Books in English to Read- Digital and Free

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 Since most of my classes will be online for the next 6 weeks, I registered for an educator account at getepic.com. It is free and full of thousands of digital books (most in English, but there are a few other languages there). Students just use the classcode (no personal info needed) and can choose books to read online. Some books even include audio. As a teacher, I can keep track of how many books each student has read (if they click on their initials when they start) and how they did on the end-of-book quiz. I even tried one of the short quizzes with one of my students, and she liked it. The quiz was short enough to not be bothersome while providing just enough positive feedback to let her
feel like her accomplishment was seen. The only drawback is that the students can only read for free during school hours local time, Monday- Friday 7 am - 4 pm. You can even make reading lists for your students. I made one with books about Hawaii or based in Hawaii since that is where we currently are on our Around the World Virtual Trip.  



So, it is time for us to find a hammock on the beach (virtually in Hawaii) where we can relax and start reading. Want to join us?

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