![]() ![]() Some reluctant readers are hesitant to read “regular” books but love reading comics! Epic! has quite a few comic books available. #4: Engaging Your Reluctant Readers with Comics Students can discuss and/or draw what they’re visualizing (you will want to model this first).Īlthough I love picture books for readalouds, these audio books are super useful for practicing visualization and working on listening comprehension. You can give students a little background on a story, start the audio book, and then pause it periodically. While you can always find a print version of the book and show students the pictures as you read, an audio book by itself is a GREAT tool for working on visualization. #3: Teaching Visualization and Listening ComprehensionĮpic! now has a section for “audio books.” These audio books include a text read aloud, but you can’t see any pictures or inside pages of the book. Students can then read the books to a partner or to their parents at home (if they have access to technology). Rereading the same text repeatedly builds fluency. Then, students can read the SAME book a couple of times (clicking through the pages without turning the audio on). When they listen to a book read aloud on Epic!, they’re hearing strong fluency modeled. #2: Fluency PracticeĮpic! is also a great tool for developing students’ fluency. My students always feel so proud to share what they’ve learned-and Epic! is a great help for giving them access to information. They can listen to books on Epic! to help supplement any print books you can find for them. Maybe I can find one book at the library that’s at a reading level appropriate for some of my students, but a true research project requires more than just one book!Įpic! makes doing research easy, even for students who are beginning readers. However, a big problem has been a lack of nonfiction books at lower reading levels. They read about a nonfiction topic and then write about what they’ve learned. Note: This post was written in collaboration with Epic! #1: Research ProjectsĮvery year, my students LOVE the opportunity to do mini-research projects. The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m.Photo Credits: NIRUT RUPKHAM, Shutterstock The Last Apprentice: Seventh Son by Joseph Delaney The Half Life of Molly Pierce by Katrina LenoĪnother Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn You Look Different in Real Life by Jennifer Castle The Vanishing Season by Jodi Lynn Andersonįor Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund No One Else Can Have You by Kathleen Hale How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True by Sarah Strohmeyer The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine How to (Un)cage a Girl by Francesca Lia Block ![]() Kiss of Broken Glass by Madeleine Kuderick Want to print this? Click here to download the high quality, 300dpi version! Now onto the table! Click here if you want to view it at full size! ![]() The book is a whopping 608 pages long.ĥ.) The shortest books each have 128 pages and are Poisoned Apples by Christine Heppermann, Weetzie Bat and How to (un)Cage a Girl by Francesca Lia Block.Ħ.) The longest series by page length is the Seventh Son seriesby Joseph Delaney. Do you? If so, tell us in the comments!Ĥ.) T he longest book is Hunger, book #2 in the Gone series by Michael Grant. Why so many at the same length? Honestly, we have no idea. There are 18 books that are 320 pages long, 17 books that are either 352 or 416 pages long, and 15 books that are 336 pages long. If no hardcovers were available then first edition paperbacks were used.ģ.) Many of the books have the EXACT same number of pages. That’s because there are 27 series on this table.Ģ.) Page numbers were taken from first edition hardcovers. ( Which you can browse here.)īefore you browse through the table, here are some fun facts we discovered while putting it together.ġ.) There 191 books represented, but only 90 books pictured. ![]() What books do we publish? What should I read next? I’m looking for some award winners! All of these queries can be answered with this table! Take a look and browse through the full list of titles and series below! And don’t forget, this is just a snapshot of all the books we have. Let this periodic table serve as a guide into the depths of the world of Epic Reads. Prepare your shelves accordingly, but because this might give you some ideas on what to pick up during your next trip to the bookstore! There is no science at all in our periodic table, just books. We’re about to blind you with some science. ![]()
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