how to get started with your reading
lower level books have an interactive
five-step reading process
go to your my library homepage and click
on the cover of a book you want to read
to open the pop-up window where you can
select the five steps
click start to open step 1 warm up in a
new window
then click let's play to start the
activities
cat
cat when you have completed the
activities
you will be given your score click play
again to repeat step 1
if you want to improve your score or
press exit to move on to step two
click start to open step two listen up
then click start the book will open in a
new window
and you will hear it being read to you
the man's got a seed
you can click along the hair and
tortoise slider on the right hand side
of the green toolbar along the top of
the screen
to speed up or slow down the audio
he goes in the garden
the man's happy you can pause the audio
by clicking the blue pause button in the
green bar
the seed grows and click the play icon
to restart the audio
rose it's a turnip
at the end of the book you can choose to
listen again or go to step 3.
click start to open step 3. read
read the book using the blue arrow at
the side of each page to turn to the
next one
or go back to the previous page
click on any sentence at any time to
hear it spoken
the seed grows and grows
you can also use the more advanced
features during step 3
which appear in the toolbar at the top
of the page
click the read to me icon to listen to
all the words of the book being spoken
as you read along
the seed grows and grows
it's a turnip click along the hair and
tortoise slider on the right hand side
of the green toolbar
to speed up or slow down the audio
recording
click the green cross button to go back
to the main toolbar
click the record button to record
yourself reading the words and practice
your pronunciation click on the area of
the page you want to place the recording
note
then click the blue record button to
start recording your voice
the seed grows and grows
click the record button again to stop
recording when you're finished speaking
click the play button to listen to your
recording
the seed grows and grows
click the save button if you want to
save the recording
or click the delete button if you don't
want to save it
click the pen button in the toolbar to
draw or write on the page to make notes
click on the colored circles to choose a
pen color then click and drag your mouse
on the page to make pen marks
you can delete pen marks by clicking the
eraser option
then click and drag your mouse on the
area you want to delete marks from
to delete all the pen marks for the
pages you are on click the delete icon
to erase all
then click ok in the message that
appears
click the green cross button to go back
to the main toolbar
select the dictionary button to search
for words you don't recognize
click in the please add a word box and
type in the word you want to find
then click insert
you will see a box appear showing the
dictionary tab
which gives you the meaning of the word
click the example sentences tab to see
examples of the word being used
click add to your vocabulary if you want
to learn the word
and add it to your vocabulary page
click the vocabulary button to review
the words you have selected to learn
from the book
click on the word to see the definition
and example sentence is in the pop-up
that appears
click anywhere on the web page outside
the pop-up box
to remove it when you have finished and
then click the back arrow at the top of
the screen to return to the book
click the page button to see a view of
every page in the book
click on the page you want to jump
straight to it
or click the back arrow at the top to
exit
when you have finished step 3 click exit
at the top right of the screen
click the step 4 speak up button to move
on to step 4
then click start click start
again to listen to the first sentence
the turnip doesn't move
click listen again to repeat it click
the record button
and record yourself repeating the
sentence
the turnip doesn't move click the record
button again to stop recording when you
have finished speaking
click the play button to listen to your
recording
the turnip doesn't move or click the
record again button to try again
click the next button to move to the
next sentence
when you have finished all the sentences
click complete
at the end you can choose to record
again or go to step five
click start to open step five wrap up
then click let's play ready
seed click the letters in the correct
order to spell the word in the picture
and keep trying until you get it correct
seed
move click listen again to repeat the
word being spoken out loud
move
when you have finished click play again
to repeat step 5
or select exit to finish
you can click on the reading notes
button in the five steps pop-up window
to see the keywords from the book you've
selected
click on the vocabulary tab to review
the words you selected to learn from the
book
click the recorded sentences tab to
review the sentences you recorded
when doing step 4 of the 5 step reading
process higher level books for more
experienced readers
include the advanced features already
described in step 3
of the 5 step reading process
click on one of these books you will see
that step 3
read is highlighted click start to begin
reading the book
and use the recording tool audio tool
the pen
dictionary vocabulary and page view
features already described
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