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March 14, 2023

Episode 14: Three Things Holly Missed in Epic

10 minutes

Epic is a free reading platform for kids. Teachers are able to set up classrooms and allow students to pick from books in the teacher's library. In today's episode, Holly talks about things she didn't use while teaching that she wished she had.

Read: Holly's blog post with her tips

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:45 What is Epic?
1:45 Tip 1: "Read to me" books

Books read and highlight text as it's reading

Accessibility tools included

Good way to have kids read above their comfort level

2:50 Create a collection of challenging Read to Me books for students
3:50 Tip 2: Use the audiobooks!

Listening only - no text available

Works your listening and comprehension skills

Good way to hone in on listening skills for EL students

6:00 Tip 3: Browse books by language

English, Spanish, Chinese, and French are available

Free choice time is a good time for home language reading

7:18 Use Duolingo along with Epic for language learning
8:12 Accessing Epic as a teacher
9:00 What's making you happy?

Billie Jo: Seesaw sent us stuff to send us to MACUL!