Epic! Is an online children's subscription book service offering immediate, on-demand access to over 25,000 picture books and chapter books for children K-6. The Epic! Library also includes thousands of Read-to-Me books, audio books, educational videos and educational quizzes. The website is free with an educator account, so basically the teacher has control of their classroom account and provides their students with a classroom code in order to gain access inside and outside of the classroom.
This online educational service was re-introduced to me last week by my placement teacher. This is the website that she is having her students use during this period of online learning. The features that Epic! offers works especially well for my Special Education Communication class. It is difficult for the students to read a book online and gain the information or reading practice that is required for them, since they read at a lower level than most grade 2's or 3's. My teacher assigns a few Read-to-Me and audio books a week, and then chats to the students about them. For certain lessons, my teacher also uses the educational videos and quizzes where she can keep track of the student's progress. The students also love that they earn badges for reading books and meeting goals that the teacher sets for them.
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