Engaging Families A Successful Family Literacy Event WHY

Engaging Families: A Successful Family Literacy Event

WHY IS READING IMPORTANT? “Millions of American children get to fourth grade without learning to read proficiently. And that puts them on the dropout track. ” – Kids Count Special Report. Annie E. Casey Foundation 2010 • National requirement to be reading on grade level, by grade 3 • Provide the resources to learn to read, as well as read to learn © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 2

68% OF STUDENTS ARE AT RISK • Help students grow reading skills • Avoid summer reading loss • Motivate students to read more © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 3 Source: Kids Count 2012

Time Spent Reading = Reading Achievement Fifth-Grade Students Percentile Rank Minutes of Text Reading per Day Estimated Number of Words Read per Year 98 90 70 50 20 10 67. 3 33. 3 16. 9 9. 2 2. 4 1. 0 4, 733, 000 2, 357, 000 1, 168, 000 601, 000 134, 000 51, 000 from Anderson et al. , 1988, Table 3, N = 155. Reading material included books, magazines, and newspapers. © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 4

The Five Pillars of my. ON © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 5

my. ON and MOBILE DEVICES Online: Windows, Macs, Tablets, and Mobile Offline: i. Pad App Offline: Android App Offline: Chrome App Offline: Kindle Fire (select models) Tech Support support@myon. com (888) 728 -1266 © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 6

Unlimited Access to Thousands of Enhanced Digital Books • Personalized recommendations, based on: ―Audience appropriate (Grade) ―Reading level (Lexile®) ―Interests • Reading scaffolds: ―Narrated audio ―Highlighting • Device friendly • Offline reading options • Connect reading & writing with my. ON © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com

App/Website Comparison Access my. ON App • Read books online • Read books offline √ • Individual login √ my. ON. com √ √ Reading Scaffolds • Dictionary • Highlighting √ √ • Audio √ √ • Toolkit √ √ Assessment & Reporting • Book quizzes √ • Benchmarks √ • Growth chart √ • Books Read/ Time spent reading √ √ Locating Content • Recommended list • Browse/Visual search √ √ • Text search √ √ • Advanced Search √ • My list √ √ © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com

HOW IT WORKS

Interest Inventory 10 • Select Interests Grades Pre-K to 5 Grades 6 and higher © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 10

Placement Exam (Assigned Based on Grade) 11 • Different questions & question types by grade © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 11

Different Interfaces by Grade 12 © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 12

3 Ways to Find Books • Recommended by my. ON • Assigned by Teacher • Search or Browse Library © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 13

Recommendation Engine • Student-centered recommendations based on: ―Reading level ―Interests ―Grade appropriateness • Multiple bands appeal to student choice © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 14

Reading a Book • Reading scaffolds ―Audio narration ―Highlighting ―Dictionary ―Zoom © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 15

Reading Tools • Highlighter 16 • Drawing tool • Shapes • Sticky notes • Citations • Reading journal © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 16

Engagement and Comprehension Review and Ratings 17 Content Comprehension © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 17

Measuring Reading Growth 18 © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 18

Measuring Reading Growth 19 © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 19

Students Respond to Assignments • Teachers can assign projects to students, and see progress • Assignments can include: ―Reading from a book set ―Writing an essay ―Graphic Organizer ―All purpose / general ―Assessment • System tracks student progress on tasks © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 20

Writing Tools 21 • Essay Writer • Checklist • Teacher Feedback • Connect to Journal / Vocabulary/ Graphic Organizer • Peer Reviews © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 21

BOOK COLLECTIONS

“ my. ON has provided children without books in their homes access that has never been available to them in the past. ” Dr. William Hunter Superintendent Polk School District (GA) 23

Unlimited Access • • • Over 10, 000 digital books available Read-aloud audio & highlighting 70% Nonfiction Reading levels for Pre. K-grade 12 10% Bilingual / Spanish titles A growing list of publisher partners © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com 24

Additional Publishers Available -Elementary- -Secondary- 25

“ The excitement associated with my. ON is huge. Students are saying that reading is cool. They like to read and want to read. And the data doesn’t lie. We are seeing steady growth. ” Jay Eitner Superintendent Lower Alloways Creek School District (NJ) 26

How my. ON Helps your Child • Provides access to a growing collection of enhanced digital 27 texts • Connects student interests and reading levels to personalize reading • Monitors and measure reading growth • Forecasts future reading ability • Allows for safe social networking • Anytime, anywhere access • Increases the home to school connection © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com

How Do I Get Started? 28 • Read to your child • Read with your child • Have your child read to you © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com

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Questions Customer Support 30 Hours: Phone Email: Website: 8 am to 5 pm, CST 888. 728. 1266 support@myon. com http: //www. my. ON. com © 2017 my. ON. All Rights Reserved. | www. my. ON. com

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