End of May - and make that 5 New Online books!

Make that list a bit longer. The good folks at Sylvan Dell Publishing have added 5 new books this month. Champ's Story: Dogs Get Cancer Too just went online today! These books are only available online, but you can enjoy them and then make a comment on the PES Voicethread.

What a great surprise!!!

Today while a first grader was re-teaching us how to get to our e-book account, we discovered that the great folks at Sylvan Dell have added four new titles! These are available ONLINE only.

Enjoy!!!

ONLY ONLINE!!!!!

May - a perfect time for an e-book!

Did you know that we have had over 640 hits for our Sylvan Dell ebooks pages? Hope that you and your family have enjoyed some of these stories online. This is truly cutting edge technology that delivers beautiful texts right to your home computer while reinforcing math and science concepts for your child.

We are thrilled to have over 50 comments on our PES voicethread. Your family can sign up for a free voicethread account and your child (or you) can add a comment about one of these titles right from home. Take a few minutes and listen in as our youngest learners practice 'book talks'. Then make one of your own!

I shared the voicethread link with the folks at Sylvan Dell and they said:

• May 2, 2010
• Thanks very much for showing me this! I forwarded your email to all of our staff, and everyone agreed they were quite cute. Thanks for making us smile today!
  
  Best
  
  Erica Beyerl
  School & Library Sales
  
  Sylvan Dell Publishing
  976 Houston Northcutt Blvd., Suite 3
  Mount Pleasant, SC 29464

The web does make it possible to read to and respond to the greater community!

Now we are linking to Voicethread...

As students begin reading these wonderful books we will be posting their comments on our Voicethread account. This will 'grow' as we explore how to post both book comments in text and then move to using our voice through the microphone. For now, a few friends have been quoted talking about books they have read.

Look for the link early next week to see and hear about some terrific books!

P.S. We have had a discussion about what makes a good book comment. Our goal is to share something about the book but not the entire story. Students are not able to participate if they have been doing "FAKE READING" . Carrying a book around and looking at the illustrations doesn't help you 'sell' the book to the next reader!

First Graders in Title I with first round of Sylvan Dell books

Our Title I First Graders were so excited to be among the first to sign out the wonderful Sylvan Dell Publishing titles. We reminded ourselves that these books can be heard ONLINE or read with mom or dad. These books are loaded with math and science information so enjoy learning vocabulary and wonderful animal facts!

Don't forget the great "Creative Minds" section at the back to extend your child's learning even more.