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Designed by teachers, for teachers and students, Explor-eBook inspires a love of reading in ALL students. This supplemental instructional tool fosters an engaging learning environment that can easily be implemented into any classroom setting.

Access more than 500 authentic, nonfiction and fiction books featuring stimulating, rich, and interactive content.

Assessments:

Measure Comprehension. An assessment is included with each book using current question formats to prepare students for today’s standardized tests while also providing important proficiency data on comprehension.

Assignments:

Reinforce Learning. Create, assign, and evaluate purposeful homework or in-class assignments to increase student engagement and creativity.

Reports:

Gain Insight. Teachers, administrators, and students can view and monitor performance via a variety of activity and proficiency reports.

Communication Tools:

Spark Collaboration. Promote student interaction with the safe and user-friendly blog feature.

Interest Levels

Pre•K – 1 (26%)Grades 2 – 3 (41%)Grades 4 – 5 (20%)Grades 6 – 8 (13%)

Content

Math/Science (35%)Social Studies (32%)Language Arts (14%)Phonics (19%)

Lexile Levels

BR (15%)Up to 530L (26%)420L – 820L (46%)740L – 950L (13%)

Genres

Nonfiction (68%)Fiction (32%)

Guided Reading Levels

K: A – D (25%)1st: A – I (21%)2nd: E – N (14%)3rd: J – Q (15%)4th: M – T (17%)5th: Q – V (8%)

° Differentiate instruction by providing leveled content to meet students where they are.

° Engage reluctant readers with stimulating, cross-curricular books.

° Gauge reading comprehension with an assessment that uses a variety of standardized testing formats.

° Collect fluency checks, audio, and student data to track progress, which can be used for parent conferences, parent communications, and other parent/school meetings (e.g.,IEPs).

° Empower English language learners to build language proficiency through the four domains of language; listening, speaking, reading and writing, by using the following features:

° Audio recording of each reader

° Read aloud recording and fluency checks

° Comprehension assignments and assessments

° Blogging and assignment activities

° Promote and build parents’ capacity to support literacy and English language development at home through assignments and notifications

° Encourage students to collaborate by providing safe, user-friendly interaction tools.

Intervention

ELL/ELD

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"My favorite thing about Explor-eBook is the Fluency Checks because they allow the teacher to have a more consistent record of the students' oral fluency development. Also, the teacher can share them with parents and help them understand what is meant by oral reading fluency and how important it is to their child's reading development." Dr. Mel PaceOsceola County, Florida

"The audio support embedded in the platform is a great resource for my ELLs to hear modeled fluent reading and has increased their language acquisition." Heather M.TeacherTexas

TCM #26000—Explor-eBook © Teacher Created Materials

Standards

Reading: Read closely to ask and answer questions about a text and to make logical inferences from the text.

Writing: Choose the best type of writing to clearly communicate to a specific audience (e.g., opinion/argument, informative/explanatory, fiction or nonfiction narrative) and include valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient textual evidence.

Listening and Speaking: Contribute to group discussions and actively respond to questions and comments (e.g., give reasons in support of opinions, respond to others’ ideas).

eReader Tools and Features

Note Tool

Students often use sticky notes in print books to make important notes. When they are reading a digital book, they can use the Note Tool to record their thoughts, inferences, questions, and comments.

Highlighter Tool

One benefit to reading digital books is that your students can “write” in them! Students can highlight vocabulary words, key details, and other important aspects of the book.

Making Inferences

Whole-Group Lesson

1. Ask students how they make inferences. Guide the discussion toward the realization that they think deeply about the text they have read as well as the images on the pages. Then, using the text and images, they draw conclusions based on what they think.

2. Tell students you are going to make an inference about the opening pages of a digital book. Read the first few pages of the book aloud while displaying the book for them. Use a think-aloud strategy to talk about what the text says and what you see in the images. Suggest some inferences you can make based on the book.

3. Click on the Note Tool. Click on the location in the book where you want the note to be placed. On the note, type one of the inferences you modeled for students.

4. Say to students, “When I think about the text and images on the page, I realized that one part really helped me make an inference.” Specifically point out the text and/or image that was the key detail or two that helped you make your sample inference.

5. Click on the Highlighter Tool. Choose a color for the highlighter. Highlight the key text and/or image that helped you make the inference you typed in the Note Tool.

6. Explain specifically how you made the inference and how the details helped you. If necessary revisit the note or highlighting to be more specific in your inference or chosen details.

7. Review how you used the Note Tool to type an inference about a particular part of the text and then later used the Highlighter Tool to record the specific details on which you formed your inference.

Use scripted lesson plans that address specific reading skills.

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° Establish a virtual learning environment and assign relevant and interesting books to students, keeping their minds stimulated and preventing summer learning loss.

° Take advantage of the easy-to-follow lesson plans and save valuable teacher planning time.

After-School/Book Clubs

° Establish book clubs and reading groups and assign books by area of interest, reading level, and/or subject.

° Give students a platform to discuss thoughts on assigned books using the blog feature.

° Send alerts and notifications to keep students on track.

Summer School

° Provide students with a large variety of high-interest, nonfiction and fiction texts at their appropriate reading level.

° Discover what topics students are interested in and monitor reading fluency and assessment data.

° Add a digital reading station to your school library to increase student fluency and integrate purposeful technology.

Library

"It was refreshing to see the level of engagement and discussion happening between students outside of the classroom!" Theresa M.TeacherColorado

“We were looking for a better way to keep students meaningfully engaged in text during the summer. Explor-eBook has done this for us! Teachers are able to push out books appropriate to students’ reading level, and digitally interact with students using the assignment and blogging feature. Using Explor-eBook, we have not only been able to stop the 'summer slide,' but in many cases reverse it!” Eric L.Library Instructional Technology SpecialistOregon

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Whole and Small Group ° Create dynamic groups of students

to focus learning.

° Model proper reading intonation and pacing in both small and whole group scenarios.

° Use the notes and recording tools to model good note taking skills for students.

Learning Centers ° Create a classroom reading center

and have students read, blog, and take assessments.

° Collect student data and have them complete fluency checks for teacher review.

Guided Reading ° Easily find appropriately leveled books

that meet the needs of all learners.

° Create and assign reading level-appropriate assignments to focus student reading.

School and Home Connection ° Give students over 500 books

they can read at home, on or offline.

° Involve parents in their child’s reading development by notifying them of reading assignments, goals, and progress.

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