Screencasting to teach Active Reading for the Novel

Ever feel like a broken record when you are teaching and re-teaching? Screencasting allows you to teach it once and let others learn and re-learn at their own pace.

Active reading is an incredibly important skill, and I actually had been planning on teaching my rising 6th-grade son this today for his summer reading. Let's see how this goes...

While he watched the video, he made a bookmark, pausing as needed to keep up.

He said it was "very helpful, Mom." I was glad that he was able to do this on his own without me waiting while he wrote. Now, let's see how his newfound knowledge transfers to his summer reading books!