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"The Book Wizard Mobile application (School Edition) is a mobile extension of the Book Wizard which provides easy access to Scholastic's comprehensive database of information on more than 50,000 children's books. Hundreds of thousands of teachers already use Book Wizard online at Scholastic.com. Book Wizard Mobile will save you even more time. Teachers can search for a book or use the built-in bar-code scanner to instantly view the book's: Cover Image Title Author Interest level Reading Level by: - Grade Level Equivalent - Lexile Measure - Guided Reading Level - DRA Teachers can also: * Create and save book lists to your existing Scholastic.com account * Modify existing book lists associated with your account "

"Scan your book's ISBN and view the Lexile, Guided Reading, Grade Level Equivalent, and/or DRA levels for the book. "

"BookLeveler helps educators, parents, and librarians quickly and easily find appropriately leveled content for young readers. App users can scan the ISBN barcode of a book or search for content by title and/or author to appropriately level and store that content based on their in-classroom experience. "

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he Swedish fairy tale "The King's Choice", published on the Web site Whootie Owl's Stories to Grow By, is an excellent tool for teaching students to make predictions. Print out a copy of the story to read aloud to students. Before reading the story, you might mark the following places in the story where you will want to pause to ask What do you think will happen next? You might have students share their predictions orally, or you might have them record their predictions in writing on a sheet of paper or in their writing/reading journals. Pause after the opening paragraph, which ends Any of the councilors could rise to become a fine leader, thought the King, but which one had the necessary inner strength? to ask students which of the King's councilors they think might be best suited to take the King's place. Pause after paragraph 7, which ends The wind whirled about, wrapping his woodcutter's garments tightly around him. Meanwhile, the boat nearly tipped over and the voices on board shrieked. to ask students to predict what will happen next in the story. Pause after paragraph 18, which ends The King continued, "I will announce my decision at a royal banquet to be held the day after tomorrow." to ask students to predict what will happen the next day? Who will show up for the King's royal banquet, since all of the councilors have already committed to being at the woodcutter's feast? Who might be chosen at the royal banquet to take over the King's role? Have students record the next -- final -- prediction in writing; they should record the reasons behind their predictions, including information from the parts of the story already read that lead them to think that way. Pause after paragraph 27, which reads An hour later, a frazzled Lukas was led before the King's throne. to ask students to predict what might happen next in the story. After sharing the fairy tale "The King's Choice" with students and giving them several opportunities to predict what will happen

Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can: * Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go, * Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer, * View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen, * Print out the stories and poems to make your own book. There are six ways to get started with Lit2Go: 1. Browse by Author: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 2. Browse by Title: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 3. Browse by Reading Level (Flesch-Kincaid*): K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4. Browse by Subject Matter: African-American Literature, Florida, Mathematics, Science 5. Search Database. You can search the collection by title, author, or keywords. 6. Launch iTunes. If you have iTunes software installed on your computer, you can download many of the selections directly into your iTunes library. The free iTunes application for either Macintosh or Windows computers may be downloaded directly from Apple, Inc. "

Word Stash is a vocabulary building tool that takes flashcards to a whole new level. With interactive definitions, this web tool makes learning new words fun. Pre-set lists for exams like the SAT make it easy to get started. Users can also listen to the words pronounced, see great examples of them in real-life articles, and even share them with peers via social networks like Twitter. There are currently 200,000 words in the bank and users can add any other words they would like. This is a great tool for learning new words or creating a list of words to review for subjects ranging from English to Science.

Part kids social network, part parent's guide, part teacher's tool, BiblioNasium blends technology with personal connection to create a supportive, engaging space for reading success.