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Read Along Activity

Directions:

Read Alongs are mini-books. They cover a topic related to your teacher’s lesson plan in a short story format. The stories use your new vocabulary words. The goal is to help you see what the words mean. Most Read Alongs are 5 to 8 pages long.

  1. There is one question on each page. You have to answer it to move to the next page.
    • You can type an answer and press Save.
    • You can record your voice by pressing the Mic icon icon. If you don’t like your recording, press Trash can iconto wipe it.
    • You can both type and record an answer, if you wish.
    • Remember: Your teacher can see/hear whatever you write/speak, so make it good!
  1. Press Next to go to the next page.
  2. There are many reading tools you can use, if you want:
    • You can play audio for any paragraph. icon for playing audio
    • Feel free to adjust the speed! There are 5 speeds.
    • Press icon for dimming the screen around reading text to dim the screen around the text you’re reading.
    • You can magnify text to make it larger.
    • You can highlight text in a any color to help you remember key facts.
  3. The activity is done when you add answers to every page of the e-book.
  4. Your answers get stored under My Work. You can see them. Your teacher can also see them.
Image of multiple controls that can help reading in Read Along

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