Learning Objectives
INFOhio has several eBook collections with nonfiction and fiction titles. While the eBooks below are organized by grade level, educators can curate the best titles from each collection to meet the needs of the reader and task.
BookFlix
With more than 150 pairs of popular eBooks, Scholastic's BookFlix is INFOhio's most-used resource. Pairs of fiction and nonfiction titles engage readers while building background knowledge and vocabulary. Fiction titles are illustrated videos with text highlighted and read aloud, while nonfiction titles are in a common eBook format.
With Lexile levels and lesson plans included, BookFlix pairs are an effective element in text sets. Consider using these visual texts to motivate readers and provide the necessary scaffolds for accessing more complex text.
To learn more about how to use this resource, be sure to complete the BookFlix class in the Ages 3-5 and Grades K-5 INFOhio Learning Pathway.
Capstone Interactive eBooks
More than 800 eBooks aligned to science and social studies standards make this collection a valuable asset for text sets. Capstone Interactive eBooks include a read-loud feature and provide important background knowledge and vocabulary to support target texts.
With a variety of text types, including graphic novels, these colorful eBooks are a great "hook" text to engage readers and incite curiosity.
Use limiters to search by interest or Lexile level to find the best book for readers.
Capstone Connect allows educators to search by Ohio's Learning Standards. To find eBooks to support the standard you are covering, choose the English Language Arts, Science, or Social Studies content area. Then choose the grade level (INFOhio subscribes to content for grades 3-5) .
World Book eBook Collection
For middle-grade students, the eBooks in the World Book collection are available for unlimited use. Quality text provides opportunities for readers to develop background knowledge on a topic and improve comprehension.
The collection can easily be browsed using the horizontal topics menu above the eBooks. Choose titles from Biographies, History, and Sports and Recreation that provide information on important historical figures and American events.
Financial Literacy eBooks
More than 50 middle and high school eBooks support financial literacy, developing key concepts and vocabulary essential to mastering Ohio's Learning Standards.
Each eBook includes highlighting, notes features, and reading options, making these digital texts accessible for a wide variety of readers and tasks.
STEM & Career eBooks
Supporting integrated math, science, technology, and engineering and the careers in these fields, more than 70 eBooks provide middle and high schoolers with important knowledge and vocabulary.
These titles share the same features as the Financial Literacy collection. Develop text sets to scaffold learning in these areas using parts of the eBook or the whole text.
High School Collection eBooks (EBSCO)
More than 12,000 titles from the High School Collection, including classic literary works, important historical documents, and general reference materials, can provide high school students with a variety of supplemental texts to support reading. Extend high school students with complex text about multiple topics and themes to help them beome college and career ready.
The High School Collection eBooks (EBSCO) titles are available for unlimited use and perfect for whole group reading. Text can be read online, shared, and printed.
The eBooks available from INFOhio are authentic texts that will engage and challenge readers. Use these as target texts or as scaffolds in the quadrant text set model.
The Third Grade Text Set: Soil and Soil Scientists uses a Capstone Interactive eBook as its first text to hook readers and introduce concepts and vocabulary.
Soil, Silt, and Sand: Layers of the Underground has a Lexile level of 550, an accessible text for many third graders. It can also be read aloud for those who need additional scaffolding. The eBook includes a glossary and index as well as questions to gauge knowledge learned. Both help reinforce key words and ideas as a foundation for the target text.
The Middle Grade Text Set: Financial Responsibility and Decision Making includes a chapter from an eBook in the Financial Literacy eBook Collection. The target text in this text set has an estimated Lexile level of 1210-1400. Setting Goals and Planning for the Future from the eBook Earning, Saving, and Investing can stand alone and challenge readers required to tackle this text.
To ensure you and your students have seamless access to all INFOhio's eBooks, it is important to use the right link! Check out the blog What Link Do I Use? and find the resources you plan to use in your text sets. Directions are included for using the correct link to share or save texts.
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