Saturday, September 7, 2013

Read Me Stories




Read Me Stories



Cost: Free

Pros: This app contains 8 different free books. Students can read the book on their own or have it read to them through the character's voices. There is also a feature that highlights one word at a time to help readers be able to stay on track. Throughout the story, there are many different interactive "buttons" for students to touch to continue reading and feel involved in the experience. 

Cons: After reading the first book in a supposed series of five books, the app then tells the reader that they have to buy the next 4 books for $2. I checked to see if the next 7 series were the same and they were. Although the initial app is free, the total cost if one were to buy all the books would come to $14, which is too expensive for the quality of this app

How I Would Use It In The Classroom: This app, if all the books were bought on it, could be used by the student to help their reading fluency because the student can read each story as many times as they want.  It would be a great app to use in students' free time at home as well. 



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