1. eBooks for INFOhio supporting the 3rd Grade Reading Guarantee Where are we?

2. We Are Here!

3. Big Thank You To: Ohio Department of Education – funding
INFOhio eBook Committee
Mary Nemeth – MEC – Committee Chair
Caroline Hines – Akron Public Schools
Mandy Simon – Bexley Public Library
Martha Shaw – Columbus School for Girls
Linda Swarlis – Columbus School for Girls
Karen Coy – HCCA
Phil Salasek – Jackson Local Schools
Chris Miller – MDECA provider
Carrie Waibel – OHIONET
Gayle Geitgey – INFOhio
Terri Shutt – INFOhio
Theresa Fredericka – INFOhio

4. The Solution for Achieving
And Ohio’s Third Grade Reading Guarantee
Today’s students are being asked to read more informational text than ever before. In the past, elementary school students have been required to read more fiction than nonfiction. To meet the Common Core State Standards, half of the reading materials should be nonfiction even at the youngest grades. These informational texts should offer meaningful curriculum knowledge to students. Educators and librarians are asked to provide “texts that build knowledge coherently within and across grades. 4

5. The “Flix” Advantage
BookFlix enables students and teachers to meet the Ohio Learning Standards.
Supports the Ohio Third Grade Reading Guarantee.
Phonics
Phonemic awareness
Reading fluency
Comprehension
Vocabulary

6. The “Flix” Advantage
BookFlix introduces young learners to nonfiction by pairing with popular fiction.
Learning happens and is engaging.
Students, teachers and schools win.

7. BookFlix- What is it? Interactive literacy Online
Pairing of fiction and nonfiction
The best content:
Weston Woods
Scholastic
Children’s Press
Accessible 24/7
Device agnostic end of September 2013
Goal is to build a love of reading in each child

8. BookFlix 110 fiction and nonfiction pairs Interactive e-books Video
Introduce content-area learning
Spanish Language versions of 31 pairs
Read-Along option
Interactive educational games
Narrated definitions and text-build vocabulary
Author biographies
Safe, age-appropriate websites
Educator resources--lesson plans, correlations, and more

9. BookFlix Consists of a library of fiction/nonfiction pairs
Presented in an engaging, fun online format that will have kids asking to use it again and again

10. BookFlix and Ohio Learning Standards
Using BookFlix, students can achieve key goals of the Common Core ELA Standards:
Read and comprehend literature and informational text
Respond to texts that are read aloud
Access multiple text types
Use technology and digital media strategically and capably
Here are just some of the ways that BookFlix aligns to Common Core ELA Reading Anchor Standards
After reading activities(included in every lesson plan) – Standards 1,2,3
Paired-text activities and Fact and Fiction games help students understand literacy texts and information texts – Standards 3-4
Sequencing games call for students to place the events of the stories – Standard 7
Video storybooks have optional read-along feature that provides scaffolding for reading and comprehending literature – Standard 10

11. BookFlix-For the Student
Watch the Story
Read the Book
Puzzlers
Games
Meet the Author
Explore the Web

12. Watch the story Weston Woods video of the fiction book.
Read along with the video.
105 stories.

13. Read the Book
Read the Non-Fiction title. Can be read to the student or student can read the text without help.
105 non-fiction books paired with the fiction books.

14. Puzzler for each book
Puzzlers to help students recall and understand the story.

15. Meet the Author
Short Biographies of the authors of the books.

16. Explore the Web
Web Links to help student further explore the topic.

17. BookFlix- For the Educator
Lesson Plans
Meet the Author
Curriculum Correlations
State-Ohio
National
Common Core
Downloadable Resources
Letters to parents and teachers
Custom Bookmarks
Poster
Tutorial

18. Lesson Plans for each book
Located on the book page.

20. Curriculum Correlations
Be sure to scroll up to switch to Common Core ELA standards

21. Curriculum Correlations
Use the dropdown to explore other Ohio Learning Standards correlations for each book.

22. Resources for Teachers
Sorts for Curricular connections, Lexile, subject, etc.

23. Search BookFLIX in the Title Browse tab

24. Sort the pairs in Title Browse Tab

25. Downloadable Resources
Letters for parents, patrons, teachers
Customizable book marks.
Posters

26. The BookFlix Advantage
Created and designed especially for PreK-Grade 3
Read-Aloud feature supports early literacy
Small group rotations or learning centers
Supports literacy development
Research shows the benefits of a balance of fiction and nonfiction as outlined in Ohio Learning Standards and Common Core ELA
Accessible 24/7