Virtual Author Visit

2nd Grade students participate in the Megan McDonald virtual author event. @GattisRRISD #rrisdtech @redprincess67 #judymoodybooks

iPads Grade 1 Reading Response

Students in Miss Drews class go digital with their Reader's Responses.  After reading a non-fiction book, students find the main idea (take a picture of it) and add details by recording their voices.

Reading Books on an iPad

Mrs. Carter taught PreK students how to navigate to BookFlix on the iPads and have the iPad read to them!  Students were very excited to pick their own book and it is an awesome example of how tablets are way more than just games, they can be educational especially with the right Teacher or Librarian.

El día de los niños/El día de los libros

Would you like Kevin Cosner, Betty White, Haylie Duff or other celebrities to read to you? You can at
http://www.storylineonline.net.  In celebration of El día de los niños/El día de los libros here at Gattis several classes had celebrities read to them via the computer. 

Ms. Silva's Kinder Class

Kevin Costner reading to Ms. Buckles's 5th Graders

Reading Counts

Students in grades 2-5 can earn points for Reading with an online program from Scholastic called "Reading Counts". The program does quick assessments on thousands of book titles to show comprehension.  Here is a student reading to her buddy before taking the quiz.

Reading on the Computer

Our Kindergarten students love to read, and the love computers.  Why not combine both? Here you see students actively engages, reading stories and having them read to them.  Students are able to navigate from our school website to the Starfall webpage.  A favorite site for students.

Reading on a Computer

Students in various grade levels love to read and love the computer, why not read on the computer? There are many only programs that are interactive with reading. Here you see students using http://www.starfall.com/ to read books. Starfall has an option to have some of the words read out loud for you, great for young readers.  As Gattis has the Dual Language Program at our School, we especially love to read on bookflix and Tumblebooks since it has both English and Spanish options.

Software for Individual Learners

Computers are not just for the mainstream classroom. Here at Gattis and at many schools across the district we are able to purchase and use specific computer software to help with individual students who need some extra strategies. Here we have students working with Earobics software which provides individualized instruction in critical areas of reading. This software is interactive and has some fun characters that make the activity engaging and motivating for students! Our incredible Intervention Specialists are able to monitor and personalized plans for each student.

Bookflix and Mapping

Mrs. Thomas’s class did a fantastic activity with maps comparing two bookflix stories. They navigated our school website, went to our Library pages and under “Online Resources” found Bookflix. They choose "Earth and Sky" and selected two stories, "Hansel and Gretel" (fiction) and "We Need Directions" After listening to both stories they used the program kidspiration to build a compare/contrast web. This project helped them illustrate their understanding of how the mapping in the two stories were alike and different. Great idea Mrs. Thomas!