1. TumbleReadables
Lisa-Dai Venker

2. Purpose today is to…
identify the uses for and structure of TumbleReadables.
identify how TumbleReadables can be integrated in and as a classroom resources.
explain the importance of TumbleReadables in the Common Core and curricula.

3. What are they? Combine online text with complete narration.
125 read-alongs and 100 large print.
Picture Books
Early Readers
Chapter Books
Middle School Readers
YA/Teen
Children’s Classics
Classics
Shakespeare
Matt Christopher, Judy Moody , Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, and Sleepover Squad series
High interest/low level
Classic children’s literature (Black Beauty and Call of the Wild)

4. Differentiate Student Learning
Online (can go anywhere on any internet based system)
Early and easily adopted because it is technology
Identifiable reading levels
Can add highlights
Notes
Book marks
Return to sections
Font Colors
Background Color
Text size
Paragraph spacing
Read aloud
Speed of reading
(ELL, Struggling, Emergent, Reluctant Readers)

5. Computer Needs … Adobe Flash Player 7 or higher
Tumble pad (download once, macromedia)

6. Read-Along vs. 2-1 vs. Nothing
Online books complete with large print text and complete narration.
Choose from 3 text sizes.
Sentences are highlighted as they are read and pages turn automatically.
(2 in 1):
Online classics that include adjustable text and complete unabridged audio.
No Brackets:
Large print online books with adjustable text. These have no audio. Many will be converted to read-alongs in the next year.

7. Choices
The List

8. Opt ions

9. Advanced Readers Don’t highlight Manual/auto turn page
Length of time it stays on pages
Notes options/Bookmark

10. Lesson Plans Include… Summary Pre-reading Idea Connect to the World
Connect to the Text
(setting, characterization, conflict, theme)
Discussion Questions
Writers Craft
(simile, foreshadowing, figurative language)
Author’s Bio
Handouts/Organizers
Assessments
Rubrics
Interactive Actives (role play, discussion)

11. Dog Walker

12. Shakespeare Macbeth

13. Value in Education and Common Core
Value in Education and Common Core? From Publishers’ Criteria for the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy, Grades 3–12 David Coleman • Susan Pimentel
English Language Arts Curricula,
Grades 3–12
Text Selection
Text Complexity:
The Common Core State Standards
require students to read increasingly
complex texts with increasing
independence ….”

14. Still more …
Some students need more work on…. instruction on grade level fluency practice vocabulary building additional practice with texts from the previous grade band Used in addition to “regular” classroom work Common Core “….high priority on close, sustained reading of complex text…” TumbleReadables

15. How Does the Library Play a Role?
“…students have daily opportunities to read texts of their choice on their own during and outside of the school day.” “….access to a wide range of materials on a variety of topics and genres.” “…. students’ own reading level as well as texts with complexity levels that will challenge and motivate students.” “….informational texts and literary nonfiction as well as literature.” TumbleReadables

16. Types of Literature Fiction- Poetry, drama Non-fiction-
essays; speeches; opinion pieces; biographies; journalism; and historical, scientific, or other documents
TumbleReadables

17. Specific Texts American Literature World Literature
Grades 9-12
Founding Documents (all required)
American Literature
World Literature
A Play by Shakespeare
American Drama
Early Grades
Classic Myths
Stories
Anchor Text

18. Questioning Rigorous 80-90% should be text-dependent
Students to make valid claims
But also have…
Nontrivial inferences
Lesson Plans?

19. So do TumbleReadables do this?
Yes and No

20. How do we market that? Bookmarks Co-planning Library Introduction
Announcements
Posters-Signs
Projector/Running Slideshow
Back To School Night
Newsletters s
Twitter/Facebook
Edline / Wiki

21. Today’s Speaker Engagement Adaptations Decrease dependence on books
How is it relevant to ME?
Learning 24/7
Mobile
Today’s Learner
-Self-directed learning / work at own pace
-mobile (un-tethered)

22. Resources
Tublebooks.com
Images from TumbleReadables
From Publishers’ Criteria for the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy, Grades 3–12 David Coleman • Susan Pimentel