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Tales2go Grades6-8SummerListening 1
SummerListeningPacketGrades6-8
DearParentsandGuardians,Yourchild’sschoolhasasubscriptiontoTales2go,anaward-winningkids'mobileaudiobookservicewiththousandsoftitlestochoosefrom.
Thebenefitsoflisteningtoaudiobooksincludeenhancedvocabulary,fluencyandlisteningskills.Studiesshowthatwhenalisteningcomponentisaddedtoreadinginstruction,studentachievementincreasesmeasurably.Studentsareabletolistenatahigherlevelwithouthavingtodecodeeachwordonapage,andtheyhearmodeledfluent,expressivereading.
Tales2gocanbeusedonadesktop,laptop,Chromebook,iPad,iPhone,iPodTouchorAndroid.Onadesktoporlaptop,gotowww.tales2go.comtologin.OnanAppleorAndroid,gototheappstoreandsearchfor“Tales2go.”OnaniPad,Tales2goshowsupunder“iPhoneonlyapps.”
Hereisyourchild’sIDandpasswordforuseononepersonaldevice.Loginas“SchoolsandStudents.”***ID:***Password:Alsofillinthecountry,stateandschoolnameasyoulogin.
You’llfindtitlesandactivitiesinthenextfewpagestoencouragesummerlisteningandlearning.
Ifyouhavequestionsaboutyouraccount,[email protected]!
Tales2go Grades6-8SummerListening 2
ListenUp!
1. Logintoyourchild’sTales2goaccount(instructionsonpage1.)2. Fromthetopics/homepagefromyourdevice,click“SummerListening”
thenclick“Grades6-8”
3. Findatitletolistentocheckitoffafteryoulisten.Trytolistentoallsuggestedtitlesthroughoutthesummer.
4. Findasuggestedactivitytocomplete,orjusthaveyourchilddrawpicturesofwhattheyarelisteningto.
Mobile:
DesktoporLaptop:
Tales2go Grades6-8SummerListening 3
SuggestedTitles
o 11BirthdaysbyWendyMasso AMango-ShapedSpacebyWendy
Masso AMutinyinTimebyJamesDashnero AcrossFiveAprilsbyIreneHunto AdriftbyPaulGriffino AllofaKindFamilybySydney
Tayloro BabeRuth’sOwnBookofBaseballby
GeorgeHermanRutho BluishbyVirginiaHamiltono BookofAThousandDaysby
ShannonHaleo CatchaFallingStarbyKim
Culbertson
o Catherine,CalledBirdybyKarenCushman
o CopperMagicbyJuliaMaryGibsono DashbyKirbyLarsono DoorDiebyRalphComptono DukebyKirbyLarsono EchobyPamMunozRyano EmilyoftheNewMoonbyL.M.
Montgomeryo EverySoulaStarbyWendyMasso GhostShipbyDietlofReicheo GoodMorning,Mr.MandelabyZelda
laGangeo GraceUnpluggedbyMelodyCarlsono GreenglassHousebyKateMilfordo Gulliver’sTravelsbyJonathanSwifto HalfaChancebyCynthiaLordo HarrisandMebyGaryPaulseno HoldFastbyBlueBallietto IsleoftheLost:ADescendants
PrequelbyMelissaDeLaCruz
o KingArthurandtheKnightsoftheRoundTablebyBenedictFlynn
o LifeofPibyYannMartelo MyBrotherSamisDeadbyJames
LincolnColliero OnceUponaMarigoldbyJeanFerriso RulesbyCynthiaLordo TheAdventuresofTomSawyerby
MarkTwain
o TheClockworkThreebyMatthewJ.Kriby
o TheGlassCastlebyJerryB.Jenkinso TheInvisibleManbyH.G.Wellso TheLightningQueenbyLauraResauo TheMerchantofVeniceby
Shakespeareo TheNightGardenerbyJonathan
Auxiero TheRedBadgeofCourageby
StephenCraneo TheReturnoftheKing(Lordofthe
RingsNPRBroadcast)byJ.R.R.Tolkien
o TheRoarbyEmmaClaytono TheSameStuffasStarsbyKatherine
Pattersono TheStoryofMyLifebyHelenKellero TheWestingGamebyEllenRaskino YouAreThere!JoanofArcatStake:
1431bytheColumbiaBroadcastingSystem
o YouAreThere!TheBattleofHasting:1066bytheColumbiaBroadcastingSystem
o ZaneandtheHurricanebyRodmanPhilbrick
Tales2go Grades6-8SummerListening 4
Activities
o Drawpictureswhilelistening-onapieceofpaper,whiteboard,oremptycomicstrip
o Createaplay/skitafterlisteningandperformitforfamilyandfriendso Makecharactersoutofclayo Writeastorybasedonthecharactersinthetexto Usetherecordingfeatureonyourphoneorcomputertorecordanoriginal
audiobooko Bakeorcooksomethingwhileorafterlisteningbasedonthestoryo Listentotitlesinthecaronaroadtripo Keeptrackofvocabularywordsandwhattheymean
2graphicorganizersareattachedtothispacket.Findallgraphicorganizershere:https://www.tales2go.com/category/lesson-plans/graphic-organizers/Exampleofacomicstripforvisualizing:
Tales2go Grades6-8SummerListening 5
Title and Author
Setting
Main Characters
Solution
Problem
End Middle Beginning
Tales2go Grades6-8SummerListening 6
