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Apps to consider for Fluency, retell, or reader's theater

12/15/2015

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Below are Apps that I suggest to use in the classroom when working on fluency, retell or reader's theatre.
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Mouth Off – Simply launch the app, hold your phone in front of your mouth, and watch the engagement soar. Once you begin to talk, the mouth you choose will animate in sync with your voice. 
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Blog Post on Mouth Off for Reader's Theater

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ChatterPix is a FREE app that is simple to use, but endless in possibilities. The app allows you to take any image, add a "mouth" and then record audio to allow the image to talk.
101 creative ways to use ChatterPix

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Yak it Kids is very similar to Chatterpix. It allows you to make images speak. The difference between the two is that it allows for more than one image to talk.
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Ideas for Yak it Kids in the Classsroom

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Tellagami – Create animated messages with virtual avatars. Using this app, students first customize a character. After recording their voice or adding dialogue, then the “Gami” is ready to publish. 
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Additional Ideas for Tellagami

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Teleprompter Lite - Use this app to have students practice...
  • Fluency Passages
  • Sight Words
  • Phrases
  • Poems
  • Reader's Theatre

*Thank you Kami Butterfield for recommending this app, as well as, the ideas!
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Telestory - This app takes you behind the scenes to create and broadcast your own TV show! Record a music video, teleport to an alien planet, film a high-speed-chase, or perform on a reality TV show - TeleStory is a TV studio in your pocket.
Additional Ideas for Telestory

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Quick Voice - Simple yet powerful, this app can easily record and time stamp students recording sight words, fluency phrases, passages, or clips for reader's theater. 
Additional Ideas for Fluency

REader's theatre

Great blog post by Erin Integration on how to Upgrade Reader's Theater on the iPad.
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Link to Erin Integration's Reader's Theater Pinterest Board of Resources
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Fluency and Technology ~Part 7

8/25/2015

 
Last year I discovered the app Tiny Tap and LOVED it!! Why? Because finally you can create your own app activity without coding. Many teachers across the globe have already started creating their own. 
Another cool feature about Tiny Tap is that the activities can be played on any mobile device or on a computer whole class!

Below are some Tiny Tap games I created with my kids at home. I took skills they were working on in Kindergarten and designed activities for them to practice math and fluency. Adding the kid voice is the best part! Kids love getting to hear their voices attached to something they work on.

Follow me on Tiny Tap as I create more games. 
http://www.tinytap.it/community/profile/nadine.gilkison/

Fluency and Technology ~ Part 6

8/19/2015

 
If you are looking for additional ideas to integrate fluency with technology, be sure to follow the Pinterest board below. :)
Follow FT Tech Integration's board Fluency Tech Options on Pinterest.

Fluency ideas with technology~ Part 2

8/19/2015

 
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I needed a way for students to be able to practice Fry's Phrases when they weren't at the teacher table with me. I created a powerpoint of the fry's phrases, then recorded my voice modeling how to read the phrases. 

During stations if a student needed additional support in this area I could have them watch the video for practice.

I give the students 3 seconds to say the phrase before you hear me modeling how it is to be read. It proved to be very beneficial to increasing fluency skills.

Fluency with Technology ~Part 3

8/19/2015

 
Use these videos to help students who need additional support with foundational reading skills. Each video gives the student 3 seconds to attempt to say the word, then it will read it for them.

Get creative and have students create their own sight word videos for practice as well!

Fluency with technology ~Part 5

8/19/2015

 
These practice videos were created to reinforce the skills students are taught from 95% group. These are designed for students to practice multi-syllable words following the same pattern.

fluency and technology ~ Part 4

8/19/2015

 
One great way to work on fluency phrasing and expression is to record students saying lines out of popular children's books. 
Especially with younger students, you know that after you've read a book many times over and over, they can not only say the sentence or phrase back to you, but also with expression.

The three videos below: I'm Bored, Russell the Sheep, and Pinkalicious were created by kids ages 4 and 5. In other words, their reading level is not high. I simply modeled how to read the line, then they repeated it back to me when I hit record. 

With older students consider having them create their own Book Trailers to excite students into checking out that book at the library.
This project was completed by a Kindergarden class and a 4th grade class. The 4th graders wrote the story about the Pigeon, then helped model how the lines were to be read. Then, they helped the KDG students record the voices. It came out fabulous! It will definitely make you smile! :)

Fluency ideas with technology~Part 1

8/18/2015

 
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This post is first in a series of ideas on how to use technology to help with fluency skills.  
When introducing students to phrasing and expression consider what they love.. movies, which are designed to entertain them at their age level.

Print out lines from famous movies and have students practice reading them with expression. Do not tell them what movie they come from, just random lines.

Then play the clips below which are the behind the scenes in the recording studio when the actors recorded their lines. They will LOVE this.. Being able to see the expression and phrasing modeled for them by the characters they have grown to love is perfect for an engaged lesson.

Download the fluency bookmarks below to practice with your class.
~Nadine :)

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