Audio Books in the Library

Thanks to the Snohomish Education Foundation, our students are now able to check out audio books from the school library. They are available in either CD format or MP3-CD format. The kids are excited about this new form of literature. And, it is our hopes, that this will spur them onto reading other titles in the series while exposing them to multiple types of genres.

Idita-Read

Idita-Read is an on-line reading incentive that follows the Alaskan Iditarod Dog Sled Trail Race (Anchorage to Nome). Three 6th grade classes in my school have been chosen to participate due to their connection with technology in the classroom. For every minute read, an eqivilant mile is posted on-line at "base camp." Students have up to 56 days to complete the trail (1, 311 miles) although the reading race can be shortened to whatever the teacher decides best meets the classroom needs. This is a great reading incentive and much can be learned in the process about Alaskan history and culture.

A big "THANK YOU" to the Snohomish Education Foundation for the $105 grant which allowed our students to participate in this unique reading experience.

Quintura for Kids

Quintura is a cluster search for kids. Students click on a topic within the cloud and a new cloud appears with sub-topics plus you get a list of web sites for your topic. If you click on a sub-topic, then you get sub-sub-topics on your main topic and a shorter list of web sites. It sort of works like Yahooligans. Try it out (P. Mohn, 2010).