Gale Data Base- Reads Text to Students

Gale Data Base Reads Text to Students Login into your school at: http://www.gpisd.org/departments/media_web/GaleSchools.htm Password: lonestar Or navigate to the Gale Data Base from your school’s library website

Click on either • Kids Infobits • Student Resource Center Gold These are two that contain some of the articles that will read the text to students.

To locate which ones will read the text.

Look for the Narrative Biography link to the right of an article.

Those articles will read the text to you.

Directions-Elaine Tricoli; Screens Shots-Sharon Thornton 2009

Just click on the play arrow and it will read ALL the text out loud.

You can also click on Read Speaker Help for directions on how to use.

You can also highlight a certain part of the passage like shown here and then click the play button and it will only read that text aloud.

Is the text too small to read along with?

Click on View in the menu bar.

Scroll down to select Text Size and choose large or larger.

Make sure to put this back to medium when you are finished.

Note: Students can also hold the Control key down with one hand and use the scroller on their mouse to adjust text size as well. (This works here and also on most web pages, but not all) Directions-Elaine Tricoli; Screens Shots-Sharon Thornton 2009