In today's classrooms we need to find more and more ways to use technology to connect our students to one another and the Global Read Aloud project is a great way to start if you are not already experimenting with technology.
It is really simple. Go to www.globalreadaloud.com and sign up. Then you need to start reading the book that over 58,000 people are going to share with their class or own children. There are 4 different levels of books that you can choose from depending on your grade level. The books are
Kindergarten and up: Eric Carle book study
First grade and up: Marty McGuire by Kate Messner
Fourth grade and up: Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Eighth grade and up: Stupid Fast by Geoff Herbach
After you have decided what book to read aloud to your group of children wait until September 30 to being reading to your children. Then it is up to you how you want to connect with other educators or parents participating in this event.
You could simply have your class tweet a response to the read aloud using the hashtag #GRA13. You could find another class to skype with and discuss the read aloud. Whatever it is you want to do. Get as involved as you want.
I encourage you to use this as a way to make the read aloud time in your class even more exciting and interactive. It may even hook a couple more kids into loving reading.
I will be posting about the Global Read Aloud books over the next couple of weeks. I know how busy people can get so if you don't have time to read the books and decide which is best check back for my synopsis of each of the books.
Happy Reading!
Laura
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