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Teacher Review for Skybrary – Kids Books & Videos

Kira S.
School district administrator
San Diego County Office Of Education
San Diego, United States

My Subjects English Language Arts, English-Language Learning

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My Students Liked It Yes

My Students Learned Yes

I Would Recommend It Yes

Setup Time 5-15 minutes

Great for Further application
Homework
Individual
Practice

Great with ELL
General
Low literacy

How I Use It

First, you really need the subscription product. The "free" version only allows 5 books and NO video content. That said, with a subscription, this is a great product for kids to practice reading books of their own interest. Students can use individual tablets to "read to self", choice read, or read at home. Students are able to set up their own "backpack" to select books of their interest and read, or have them read to them. There are also short video clips that go along with the topic of the books (by theme).

My Take

Great resource for getting kids to read more! The ability to set up your own backpack with your own choice of books, collection of stickers for finishing books, games that can be played after (or during) the reading, and the video clips all keep students motivated and engaged. There is also a "parent" page that teachers could use that lets you know what and how students are doing with their reading. The app really is designed for individual reading, not classroom use. It would be great to share with parents to support reading at home.

Great app for independent reading practice

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