In lower sets/ability levels I am always looking for ways to try and engage the children in reading. ICT helps with this as well as providing them a unique opportunity to listen to themselves read!

In the first part of the video you can see the children reading into an iPod sound recording app (Diary of a Wimpy Kid). They then listen to it back before deciding what level they are based on their fluency (AF1). We do this a few times in a half term.

Next you see a child accessing Socrative apps on the iPod. I had previously set up a test set on the Socrative website, the children can then access these via the app on an Apple device or via a website on a normal computer. You can view the results live as they are completing them and send all the results to your email at the end (via an Excel spreadsheet!). Even though it is still comprehension, they are always more engaged when doing it this way rather than the traditional way! Best of all, it is completely free! www.socrative.com

AF1-2 Activities from S Fox on Vimeo.