Reading skills are crucial for academic success. Of course, to fully develop these skills, students must first have a love of reading. As you likely already know, reading for fun is a great way for students to acquire a love of reading. In addition, gamification encourages a love of books while improving reading speed and comprehension. Read on to discover tips for getting the most out of the Book of Spells reading comprehension game.
In Book of Spells, students answer interactive reading questions to advance through the game. The more answers they get right, the more resources they can collect (doughnuts, soap, etc.) to help their sweet little monsters grow. The entertaining storyline is inspired by popular children’s video games. The quest for resources to help the little monster grow incentivizes students’ reading engagement. The game’s library includes stories by popular Quebec authors, such as Gilles Vigneault, Simon Boulerice, Lori Weber, and Sandra Dumais.
Book of Spells has five difficulty levels so that students can play according to their skills. It is mainly geared toward 8- to 12- year-olds, but it can be adapted for younger or older students, depending on their reading level.
Players can track their progress with a running tally of books they have read in a given amount of time. These scores can be encouraging and rewarding, particularly for students with reading difficulties. In addition, the stories cover a wide variety of topics and themes to interest all sorts of readers.
Grimoire offre un soutien à la lecture aux élèves grâce à sa fonctionnalité de synthèse vocale dans tous les textes du jeu. L’élève peut cliquer sur l’icône de haut-parleur et activer en toute simplicité la conversion du texte en paroles. De plus, le texte lu à haute voix se met en surbrillance pour faciliter la compréhension et encadrer le rythme de lecture.
Cette fonctionnalité est particulièrement utile pour les élèves ayant un trouble de lecture associée au décodage et pour ceux qui ont de la difficulté à traiter l’information visuelle. Cet outil s’avère également utile pour tous les élèves qui souhaitent une lecture plus immersive qui combine la vue et l’ouïe.
There are many ways to use Book of Spells in your classroom. Students can play individually, in teams, or even together with the whole class. Here are some ideas to try:
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Practice oral expression and comprehension. Choose one person (student or teacher) to play the role of narrator. Or, when playing with the class as a whole, students can take turns reading paragraphs out loud.
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Form reading circles to answer the questions and discuss the stories in greater detail.
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Have a class discussion about students’ favourite parts of a story, what they took away from it, and what they thought of the illustrations.
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Make a list of new words: each student selects a word or words they did not know. These words can be pinned to the board for later exploration of what they mean.
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Compile a list of the group’s favourite stories and have your students form their own literary award jury. They can then advocate for their favourite stories by talking about the parts they liked best.
Le jeu Grimoire a été conçu pour suivre les exigences de la Progression des apprentissages. Pour savoir quelles notions et compétences peuvent être développées grâce à Grimoire, consultez notre grille.