Creator: Marjan Ghara | visit site
Grade Range: K - 6
BiblioNasium is a READING social platform for learners ages six to twelve. Students, teachers, and parents all have their own login on the site. Students need a parent (or legal guardian) to give permission to use this site. Teachers and parents can set reading goals and rate and recommend books. There are some similarities to Goodreads <a href="/single.cfm?id=9554">reviewed here</a> in that this is a reading club where you can read reviews about books, write reviews, and rate books, too. Students will treasure finding new books recommended by others. Reluctant readers will become avid readers because it is easy to find topics of interest. Flash is used only for the introductory video.
In the Classroom
Use BiblioNasium to manage an independent reading program from reading logs to tailored reading lists. Stack your virtual bookshelves with recommended or required reads: set reading goals, create challenges, and keep track of student reading by using BiblioNasium in your classroom. Your students can easily see what they have read, what they like, and what they plan to read. Be sure to have them evaluate the books they read using BiblioNasium to help others find their next book. Find books by Lexile reading levels with BiblioNasium’s Search Field. BiblioNasium is partners with MetaMetrics’’’’’’’’’®, developer of the Lexile’’’’’’’’’® Framework for Reading. Knowing the reading levels of your students, you can set up leveled small groups for literature circles or nonfiction reading.
At Home
Set up a virtual bookshelf with books you loved as a kid and would like your student to read. Set goals and have fun giving rewards for good reading. Make reading a family activity by promoting safe social interaction about books. Be sure to invite cousins and family friends!
Tags
classroom management, independent reading, social networking, writing, descriptive writing,