1. BookFlix by Scholastic

2. BookFlix Fast Facts Created for PreK-Grade 3.
Read-aloud feature supports early literacy.
Lends itself to small group rotations or learning centers.
Supports literacy development.
Research demonstrates benefits of a balance of fiction and nonfiction as outlined in Common Core.
Helps students and teachers meet the Common Core Learning Standard Objectives and the Ohio Third Grade Reading Guarantee.

3. BookFlix Special Note
BookFLIX is brought to you by INFOhio. It is not part of the Libraries Connect Ohio collection and, therefore, use (licensing) is limited to the following people:
PreK-3 students in all Ohio public and private schools
Teachers and parents of the above students
Teacher supervisors and consultants at county and joint county Educational Service Centers
Ohio Department of Education Regional State Support Teams
Ohio Colleges of Education teacher training classes
INFOhio’s license does not extend to public libraries, but Ohio public libraries are encouraged to help PreK-3 students and their parents access Scholastic BookFLIX through INFOhio.

4. BookFlix Access Go to www.infohio.org. Click Grades K-5.
Click the BookFLIX icon.

5. BookFlix- What is it? Online literacy resource. Pairs fiction and
nonfiction.
Features content from: Weston Woods Scholastic Children’s Press
Helps to develop a love of
reading.

6. BookFlix Technical Information
Access for simultaneous users.
24-7 access, wherever there is an Internet connection.
Streaming videos.
Uses Macromedia Flash Player 9.0 or higher.

7. BookFLIX Features
110 paired fiction and nonfiction titles based on nine themes.
Interactive e-books.
Video.
Spanish versions of 32 pairs.
Read-along option.
Interactive educational games.
Narrated definitions and text-build vocabulary.
Author biographies.
Safe, age-appropriate websites.
Educator resources--lesson plans, learning standards, and more.

8. BookFlix for the student
Watch the Story
Read the Book
Puzzlers
Meet the Author
Explore the Web

9. Watch the story Weston Woods video based on the fiction book.
Read-along feature highlights each word on the screen as it is narrated in the video.
Reinforces reading skills including fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.

10. Read the book Read the non-fiction title.
Read independently or read-along as each word is highlighted on the screen.
Introduces students to real-world facts while helping to build content-area knowledge.

11. Puzzlers Puzzlers help students to recall and understand the book.
Interactive.
Educational.
Reinforces key vocabulary.
Preparation for online testing.

12. Meet the author Short biographies of the authors of the books.
Listen or read.
Links take reader out to web for more information.

13. Explore the Web
Editorially selected.
Age-appropriate web-links.

14. BookFlix for the Educator
Lesson Plans
Learning Standards
State-Ohio
National
Common Core
Downloadable Resources
Letters to parents and teachers
Custom bookmarks
Poster
Tutorial

15. Lesson plans for each book
Located on the book page.
Available as PDF.

16. Resources for Teachers
Get more information about the book and teacher resources by clicking Resources.

17. Search and sort from Title Browse Tab

18. Downloadable Resources
Letters for parents, patrons, teachers.
Customizable bookmarks.
Posters.

19. Locate Learning Standards
Scroll up to locate the new CCSS standards.
Scroll down to locate other Ohio standards.

20. Specific standards for each title.

21. BookFlix and Common Core
Use BookFlix to help students achieve key goals of the Common Core State 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.
Some of the ways that BookFlix aligns to Common Core Standards:
After reading activities(included in each 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.