Sora - Building student reading habits
Research has shown that students need to build reading habits to develop good literacy and academic skills. To nurture an independent reading habit, students need access to relevant high interest texts at levels as well as reading strategies that can help them develop reading proficiency and comprehension.
The SORA ebook platform provides students and teachers with access to a vast and diverse range of quality literature to motivate student reading. It includes inbuilt tools to develop deep reading skills and habits.
Learning Intentions
Participants will...
Build knowledge on the use of ebooks to motivate independent readers
Learn how to use the inbuilt platform tools to locate suitable texts at their reading level and to suit their diverse needs.
Develop an understanding of how the SORA ebook platform can be used to support reading proficiency and diverse reading levels
Success Criteria
Understood how ebooks can support the development of reading.
Identified how they can use the platform with students to build a reading habit.
Contributed strategies for using the ebook platform to develop reading comprehension.
Participants will interact with the tools of the SORA ebook platform. Time will be provided to discuss research around ebooks and reading and to share strategies for their integration in student learning.
