I chose the website http://booksontapeforkids.org/ listed in chapter 6 in the Leu book because I was intrigued by children recording their reading of books and donating their work to hospitals.
The children of this project select books and practice reading them. Then they record their reading onto a cassette tape. The tapes, art work, books, photographs, and letters from the readers are mailed to libraries, schools, and hospitals.
This website has links for emailing, visit our school, books on tape, books donated and special events, photo gallery (this shows pictures of the students creating the tapes), HMS library project (a 3 part series showing how the books were created on tape, the stories they wrote and illustrated based on the books that they read, and writing lessons created for students and teachers to use), supporters, and student projects (books on tape for kids, books on tape website, and reading for the needy website) power point presentations 1 & 2, and 3 brochures.
This website received the Miss Rumphius Award as an excellent Internet site for literacy learning.
I don't think I would use the website per se, but I think the idea for the project is one I would like to use for my Kindergartners. Children would be more apt to read more carefully and more often if they knew their work would be recorded on tape for others to listen to.
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I agree with you the idea of reading on tape i=for others is a good way not only to get students to read but also for fluency. Not only will it help the kids but it might brighten someone's day too.
I like the idea of books on tape. I use this even with my older students. This is especially useful when reading a text written in Old English format or Colonial format like Emma by Jane Austen.
Dixie, When I taught GATE classes, I had my students read books into tape recorders. We then put the book with the tape in a bag for students to check out of the library. The students in grades K-3 loved them!
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