Epic for Educators offers thousands of children's books to teachers and librarians for FREE. The site contains instant access to 25,000 eBooks, learning videos, quizzes and more for K-5 teachers and students. Epic can be accessed on any device: desktops, laptops, Chromebooks, iOs and Android devices.
Students can read books that interest them during silent reading or free-choice time. 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. Teachers can assign a theme (for example, biographies of important people in history) and let students find and read material on that theme. 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 check on each student's progress through the dashboard. Given that this is a digital library, teachers also can project the book onto a SMARTBoard and read to the class. After reading, follow up with related activities.
To get started, teachers should sign up for a free account. Then you can create unique student profiles and track students' reading progress. Student profiles can be created on the web or you can import your roster from Google Classroom. Students will then go to www.getepic.com/sign-in or use the Epic! app on their iOs device. They'll click "Student Sign In", enter their classroom code, and then select their student profile.
For more information, access their Quick Start Guide.
