Summertime... and you can still read ebooks online!

Hi, Peebles Families,

I hope you are enjoying your first days of summer break! Whenever you want to hear a great story, remember you can grab your computer and head over to the Sylvan Dell Grant and enjoy an e-book! No, the hardcover books from the Title I parent involvement Grant won't be available, but you can listen and read along to all 55 of those wonderful titles. Two things to remember after you read them: (1) take a few minutes and do the online comprehension checks at the books home page - (right column mom and dad under quizzes) there is also one there for math word problem practice. (2) create a family account at voicethread.com and you can make your ideas on the Sylvan Dell books known too.

The links can be found under the boy holding the stack of books!

Happy Reading!

Mrs. Spohn

Title I Poetry

We are enjoying our voicethread so much, we decided to do a Title I Poetry blog too! On Friday, May 7th we had a wonderful "Parents, Poems, and Pizza Event" for our Title I families. During that time we performed some poems, read some other poems and finally wrote some poetry with our families. Now we are working to get all those poems voiced on voicethread.

Hope you will visit and listen in! You are welcome to make a comment from your computer. Sign up is free and easy. This is also a moderated thread so all comments are approved by me before they go 'live'.

http://voicethread.com/#q.b1129702.i6059864

April 12, 2010 - New Books...

Our Peebles Second Graders are thrilled to read the hardcover books that we received from a Title I Parent Involvement Grant. These books from Sylvan Dell Publishing are beautiful hardcover print texts of the popular e-books. All 50 titles are available to read or listen to ONLINE. Peebles Site License Link: http://www.sylvandellpublishing.com/sitelicense.php?sc=Y8NHFX

The bonus is that with the purchase of the hardcover books through our Title I Grant, we got an extension of our building online access through the next school year! Part of our grant application included using 21st century tools (like this blog)

In the weeks ahead, our Title I students will be voting for their all time favorite Sylvan Dell title. Check back here weekly as our students will be sharing their thoughts about these titles.