searched for based on title, author, or reading level allowing an ease in navigation. There are additional resources such as quizzes, puzzles and lesson plans for teachers based on the stories. TumbleBook is geared for kindergarten through fifth graders.
How can TumbleBook be used?
TumbleBook is great for a listening center. Students can also create their own TumbleBook. This could also be used as a read aloud time for the whole class to introduce different books. Teachers could do a whole class vocabulary lesson with the books as well.
What does research say?
“The motivational qualities of self-determination, choice, and stimulation” were cited as reasons for why eBook usage was fulfilling during Katia Ciampa’s research. (2012, p. 123) The immediate feedback from eBook quizzes and games is encouraging to students who struggle with motivation. They are able to view their responses right away and correct their actions. (Ciampa, 2012)
The extended features that eBooks such as TumbleBooks provide may “increase engagement in the reading task for some students. For example, the sound effects and animations may make books more engaging for young readers and they may engage students in stories.” (Gonzalez, 2011, p. 58) Students are provided an opportunity for choice in their ability to engage and enjoy eBooks independently. (Ciampa, 2012)
Resources:
Gonzalez, M. R. (2011). The effect of interactive ebooks on the reading comprehension of struggling readers and students with reading disabilities. (Order No. AAI3426078, Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences, , 4354. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.msu.edu /login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/884684206?accountid=12598. (884684206; 2011-99110-534).
Ciampa, K. (2012). Electronic storybooks: A constructivist approach to improving reading motivation in grade 1 students. Canadian Journal of Education, 35(4), 92-136. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.msu.edu /login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1361850014?accountid=12598
Literacy Solution: TumbleBook
What is TumbleBook?
TumbleBook is an online eBook tool with a thousand book titles to choose from. Well known books are turned into animated stories, and the text is read out loud. Books can be searched for based on title, author, or reading level allowing an ease in navigation. There are additional resources such as quizzes, puzzles and lesson plans for teachers based on the stories. TumbleBook is geared for kindergarten through fifth graders.
How can TumbleBook be used?
TumbleBook is great for a listening center. Students can also create their own TumbleBook. This could also be used as a read aloud time for the whole class to introduce different books. Teachers could do a whole class vocabulary lesson with the books as well.
What does research say?
“The motivational qualities of self-determination, choice, and stimulation” were cited as reasons for why eBook usage was fulfilling during Katia Ciampa’s research. (2012, p. 123) The immediate feedback from eBook quizzes and games is encouraging to students who struggle with motivation. They are able to view their responses right away and correct their actions. (Ciampa, 2012)
The extended features that eBooks such as TumbleBooks provide may “increase engagement in the reading task for some students. For example, the sound effects and animations may make books more engaging for young readers and they may engage students in stories.” (Gonzalez, 2011, p. 58) Students are provided an opportunity for choice in their ability to engage and enjoy eBooks independently. (Ciampa, 2012)
Resources:
Gonzalez, M. R. (2011). The effect of interactive ebooks on the reading comprehension of struggling readers and students with reading disabilities. (Order No. AAI3426078, Dissertation Abstracts International Section A: Humanities and Social Sciences, , 4354. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.msu.edu /login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/884684206?accountid=12598. (884684206; 2011-99110-534).
Ciampa, K. (2012). Electronic storybooks: A constructivist approach to improving reading motivation in grade 1 students. Canadian Journal of Education, 35(4), 92-136. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.msu.edu /login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1361850014?accountid=12598