EduCon 2026

How do we facilitate the continued development of masterful students as readers while allowing them to embrace the joys of being in early grades (k-2)? How can we, teachers, navigate between challenging these students and using developmentally appropriate practices? In the past year, our school noticed students' reading levels have a large variance from learning to read to reading to learn. We questioned how we can meet the needs of our students while also staying within the curriculum and standards of the grade level. To solve this problem, I created digital self-paced novel studies that encourage students to expand their vocabulary, think deeply, and make connections across content areas through multisensory modalities. Students can take control of their learning by moving through a game-like platform to complete activities at each “level” (chapter) of their book. Students collaborate by sharing videos of their predictions and thoughts to an online classroom platform.