Joan Axthelm's List: eReaderGrant

• 2. Using the built-in dictionary function of some e-readers may help students quickly define words they don't know and provide pronunciation information that can help them sound out unfamiliar words.
• 3. Having students record their thoughts or respond to specific questions with the "notes" feature of some e-readers provides individualized insight to their comprehension of the text for teachers.
• because e-readers are not specifically designed for students with disabilities and do not have a stigma attached to them, struggling readers may feel more comfortable using the devices in front of their peers, says Rose.
• could help facilitate fluency and vocabulary development.
• e-readers' built-in dictionary feature not just to look up definitions of words, but also to view pronunciation and chunking, which is the way the word is broken up into syllables.

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• providing students with real or simulated experiences to establish commonly shared prior knowledge
• teaching the specific behaviors that good readers use before, during, and after reading,
• giving them immediate feedback on their comprehension of its elements
• 5) Extending Reading from the Classroom to the Home
  The six programs also emphasize a critical component of a child's reading success, the home connection. While the frequency of the required at-home reading varies from 20 minutes nightly to 20 minutes three times a week, each program sends materials home that the children should use.

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• A small to medium sized comprehension-related outcome was discovered, showing that e-readers can be used to help foster comprehension skills.
• researched and implemented the lending of Kindles to their students. Results were found that the Kindles were very popular, especially for the general reading books

• As my proposal explains, with a Kindle, students will be able to put the cursor on a word they do not know and the definition will pop up on the screen.