[CASL-L] playaways/wonderbooks

[Jill Pace]

I just allocated a lot of funds to wonderbooks for my K-8 library last year
and they are a BIG success. I also got some of the novels that go with our
humanities curriculum because many were large print AND embedded
audiobook... Truly meeting a lot of learning needs my students have in a
single package.

This was my answer to JLG ditching their audiobook categories and I have no
regrets.

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> From: "Burdacki, Sarah" <sburdacki at ellingtonschools.net>
> To: Allison Gale <agale at er9.org>
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> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:10:03 -0400
> Subject: Re: [CASL-L] Playaways
> Hi Allison,
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> I have about 50 Wonder Books in my K-6 library. I allow grade 2-6 to
> borrow them. I think they're great. I prefer them to playaways because they
> have a USB charger as opposed to a battery, they only take an hour to
> charge, and the audio component is attached to the book. They're great for
> below grade level readers to access grade level texts.
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> I have had a few audio components detach from the book, but we were able
> to glue them back on.
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> Hope this helps,
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> Sarah
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> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 10:11 AM Allison Gale via CASL-L <
> casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:
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>> Yesterday at the conference I learned about Wonderbooks- which are
>> basically a playaway embedded in a library/permabound book.
>> Looks like below. Has anyone (especially at the middle school level) used
>> these? Playways are decently popular at my school, but we have to
>> constantly source or order a book to go along with it as a companion so
>> they can read along as they listen. This seems like a perfect solution.
>> Thanks for any info!
>> [image: image.png]
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>> --
>> Mrs. Allison Gale
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Helen Keller Middle School Media Center
>> Instagram: @hkmsmediacenter
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