
#EPIC BOOKS SIGN IN CODE#
Students sign in with a unique code to browse or read what's been assigned.īooks are Epic! originals and digital versions of actually published books, including some popular ones such as The Magic School Bus, National Geographic Kids, or A Series of Unfortunate Events. Once accounts are set up, teachers can assign books or entire collections to one or more students and track what they've read. Teachers can set up separate accounts for students, either by hand or by linking to a Google Classroom account. Those choices can always be changed later, and teachers can also search through the entire catalog whenever they want. When signing up for a free educator account, teachers indicate the age of their students and a few areas of interest so that the app can target which titles to suggest. Continue readingĮpic! - Kids' Books and Videos is a digital library and e-reader website and app that makes more than 40,000 children's books (with more added weekly) available at the touch of a finger. There are also video tutorials that go over all of the tool's key features. Make sure to check out Epic!'s expansive collection of educator resources: tons of helpful stuff that's clearly made with educator input, from getting started guides to monthly themed calendars to handouts for parents and lesson plans. To help with assessment, teachers can use the limited number of books that have multiple-choice quizzes already, or write and post their own to the community. Historical reenactments, videos, reports, or further research can deepen learning after reading a nonfiction book.

Concepts of plot, theme, character development, and so on can follow a work of fiction. After reading, follow up with related activities. Given that this is a digital library, teachers also can project the book onto a smartboard and read to the class. Teachers can check on each student's progress through the dashboard. Or teachers can assign specific books based on reading level or by topic to get students investigating a particular subject or literature theme. Teachers can assign a theme (for example, biographies of important people in history) and let students find and read material on that theme.
#EPIC BOOKS SIGN IN OFFLINE#
They can build their own collections, rate what they've read, and then report back to the teacher offline with a summary or a reflection on what they learned or liked about the book.

Students can read books that interest them during silent reading or free choice time.

Use Epic! - Kids' Books and Videos as you would use a library.
