Make Books Come Alive

School:: Lavern Gaynor Elementary
Subject:: Language Arts
Teacher:: Tiffany Weeks
Students Impacted:: 325
Grade:: K-5
Date:: September 18, 2023

Investor

Thank you to the following investor for funding this grant.

A Champion for Learning - $40.00

Impact to My Classroom

# of Students Impacted: 350

This application has exceeded my expectations! It truly makes my books come alive! The addition of sound effects and background music to my read alouds has added excitement and increased student engagement. This is true at all levels. I knew my Kinder and 1st grade students would love it, but I even have 4th and 5th grade students asking when I will do another read aloud with their classes!

I know limit my use of Novel Effect to one week a month so that my students stay excited about it and it does not lose its novelty.

This subscription will last one year but I hope to renew it next year so I can continue to use it with my students. Unfortunately, video files are too large to upload here and still pictures won't accurately show the uniqueness of this app. You can visit https://noveleffect.com/ to see some example videos.

Original Grant Overview

Goal

My goal is to bring my read alouds alive by adding background music and sound effects using the Novel Effects app.

What will be done with my students

Novel Effect delivers interactive music, sound effects, and character voices that are perfectly tuned to respond as we read aloud from our library books during regular read aloud time.

As the story is read, Novel Effect gives students a more immersive experience so they’ll be on the edge of their seats with their focus on me. The story effects are for the books we already use in our curriculum and have in our library.

Students can also use this app during our STEAM centers to encourage and motivate them to read independently.

Benefits to my students

Anything that can motivate and encourage my students to read is a plus.
When a teacher reads aloud to a student or classroom with Novel Effect, there are many benefits identified including…

Promotes literacy and engagement
Supports imagery and visualization
Provides multi-sensory experience
Motivates reluctant and shy readers and encourages public speaking
Supports fluency and accuracy with beginning readers and English Language Learners
Promotes a multi-modal approach to story time for children enrolled in special education programs

Novel Effect offers accessible, interactive content to meet the needs of my diverse students and will keep even my most restless readers engaged and excited to read more.

Budget Narrative

This is for a one year subscription to the Novel Effect app and its resources.

Items

#	Item	Cost
1	Novel Effects app	$40.00
	Total:	$40.00

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