Happened into a Barnes and Noble on Saturday that had something more than banners an brochures about the Nook. They had the Nook itself.

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We would like to give our reviews and our reactions to the book, Getting Air, by Dan Gutman. We read this book on our Kindle 2's as a class.

Alex M.: The book was funny and full of adventure. It sounded like what would happen in real life. It doesn't end sad. Mrs. Herschel is one of my favorite characters because she is a little violent with her knitting crew. I also liked when she shared her story about her uncle.

Alex H.: I liked it because it was interesting how they survived and saved the… Continue

The font that everyone prefers to use with the Kindle 2 is the largest font size. When you go to the next page, the "flash" on the screen, doesn't bother our eyes.
We keep our place/location using the Kindle 2 by writing it down the location number. This way when we use the Kindle 2 we can search by location number.

We are 7th grade students at Seneca Grade School and enjoy using Kindles in our RTI class. One reason we like Kindles better than using a book because we can change the font size. We like the largest font because it makes us read faster.
Another nice thing is to use the dictionary when we don't know what a word means right away.
Also, another feature is we like the fact we don't have to carry around alot of books because the Kindle has a variety of titles downloaded onto it.
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Here are comments and thoughts about the use of the Amazon Kindle from our RTI teacher, Tiffany Wheeler, our 7th grade Language/Literature teacher, Mark Giertz, and our 8th grade Language/Literature teacher, Steve Novario.

Tiffany Wheeler:
RTI students enjoy using the Kindles. Mrs. Parker and I developed a list of Reluctant Reader Titles for the students. Some students have commented they like to use the dictionary feature. I have had some students develop their own vocabulary list for each cha… Continue

Here are comments and thoughts about the use of the Amazon Kindle from our RTI teacher, Tiffany Wheeler, our 7th grade Language/Literature teacher, Mark Giertz, and our 8th grade Language/Literature teacher, Steve Novario.

Tiffany Wheeler:
RTI students enjoy using the Kindles. Mrs. Parker and I developed a list of Reluctant Reader Titles for the students. Some students have commented they like to use the dictionary feature. I have had some students develop their own vocabulary list for each cha… Continue