<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">We have it in our k-8 district.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">I think the elementary teachers are okay with it.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">No one at the middle school uses it.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">We find it to look very young and even though they boast materials through high school, we find those are severly lacking.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">We also do not like the quizzes that students have to take.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">They say we can bypass them, but there are some that can't be bypassed.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">It is so they can measure the lexile, which is a whole other conversation!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Instead, we use the free version of Newsela and database articles for non-fiction text.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Mariela Siegert</span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666">Adjunct Faculty, SOIS at Dominican University</font></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666">School Librarian<div style="display:inline">, </div>Westfield Middle School<div style="display:inline"> in Bloomingdale, IL</div></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><a href="mailto:marris116@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666">marris116@gmail.com</font></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666">@marris116</font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666">Instagram: msiegert_WFMS_Library</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:islma@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">islma@list.railslibraries.info</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Do any of you have experience with the myOn ebook program at any grade level? My principal asked me about it, and I'm interested in opinions of those who have used it, rather than just relying on what I see on the company's website. Thanks in advance for any information you can share.<br>
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Brooke Fleuette<br>
Mercer County High School<br>
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Currently reading: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth<br>
Currently listening to: Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton<br>
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